Bertha Catherine Buehrly

1886 - 1953  (67 years)

• Name	Bertha Catherine Buehrly  [1, 2]
  Birth	7 Mar 1886	Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	10 Mar 1953	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Burial	13 Mar 1953	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [2]
  Notes	Cass City Chronicle Friday, March 13, 1953 Lifelong Resident of Cass City Dies Funeral services are being held today (Friday) for Mrs. Burton ELLIOTT, 67, lifelong resident of Cass City. The remains are being brought from the Douglas Funeral Home to the Salem Evangelical U.B. Church at noon to lie in state until 2:00 p.m., the time of the service. Rev. S.R. Wurtz will officiate. Mrs. Elliott, who had been ill for three weeks in her home, was taken to the Pleasant Home Hospital Monday afternoon where she died Tuesday night. Mrs. Elliott was born March 7, 1886, near Cass City, the daughter of Mrs. Leonard BUEHRLY and the late Mr. BUEHRLY. On November 26, 1908, she married Mr. Burton ELLIOTT in Cass City. She was a member of the Salem U.B. Church. Surviving are her husband; two sons, Francis ELLIOTT of Cass City and Leonard ELLIOTT of Ubly; a grandson; her aged mother, Mrs. Catherine BUEHRLY; two sisters, Mrs. S. C. (Striffler) and Mrs. Walter (Elsie) ANTHES, and three brothers, Fred, Edward and Lawrence BUEHRLY, all of this vicinity. Burial will be in Elkland Cemetery. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Spring 2007) Bertha was one of the cousins of BonnieMargaret Jacobs who searched their Bibles and records and picture collections to provide information for Bonnie's 1981 unpublished manuscipt about the history of the Benkelman family.
  Person ID	I12751	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	30 May 2016

  
  

  Father	Johann Leonhard Buehrly,   b. 21 Feb 1859, B?rtlingen, G?ppingen, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany d. 3 Feb 1939, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Catherine Buerk,   b. 16 Aug 1865, W?rttemberg, Germany d. 20 Mar 1954, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	24 Mar 1885	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 6, 7]
  Headstones		Buehrly, Leonard and Catherine (Buerk)
  Family ID	F2350	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Burton A. Elliott,   b. 8 May 1883, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 5 May 1971, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	25 Nov 1908	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 2, 8]
  	Cass City Chronicle December 4, 1908 Married Thanksgiving Day Burton A. Elliott and Miss Bertha Buehrly at Bride's Home. At the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Buehrly, in Elkland township, was solemnized the marriage of their daughter, Bertha Kathryn, to Burton A. Elliott, on Thanksgiving day. At high noon, the couple unattended took their place under an arch of evergreen and Rev. J. A. Schweitzer, pastor of the Evangelical church, pronounced the ceremony which united the two hearts for the remainder of life's journey. The bride was attired in a pretty gown of white and carried a bouquet of carnations. The wedding was a quiet one witnessed only by the immediate relatives of the bride and groom. After the ceremony congratulations were extended; after which a bounteous and delicious dinner was served. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott are well and favorably known in this vicinity and the Chronicle joins with their many friends in extending congratulations. They are now at-home on the groom's farm three miles southeast of town. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, May 2016) Cass City Chronicle November 29, 1912 Mr. and Mrs. Burt Elliott will celebrate their fourth wedding anniversay on Thanksgiving day and have invited a number of gurests to eat turkey with them. Among the guests are Mr. and Mrs. Fred Buerk, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Buehrly and family, Mr. and Mrs. S.C. Striffler and Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Schweitzer. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Spring 2007)
  Children	1. Francis Wilber Elliott,   b. 31 Jul 1911, Novesta Township, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 11 Dec 1988, Saginaw County, Michigan (Age 77 years)   2. David Leonard "Len" Elliott,   b. 13 May 1916, Kingston, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 1 Dec 1978, Bad Axe, Huron County, Michigan (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F3049	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 May 2016

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 7 Mar 1886 - Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan Marriage - 25 Nov 1908 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Death - 10 Mar 1953 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Burial - 13 Mar 1953 - 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/, Friday, March 13, 1953 (Reliability: 3). [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982, Art Peck shows the location of her death as Campbell, Dunkl in County, Michigan, which does not appear to be correct (Reliability: 3). [S499] Buehrly, Dale (Deceased) 7231 Greenland Road Cass City, MI 48726. [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 16, September 7, 1953 (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/, Friday, March 26, 1954 (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). [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/, November 29, 1912 (Reliability: 3).