William Frederick Joos

1880 - 1970  (89 years)

• Name	William Frederick Joos  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	15 Feb 1880	Saginaw County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Jan 1970	Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan   [1]
  Burial	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Notes	Cass City Chronicle Cass City, Michigan, Nov. 25, 1921 Page Five Thanksgiving Guests Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Joos and family of Northeast Elkland were guests at the home of E.W. Kercher on Thanksgiving Day. Cass City Chronicle Cass City, Michigan Thursday, January 22, 1970 Vol. 63, No. 40 Page Three Services held for William JOOS, 89 Funeral services for William F. Joos, 89, retired farmer and lifelong resident of this area, were held Sunday at Little's Funeral Home. Rev. Ira L. Wood, pastor of Salem United Methodist church, of which Mr. Joos was a member for the past 25 years, officiated. Burial was in Elkland cemetery. Mr. Joos, a patient at the Sanilac Medical Care Facility at Sandusky for four months, died there Friday, Jan. 16. Son of the late Jacob and Rosina Joos, he was born at Saginaw Feb. 15, 1880. He married Miss Hattie MUCK in Cass City in 1909 (sic). Mrs. Joos succumbed Nov. 14, 1954. Suriviving are one son, Maurice of Cass City; two daughters, Mrs. Kurt HANES (Lena) of Snover and Mrs. Walter JEZEWSKI (Helen) of Cass City; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one brother, Fred JOOS of Caro, and a sister, Mrs. Lawrence HARTMAN of Saginaw. (Research):1920 Census Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp Enumerated 16 and 17 Jan 1920 SD 7 ED 178 Sheet 3B 69-72 Joos, William Hd M W 39 M Mic Germany Germany Fermer Joos, Hattie Wf F W 40 M Mich NY NY Joos, Leana Dtr F W 10 S Mich Mich Mich Joos, Morris Son M W 8 S Mich Mich Mich Joos, Jacob Father M W 75 M 1869 Na 1880 Germany Germany Ge rmany Joos, Rosina Mother F W 64 M 1873 Germany Germany Germany 1930 Census Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland, ED 12 147 Joos, William F 50 Michigan Germany Germany Farmer Joos, Hattie C 50 Michigan New York New York Joos, Lena L 20 Michigan Michigan Michigan Joos, Morris W 18 Michigan Michigan Michigan Joos, Helen M 9 Michigan Michigan Michigan Joos, Jacob 85 Germany Germany Germany 1869 Joos, Rosina 75 Germany Germany Germany 1873
  Person ID	I12764	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Jacob Joos,   b. 1 Sep 1844, W?rttemberg, Germany d. 14 May 1934, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Rosine "Rosina" Benkelman,   b. 17 Mar 1855, Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany d. 17 Nov 1953, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 98 years)
  Marriage	11 May 1879	Saginaw County, Michigan   [1, 4, 5, 6]
  	Cass City Chronicle Volume 24, Number 5. Friday, May 17, 1929 Mr. and Mrs. Joos Married 50 Years Family Gathered Saturday Evening To Celebrate the Golden Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Joos celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Saturday evening when their family was present at a bounteous dinner given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Joos with whom they reside. Their daughter, Mrs. L.E. Hartman of Saginaw furnished a beautiful pyramid wedding cake, trimmed in gold and white, and the table was prettily decorated with flowers. The honored couple received congratulations and good wishes from their children and also gifts of gold from the family and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. L.E. Hartmann and daughter, Ellen, of Saginaw, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Joos and daughter, Miss Katherine and Geraldine Striffler were the guests. Mr. and Mrs. Joos were married at Saginaw May 11, 1879, and came to Cass City in 1883 and purchased the farm that has since been their home. Mr. Joos has reached the advanced age of 84 years and his companion is 74. Both are still very active and their many friends wish them good health and happiness to the end of life's journey. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, April 2008)
  Family ID	F5211	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Harriet Christine "Hattie" Muck,   b. 16 Jul 1879, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 15 Nov 1954, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	17 Mar 1907	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 7]
  	Cass City Chronicle Cass City, Michigan, Friday, March 16, 1934 Vol. 23, Number 49 Turning Back the Pages Twenty Five Years Ago March 19, 1909 Wm. Joos and Miss Hattie MUCK were married at the Evangelical parsonage on Wednesday afternoon by Rev. J.A. SCHWEITZER. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Spring 2007)
  Children	1. Lena Joos,   b. 22 Dec 1909, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 26 Jun 2001, Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan (Age 91 years)   2. William Maurice Joos,   b. 18 Jul 1911, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 23 Nov 2011, North Kansas City, Clay County, Missouri (Age 100 years)   3. Helen Joos,   b. 20 Aug 1920, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 16 Jul 2008, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F2708	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2008

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 15 Feb 1880 - Saginaw County, Michigan Marriage - 17 Mar 1907 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Death - 15 Jan 1970 - Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan Burial - - 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

  
  

• Photos

  Joos, William and Hattie (Muck) and Family, ca 1910's William Frederick Joos and his wife, Hattie, with their two eldest children, Lena and Maurice.

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [S487] Ancestry.com - U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. [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,May 18, 1934 (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). [S577] Dibean, Jack & Marianne "Michigan Marriage Index" http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/dibeanindex/. [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, May 17, 1929 (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/, March 16, 1934 (Reliability: 3).