Christina "Christine" Rommel

1831 - 1903  (71 years)

• Name	Christina "Christine" Rommel  [1, 2, 3]
  Nickname	Christine
  Birth	3 Mar 1831	B?nzwangen, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany   [1, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Death	10 Jan 1903	Denver, Denver County, Colorado   [1, 3, 6]
  Burial	Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado   [3]
  Person ID	I1965	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Michael Rommel,   b. 23 Nov 1803, B?nzwangen, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany d. 9 Feb 1888, St. Joseph County, Michigan (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Maria Barbara Frey,   b. 4 Dec 1804, Faurndau, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany d. 27 Feb 1873 (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	30 Jan 1827	B?nzwangen, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany   [4]
  Family ID	F1284	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Johann Georg "George" Benkelman,   b. 25 Jun 1830, Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany d. 16 Jan 1908, Denver, Denver County, Colorado (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1861	Lancaster, Erie County, New York   [7, 8]
  	In the 1981 unpublished manuscript, BonnieMargaret Jacobs stated that George Benkelman and Christina Rommel were married in Lancaster, New Yorkafter George had returned their from California for a short visit. The families had lived in close proximity in Germany, and BonnieMargaret theorized that "George's plan (to marry her) was well formulated" prior to his trip back to New York. "When she arrived in America, we don't yet know, but she was there and waiting and willing when George returned." Art Peck instead lists the location of their marriage as in Sturgis, Michigan. Christina's father, Michael Rommel, was assesed taxes in Michigan in 1863 and 1864, and younger sister Mary Rommel was married to Christian Striffler in St. Joseph County, MI "prior to returning to Lancaster"...so it appears possible that George and Christina could have been married in either location. In the footnotes to her chapter on Johann Georg Benkelmann, BonnieMargaret also notes that newspaper biographies of George varied in the account of the location of his marriage, one stating he married Christine on his return to New York, another saying he went to Lancaster and then on to Michigan to marry Christine before heading back west.
  Children	1. George W. "Denver George" Benkelman,   b. 23 Sep 1862, Blackhawk, Colorado Territory d. 28 Dec 1925, Denver, Denver County, Colorado (Age 63 years)   2. Frank B. Benkelman,   b. May 1864, Denver, Colorado Territory d. 14 Dec 1875, Denver, Colorado Territory (Age ~ 11 years)   3. Charles A. Benkelman,   b. 7 Feb 1866, Blackhawk, Colorado Territory d. 17 Jun 1917, Denver, Denver County, Colorado (Age 51 years)   4. Henry J. "Harry" Benkelman,   b. 6 Nov 1867, Blackhawk, Colorado Territory d. 11 Dec 1915, Denver, Denver County, Colorado (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F1283	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2013

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 3 Mar 1831 - B?nzwangen, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Marriage - Abt 1861 - Lancaster, Erie County, New York Death - 10 Jan 1903 - Denver, Denver County, Colorado Burial - - Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Benkelman, Johann Georg ca 1880's with wife Christina Rommel George and Christina, both immigrants from Germany, were married in 1861. They raised four sons in Denver, Colorado.

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [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. 117, 124 (Reliability: 3). [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 54921672 (Reliability: 3). [S311] Bonnell, Kathy Brandt (kbonnell@byu.edu) "G?ppingen, W?rttemberg, Germany and surrounding villages" http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=kbonnell, (RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: G?ppingen, W?rttemberg, Germany and surrounding villages. This database is one large family tree; everyone is connected by birth or marriage. Many of the families were inputted from the family books which were compiled by the pastors of each village beginning in 1808. Villages include Heiningen, Bartenbach, Gruibingen, Faurdau, Schlat, Hattenhofen, Eislingen, Holzheim, Auendorf , D?rnau, Bezgenriet, Ebersbach , Maitis, Gammelshausen, B?rtlingen, Boll, and others. Kathy Brandt Bonnell work directly from German records to the computer.). [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. 124 (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. 122, 124 (Reliability: 3). [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982, He shows that they were married in Sturgis, Michigan. (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. 117 (Reliability: 3).