Samuel Striffler

1872 - 1954  (82 years)

• Name	Samuel Striffler  [1, 2]
  Birth	28 Feb 1872	Michigan   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Nov 1954	San Diego, San Diego County, California   [1, 4, 5]
  Notes	Cass City Chronicle Cass City, Michigan, March 23, 1923 Local Happenings, Page Four Sam Striffler spent a few days last week in Battle Creek where he was the guest of his daughter, Mrs. Earl BUCHANAN. Cass City Chronicle Friday, November 12, 1954 Page Six Cass City Area News Items Relatives here received word of the death, Saturday, of Samuel Striffler, 82, of San Diego, Cal. Mr. Striffler, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Striffler, was born and raised here. Funeral services and burial took place in California. He is survived by his wife, Mary, who has been hospitalized for a long period of time; a daughter, Mrs. Earl Buchanan, of San Diego and a son, Vernon Striffler, of Long Beach, California, and one sister, Mrs. George Zinnecker of Moore, Montana. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Winter 2007) California Death Index: STRIFFLER SAMUEL 02/28/1872 BENKLEMAN STRIFFLER M MICHIGAN SAN DIEGO(37) 11/06/1954 366-07-0433 (Research):Census Information: 1900 Census Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp, Cass City Village Enumerated 12, 13 and 14 June 1900 by John Marshall SD 8, ED 110, Sheet 7A Stamped 110 137-137 Striffler, Samuel W M Feb 1872 28 M2 Mich France Germany Striffler, Mary L W F May 1879 21 M2 1/1 Germany Germany Ge rmany Striffler, Catherine W F Dec 1899 5/12 Mich Mich Germany Striffler, Louisa W F Sept 1853 57 7/3 Germany Germany Germany Crocker, Fred W M Apr 1880 20 Mich Ohio Germany HH 138-138 Solomon and Kate Striffler Fred Crocker was Samuel Striffler's first cousin, once removed. His mother was Dorothea Benkelman Crocker, a niece of Sam's mother, Louisa.
  Person ID	I12719	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, 6, 7]
  	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

  
  

  Family	Marie L. Kaiser,   b. 20 May 1879, G?ppingen, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany d. 21 Apr 1955, San Diego, San Diego County, California (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	17 Aug 1898  [1, 8]
  Children	1. Katherine Luise Striffler,   b. 10 Dec 1899, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 18 Mar 1989, San Diego, San Diego County, California (Age 89 years)   2. Anna Eliza Striffler,   b. 13 Oct 1901, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 3 Feb 1949, San Diego, San Diego County, California (Age 47 years)   3. Vernon Striffler,   b. 19 Oct 1903, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 25 Nov 1966, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F3073	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jul 2013

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 28 Feb 1872 - Michigan Death - 6 Nov 1954 - San Diego, San Diego County, California  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Striffler, Marie (Kaiser) Ruth Esau identified this photo as the Mary Kaiser Striffler family of San Diego, California. Marie and Samuel appear to stand to the left, son Vernon and wife Arlene (Whitney) of Battle Creek, Michigan are in the center, and daughter Anna is to the right. Not pictured are daughter Katherine or her husband, Earl Buchanan.

  
  

• 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, 156a, 162 (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. 152, 156a (Reliability: 3). [S595] Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast, (Family Publication, published sporadically to record family milestones in connection with the annual Striffler-Benkelman Family Reunions, with Vol. 1, Number 1, published Sept. 7, 1936. Issues on file at the Rawson Memorial Library in Cass City, Michigan include Vol. 5 (1941), Vol. 7 (1944) and Volumes 8 (1945) through Vol. 28 (1968). Issues published from 1961 through 1964 were not assigned volume numbers, and 1963 appears to be missing. Xeroxes of the existing issues were also made by Melinda McLemore Strong in 2007. According to a article published by the Cass City Chronicle on August 6, 1981, commemorating the Fiftieth and Final Striffler-Benkelman Reunion, the final issue of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST appears to have been Volume 28, published in 1968.), Volume 18, September 5, 1955 (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. 156a (shows the year as 1934, however, in error) (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). [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. 156a, 162 (Reliability: 3).