Maria "Mary" Dorothea Benkelman

1857 - 1952  (95 years)

• Name	Maria "Mary" Dorothea Benkelman  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Nickname	Mary
  Birth	23 Feb 1857	Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany   [1, 2, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Death	23 Mar 1952	Saginaw County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  Burial	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [2]
  Notes	BonnieMargaret Jacobs writes that Mary Dorothea met and married John Webster Crocker in Saginaw, Michigan, where she had moved to work as a Mother's helper. Cass City Chronicle Friday, March 28, 1952 Page 6 Mrs. Mary Crocker Dies in Saginaw Burial services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Salem United Brethren Church for Mrs. Mary D. Crocker, 95, who died at the home of her daughter in Saginaw Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Crocker, the former Mary Dorothy BENKELMAN, was born in Germany February 23, 1857, and moved to Cass City 75 years ago. She married John Crocker in 1877 in Saginaw. Mr. Crocker died in 1936. Mrs. Crocker was spry and active until death came suddenly. She was a resident of Cass City for many years. Mrs. Crocker was a member of the Evangelical Church in Cass City. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at the Reitz Funeral Home, the Rev. Carol Lundbom officiationg. Mrs. Crocker leaves a daughter, Mrs. John P. GIBBS of Saginaw; four sons, Louis CROCKER of Cass City; Henry, George and Ben of Saginaw; a sister, Mrs. Rose JOOS of Cass City; 16 grandchildren and 15 great great grandchildren. The Rev. S.R. Wurtz officiated at the services in Cass City and burial was in Elkland cemetery. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)
  Person ID	I12664	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, 4, 6]
  Family ID	F5018	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Webster Crocker,   b. 20 Jan 1848, Attica, Seneca County, Ohio d. 11 Feb 1936, Saginaw County, Michigan (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	10 Mar 1879	Saginaw County, Michigan   [1, 7]
  Children	1. Julia D. Crocker,   b. 23 Dec 1878, Saginaw County, Michigan d. 26 May 1965, Saginaw County, Michigan (Age 86 years)   2. John Frederick Crocker,   b. 23 Apr 1880, Saginaw County, Michigan d. 30 Nov 1947, Saginaw County, Michigan (Age 67 years)   3. Henry Koch Crocker,   b. 17 Nov 1883, Saginaw County, Michigan d. 30 May 1958, Saginaw County, Michigan (Age 74 years)   4. Louis F. Crocker,   b. 21 Jul 1888, Saginaw County, Michigan d. 3 Feb 1966, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 77 years)   5. George B. Crocker,   b. 23 Oct 1893, Buena Vista Township, Saginaw County, Michigan d. 17 Jan 1988, Saginaw County, Michigan (Age 94 years)   6. Benniett "Ben" Hezekiah Crocker,   b. 29 Apr 1900, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 22 Apr 1993, New Port Richey, Pasco County, Florida (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F5212	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jul 2013

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 23 Feb 1857 - Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Marriage - 10 Mar 1879 - Saginaw County, Michigan Death - 23 Mar 1952 - Saginaw 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

  
  

• 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/, February 14, 1936 (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, 162 (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.). [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. 95, 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. 162 (Reliability: 3).