Lydia May Striffler

Abt 1866 - 1874  (~ 8 years)

• Name	Lydia May Striffler  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1866	Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	2 May 1874	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 3]
  Notes	Tombstone reads age 8 years, 4 months and 16 days
  Person ID	I12717	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Jacob Striffler,   b. 31 Mar 1819, Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany d. 24 Sep 1895, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Luise "Louisa" Benkelman,   b. 14 Sep 1833, Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany d. 22 Oct 1910, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1853	Lancaster, Erie County, New York   [1, 4, 5]
  	BonnieMargaret Jacobs wrote that Bob Benkelman had a copy of their marriage certificate from Lancaster, Erie County, NY. They were married by Reverand Christian Knapp, who had moved from W?rttemberg to Lancaster to head a Reformed congregation. Louisa and Jacob had seven children in total, only three of whom survived into adulthood.
  Family ID	F1783	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1866 - Tuscola County, Michigan Death - 2 May 1874 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  Striffler, Jacob and Lydia Lydia, age 8, and her brother, Jacob, age 4, both died of Scarlet Fever within a day of each other in May, 1874. They were the children of Jacob Striffler and Louisa Benkelman.

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San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. 152, 156 (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 [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San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. 153, 156 (Reliability: 3). [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/, October 28, 1910 (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. 151 (Reliability: 3).