Charles Frederick Buchanan

1922 - 2007  (84 years)

• Name	Charles Frederick Buchanan  [1, 2]
  Birth	27 Aug 1922	Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Mar 2007	California   [2]
  Notes	The STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, Vol. 7, September 4, 1944, noted that Frederick Buchanan, trained at Ft. Belvoir, Va., was in Burma. As of the September 3, 1945 issue (Vol. 8), it was reported that he was in Led, India, where he has been stationed for nearly two years. In the same periodical, Volume 9, dated September 2, 1946, in a column titled "Our Service Men Who Have Returned Home", it was noted that Fred Buchanan returned from India and Burma after 2 1/2 years as one of 12 surveyors of the Stiwell Road, and was attending college in Houghton, Mich. As of the 1948 issue of this periodical, he had graduated with his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Houghton. Volume 11, published September 6, 1948, reported that he was Assistant Industrial Engineer a the Oliver Farm Equipment Co. in Battle Creek. Volume 13, published September 4, 1950, reported that he and his son, Mikey, had moved to San Diego, California. Volume 26, published September 5, 1966, reported he was promoted to head of engineering in the civilian part of the Eleventh Naval District in San Diego.
  Person ID	I4088	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Earl McKinley Buchanan,   b. 19 Feb 1898, Huron County, Michigan d. 21 Apr 1990, San Diego, San Diego County, California (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Katherine Luise Striffler,   b. 10 Dec 1899, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 18 Mar 1989, San Diego, San Diego County, California (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	17 Aug 1921  [1]
  Family ID	F1748	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Novella Galloway,   b. Nov 1923, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky d. Nov 1949, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan (Age ~ 26 years)
  Marriage	9 Aug 1943	Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky   [1, 3]
  	They were the parents of Patricia, Michael and Penny.
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F2294	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 May 2010

  
  

  Family 2	Mary C. Bradley,   b. 24 Aug 1924, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois d. 25 May 1995, San Diego County, California (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	9 Aug 1957	San Diego, San Diego County, California   [1]
  Family ID	F2295	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 27 Aug 1922 - Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan Marriage - 9 Aug 1943 - Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky Marriage - 9 Aug 1957 - San Diego, San Diego County, California Death - 12 Mar 2007 - California  = 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. [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).