Ottila "Odila" "Otil" Zimmerman

1790 - 1863  (72 years)

• Name	Ottila "Odila" "Otil" Zimmerman  [1, 2]
  Nickname	Odila
  Birth	10 Nov 1790	Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	17 Sep 1863	Lancaster, Erie County, New York   [1]
  Notes	Her father was a school master. (Research): Census Listings; 1850 Census New York, Erie County, Lancaster Enumerated 23 Aug 1850 Page 200 1048-1082 Otil Strifler 59 F $2550 Germany Jacob Strifler 30 M Farmer Susanna Strifler 27 F Joseph Stifler 24 M Farmer Christian Strifler 22 m Farmer John Strifler 17 Farmer New York (sic) David Strifler 14 1860 Census Not located
  Person ID	I12722	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	Jacob Anton Striffler,   b. 20 Oct 1779, Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany d. 3 Mar 1850, Lancaster, Erie County, New York (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	4 Nov 1809	Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany   [2]
  Children	1. Henry Striffler,   b. 4 Aug 1811, Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany d. 11 Jul 1883, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 71 years)   2. Peter Striffler,   b. 15 Mar 1815, Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany d. 17 Jan 1882, Bluff Creek, Pottawatomie County, Kansas (Age 66 years)   3. Jacob Striffler,   b. 17 Feb 1817, Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany d. 25 May 1818, Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany (Age 1 year)   4. 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)   5. Christian Striffler,   b. 17 Jun 1821, Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany d. 18 Sep 1827, Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany (Age 6 years)   6. Susanna Catharina Striffler,   b. 6 Aug 1823, Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany d. 28 Apr 1905, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 81 years)   7. Joseph Striffler,   b. 18 Sep 1825, Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany d. 25 Feb 1902, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 76 years)   8. Christian Striffler,   b. 8 Dec 1827, Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany d. 6 Feb 1911, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 83 years)   9. John "Uncle John" Striffler,   b. 15 Mar 1833, Lancaster, Erie County, New York d. 12 Jul 1922, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 89 years)   10. David Striffler,   b. Abt 1836, Amherst, Erie County, New York d. 30 Dec 1872, Lancaster, Erie County, New York (Age ~ 36 years)
  Documents » Slide Show		Striffler-Benkelman Annual Labor Day Family Reunion, 1936 Newspaper article In the mid 1850's, in Erie County, New York, two sons of Jacob & Otilla Striffler married two Benkelman sisters. Shortly after their marriages, the couples moved to the Michigan frontier, many of their brothers and sisters following them. The two families remained intertwined for subsequent generations. At a reunion of the Henry Striffler family in 1930 it was decided to enlarge the scope of the reunion to include descendants of Henry, Jacob, Joseph, Christian, John and Susan Striffler. Members and "in laws" of these families first gathered at the Assembly grounds in Sebewaing for a reunion in 1932. As the Benkelman-Striffler family had remained very close over the years, all branches of the Benkelman family were invited to their Sixth Reunion, and since that time it remained a joint event. This articles from the 1936 "Cass City Chronicle" details one of the earliest joint reunions. Attended by over 170 family members, the reunion was held on the John Striffler homestead northeast of Cass City, with attendees travelling from Ontario, Ohio and many places in Michigan. President W.D. STRIFFLER presided at a business meeting in 1936, and Harry HUNT, Mrs. S.G BENKELMAN (the former Mary Striffler), and Mrs. Ben SCHWEGLER (the former Joanna Mark) were elected officers for the ensuing year. The first volume of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST was published for the September 1936 reunion.
  		Striffler-Benkelman Reunion 1954 Handbill Handbill advertising the annual Striffler-Benkelman Reunion, 1954, featuring Cass City's Main Street. At the fiftieth Striffler-Benkelman Reunion in 1981, Ruth Schenck Esau recalled a time when on Main Street, the owners of the newspaper, a farm implement store, both meat markets, the grocery store, paint store, insurance agency, funeral home, and photography studio were all members of the Striffler-Benkelman clan; not to mention a bank teller, many clerks, the music teacher, and many of the town's farmers.
  		Striffler-Benkelman Reunion Photo, 1961 Group Photo fromthe 30th Striffler-Benkelman Reunion, held September 4, 1961 at the Cass City Evangelical Church, founded by members of the Striffler and Benkelman families
  Family ID	F1784	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2013

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 10 Nov 1790 - Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany Marriage - 4 Nov 1809 - Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany Death - 17 Sep 1863 - Lancaster, Erie County, New York  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Zimmerman, Otillia ca 1850's or 1860's, with daughter Susanna Thought to be a photo of Otillia Striffler & her daughter Susanna. Otillia Zimmerman was born in Alsace-Lorraine. She, her husband, Jacob Striffler, and children, immigrated to New York state in the 1830's. Some of the older Striffler family members recalled a family joke-there were 11 boys in the family, and all of them had a sister Susanna. Susanna married C. O. Lenzner, an immigrant from Leubetha, Germany.

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [S498] Marchetti, Ruth Marie (jmarchetti@acsalaska.net) "Marchetti" Ver. Oct 31 19:05:54 2001 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1505327&id=I70122389.