Christina Benkelman

1852 - 1929  (76 years)

• Name	Christina Benkelman  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	24 Mar 1852	Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany   [1, 2, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Death	7 Mar 1929	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  Burial	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Notes	BonnieMargaret Jacobs writes that she was named for her maternal grandmother. Christine cared for her father and step-mother when they became unable to care for themselves. Cass City Chronicle Cass City, Michigan, Friday, March 8, 1929 Mrs. Christina Jaus Found Dead in Field Thursday Left Home to Go to Her Son's During Night and Became Lost in Storm The body of Mrs. Christina Jaus, 76, was found in a field 30 rods from the farm residence of her son, Samuel Jaus, who resides in Elkland Township, four miles northeast of Cass City, early Thursday morning. Mrs. Jaus' death was probably due to exposure, her body having lain in the field several hours. After Samuel Jaus had finished milking at his barn shortly before seven o'clock Thursday morning, he glanced over at the residence of his mother, who resided just across the highway from his home, and noticed that the chimney had blown donw during the heavy wind which prevailed during the night. He decided to go at once to her home and ascertain if she had been frightened by the noise of the fallen bricks. On arriving there, he failed to find his mother int he house. Alarmed, he immediately instituted a search with the results that her dead body was found about 70 rods from her home. It is thought that Mr. Jaus, frightened by the falling chimney, left her home to go to the residence of her son about 40 rods distant. She crossed the highway and entered her son's farm through a driveway a short distance east of his house. Here her footprints show that she walked in the mud before the ground froze during the night, her steps taking a southeasterly course across the field. She carried a flashlight to light the way. Where Mrs. Jaus was prevented from reaching her son's house by the strong wind which prevailed, if she became lost in the darkness in the journey between the two homes, or whether she suffered a slight stroke just previous of at the time she made the trip is not known. One or all of these may have contributed to the cause of her death. While Mrs. Jaus has been subject to heart trouble, she has been unusually well this winter. When she was last seen alive, she was at the farm barn Wednesday evening after her supple of milk and appeared in good spirts. Christina was born in Wurtenberg, Germany March 24, 1852. She was united in marriage with George Jaus and within two years of that time they came to America, arriving in Cass City in March, 1873. Mr. Jaus passed away in 1900. Mrs. Jaus was a member of the Evangelical church. She will be remembered by her friends for her cheerful disposition and kindly manner. Besides her three sons, Samuel and Fred Jaus of Cass City and John Jaus of Cleveland, she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Jacob JOOS of Cass City and Mrs. John CROCKER of Saginaw. Seven children preceded the mother in death. Funeral arrangements had not been completed when the Chronicle went to press Thursday afternoon. (Research):Census Information: 1920 Census Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp Enumerated 16 and 17 Jan 1920 SD 7 ED 178 Sheet 3B 65-68 Jaus, Samuel Hd M w 41 M Mich Germany Germany Farmer Jaus, Lena Wf F W 40 M NY NY German NY German Jaus, George Son M W 16 S Mich Mich NY Jaus, Minnie Dtr F W 12 S Mich Mich NY 66-69 Jaus, Christina Hd F W 67 Wd 1870 Na 1876 Germany Germany Germany
  Person ID	I12660	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Johann Friedrich "Fredrick" Benkelman,   b. 6 Jan 1822, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany d. 28 Aug 1897, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Rosine M?ller,   b. 18 Aug 1821, Bartenbach, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany d. 16 Oct 1858, Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	26 Nov 1850	Bartenbach, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany   [1, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F5018	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Johann Georg Jaus,   b. 7 Jan 1849, Hattenhofen, G?ppingen, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany d. 8 Aug 1900, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1871	W?rttemberg, Germany   [7, 8]
  Children	1. Samuel Jaus,   b. 10 Dec 1878, Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 28 Apr 1952, Michigan (Age 73 years)   2. Frederick W. Jaus,   b. 3 Nov 1881, Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 15 Oct 1984, Bad Axe, Huron County, Michigan (Age 102 years)   3. John Jaus,   b. 17 Jan 1884, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 20 Jan 1962, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F5210	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jul 2013

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 24 Mar 1852 - Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Marriage - Abt 1871 - W?rttemberg, Germany Death - 7 Mar 1929 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Burial - - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Benkelman, Christina ca 1920's Christina Benkelman Jaus at her Farm Home with Aunt Lena Benkelman Schwegler

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [S653] Cass City Chronicle, P.O. Box 115, Cass City, Michigan 48726, Published continously since 1899, archived from 1899 through 2005 at http://newspapers.rawson.lib.mi.us/chronicle/, Friday, March 8, 1929 (Reliability: 3). [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas), p. 97, 159 (Reliability: 3). [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas), p. 97 (Reliability: 3). [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas), p. 95, 97 (Reliability: 3). [S311] Bonnell, Kathy Brandt (kbonnell@byu.edu) "G?ppingen, W?rttemberg, Germany and surrounding villages" http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=kbonnell, (RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: G?ppingen, W?rttemberg, Germany and surrounding villages. This database is one large family tree; everyone is connected by birth or marriage. Many of the families were inputted from the family books which were compiled by the pastors of each village beginning in 1808. Villages include Heiningen, Bartenbach, Gruibingen, Faurdau, Schlat, Hattenhofen, Eislingen, Holzheim, Auendorf , D?rnau, Bezgenriet, Ebersbach , Maitis, Gammelshausen, B?rtlingen, Boll, and others. Kathy Brandt Bonnell work directly from German records to the computer.). [S653] Cass City Chronicle, P.O. Box 115, Cass City, Michigan 48726, Published continously since 1899, archived from 1899 through 2005 at http://newspapers.rawson.lib.mi.us/chronicle/. [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas), p. 160 (Reliability: 3).