Susanna Catharina Striffler

1823 - 1905  (81 years)

• Name	Susanna Catharina Striffler  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	6 Aug 1823	Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Death	28 Apr 1905	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [2, 4]
  Burial	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [4]
  Notes	Cass City Chronicle Friday, October 29, 1915 Colwood Mr. and Mrs. H.F. Lenzner and little daughter, Mrs. C.O. Lenzner, Miss Emma Lenzner of Cass City and Mrs. Samuel Lenzner of Detroit were Colwood visitors Friday night. Cass City Chronicle May 5, 1905, page 1 Pioneer Passed Away Another pioneer has passed away in the person of Mrs. Susan Lenzer, who died at her home at the corner of Oak and Pine streets, last Friday evening, April 28. Mrs. Lenzer, nee Striffler, was born Aug. 6, 1823, in the province of Lorraine, then a part of France but now a part of Germany. When she was six years of age her parents sailed for America ans settled near Lancaster, New York. In 1853 she was married to C.O. Lenzer, Sr. To this union five children were born, all of whom survive. In 1873 the family moved to Cass City, where Mr. Lenzer entered into the furniture business and continued the same for many years. He died in 1897. At an early age Mrs. Lenzer joined the Reformed church and has lived a consistent Christian life and followed the teaching of the Golden Rule. For some years she has been in feeble health and was very ill the two weeks preceding her death. Her departure is mourned by a host of relatives and friends in whose estimation she was held in high esteem. Five children--Miss Emma, C.O. and Franklin of this place, John of Gagetown and Samuel of Detroit, and two brothers, John and Christian Striffler of Cass City, survive. The funeral services were held at the residence Sunday Afternoon, Rev. Berge officiating, and the remains interred in the Elkland cemetery. The out of town relatives present were Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lenzer of Detroit, John Lenzer of Gagetown, Mr. and Mrs. S.W. Striffler and W. D. Striffler of Argyle. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong) (Research): Census Information: 1880 Census Oscar Sr. LENSPAER Self M Male W 54 SAXONY Cabinet Maker SAXONY SAXONY Susanna LENSPAER Wife M Female W 56 FRANCE Keeping House FRA. FRA. John LENSPAER Son S Male W 23 NY Cabinet Maker SAXONY FRA. Franklin LENSPAER Son S Male W 21 NY Carpenter SAXONY FRA. Samuel LENSPAER Son S Male W 19 NY Carpenter SAXONY FRA. Emma LENSPAER Dau S Female W 16 NY At School SAXONY FRA. Source Information: Census Place Cass City, Tuscola, Michigan Family History Library Film 1254607 NA Film Number T9-0607 Page Number 100D 1900 Census Michigan, Tuscola County, Cass City Village Enumerated 8 June 1900 by A.D. Gallis SD 8 ED 11 Sheet 5A Stamped 119 Pine Street 96-99 Lenzner, Susan Hd W F Jan 183 (sic) ?? W 47 5/5 Germany Germany Germany 1830 70 Lenzner, Emma Dtr W F Jun 1863 36 S NY Germany Germany Dress Maker Linzner, John Border W M Oct 1847 52 S Ny Germany Germany Day Laborer
  Person ID	I12737	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	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)
  Mother	Ottila "Odila" "Otil" Zimmerman,   b. 10 Nov 1790, Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany d. 17 Sep 1863, Lancaster, Erie County, New York (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	4 Nov 1809	Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany   [2]
  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

  
  

  Family	Christian Oscar Lenzner, Sr.,   b. 14 Feb 1825, Leubetha, Chemnitz, Sachsen, Germany d. 1 Apr 1897, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	20 Jun 1853	Erie County, New York   [2]
  Children	1. Christian Oscar "C.O." Lenzner, Jr.,   b. 30 Oct 1854, Lancaster, Erie County, New York d. 2 Jun 1927, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 72 years)   2. Franklin H. Lenzner,   b. 30 May 1859, Lancaster, Erie County, New York d. 5 Nov 1940, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 81 years)   3. John B. Lenzner,   b. 8 Oct 1856, Lancaster, Erie County, New York d. 18 Oct 1932, Gagetown, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 76 years)   4. Samuel B. Lenzner,   b. 30 Jun 1861, Lancaster, Erie County, New York d. 20 Jul 1926, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan (Age 65 years)   5. Emma Lenzner,   b. 28 Jan 1863, Lancaster, Erie County, New York d. 7 Jan 1945, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F8092	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Apr 2007

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 6 Aug 1823 - Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany Marriage - 20 Jun 1853 - Erie County, New York Death - 28 Apr 1905 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Burial - - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth
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• 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. [S1612] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald-Family Researcher, Document mailed to Marjorie Schwegler Battel, Bonnie states that this date of birth was extracted from French civil records and translated, and on these civil records she was listed as Susanne Catrine (Reliability: 3). [S722] Elkland (Twp, Tuscola Co, MI) Cemetery Records ; http://elkland.rawson.lib.mi.us/.