Donald H. McLeod

1919 - 1991  (71 years)

• Name	Donald H. McLeod  [1, 2]
  Birth	5 Dec 1919  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Jan 1991	Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  Notes	In the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, Volume 8, September 3, 1945, in the column on page 2 titled "Around the World With Our Service Boys" it was written that "Don McLeod is located in the Pacific Area. The following year's newsletter, Volume 9, September 2, 1946, in a column titled "Our Service Men Who Have Returned Home", it was noted that Donald McLeod had returned to his home in Detroit.
  Person ID	I19635	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2023

  
  

  Family	Betty R. Mark,   b. 7 Sep 1922, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 5 May 2002, Flint, Genesee County, Michigan (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	7 Oct 1943	Watertown, Jefferson County, New York   [1, 3, 4]
  	Cass City Chronicle Friday, October 15, 1943 Miss Betty Mark Marries Corporal The Methodist parsonage of Watertown, New York, was the scenes of a wedding Thursday evening, Oct. 7, at eight o'clock when Miss Betty R. Mark, duaghter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mark, became the bride of Cpl. Donald McLeod of Pine Camp, Watertown, New York, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McLeod of Sandusky. Rev. Albert Abbot, pastor of the church, officiated. Mrs. Albert Abbott and a soldier friend of the groom were the attendants. The bride chose for her weddign a sutie of navy blue with which she wore a hat of soldier blue and a gardenia corsage. The groom was on leave from Thursday until Sunday, Oct. 10. Mrs. McLeod is on leave from her position in the office of hte Frutchey Bean Co. here and left Tuesday, Oct. 5, for Watertown. She expects to return here the last of the month. The September 7, 1963 issue of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST (Vol. 23), reported that the McLeod's had hosted an exchange student, Jorge Perera, from Yucatan, Mexico in Sandusky for the academic year. They were the parents of Michael and Mark McLEOD. As of the publication date of Art Peck's book, Betty was living in Flushing, Genesse County, Michigan. She appears to have married a Mr. Aube prior to 1998, at which time she was living in Davison.
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F2482	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Jul 2013

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 7 Oct 1943 - Watertown, Jefferson County, New York Death - 16 Jan 1991 - Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [S333] Ancestry.com - U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current [database online], (Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Birth years for the individuals listed range from 1875 to last year. Information in these records includes name, birth date, death date, and last known residence.). [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.), Vol. 7, September 4, 1944 (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, October 15, 1943 (Reliability: 3).