Mary A. McLellan

1886 - 1959  (72 years)

• Name	Mary A. McLellan  [1, 2]
  Birth	12 Oct 1886	Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	19 Feb 1959	Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 2, 3]
  Burial	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [2]
  Notes	Cass City Chronicle February 26, 1959 Page 4 Mrs. Fred Joos dies at Daughter's Home Funeral services for Mrs. Fred Joos, 72, resident of Elkland Township for 50 years, were held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Douglas Funeral Home. Rev. S.R. Wurtz, pastor of Salem Evangelical United Brethren Church, officiated and burial was in Elkland cemetery. Mrs. Joos, ill for some time, died Thursday evening in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harley DEAN in Caro. The former Mary McLELLAN, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Neil McLELLAN, was born October 12, 1886 in Port Huron. She was married to Mr. Joos at Cass City November 25, 1908. After marking their Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary at their farm home, Mr. and Mrs. Joos went to Caro in November to live with their daughter. Surviving are: her husband; her daughter, Mrs. DEAN (Katherine); a grandson, Frederick DEAN; two sisters, Mrs. Sarah McINTYRE and Mrs. Hugh SMITH, and two brothers, Joseph McLELLAN of Bad Axe and Angus McLELLAN of Detroit. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Spring 2007)
  Person ID	I5167	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	29 May 2016

  
  

  Family	Fred Jacob Joos,   b. 16 Feb 1882, Buena Vista Township, Saginaw County, Michigan d. 12 May 1980, Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 98 years)
  Marriage	25 Nov 1908	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 2, 4]
  	Cass City Chronicle November 27, 1908 Local Items Page 4, Column 4 Fred Jose (sic) of Elkland and Miss Mary McLellan of Sheridan township were united in marriage at the Evangelical parsonage by Rev. J. A. Schweitzer on Wednesday afternoon. They were attended by Wm. Jose, brother of the groom, and Miss Hattie Muck. The happy couple left on the afternoon train for Saginaw where they will spend a few days with friends. Congratulations.
  Children	1. Katherine R. Joos,   b. 7 Jan 1911, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 13 Mar 1992, Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F2734	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 May 2016

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 12 Oct 1886 - Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan Marriage - 25 Nov 1908 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Death - 19 Feb 1959 - Caro, Tuscola 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

  Live Wire Bible Class of the Evangelical United Brethern Church Sunday School, Cass City Michigan, ca 1917 FRONT ROW, l to r, Grant McConnell, class leader; UNKNOWN Clergyman, UNKNOWN class member, William Schwegler, Sam Helwig, George Burg SECOND ROW, l to r, Hattie Helwig McConnell, Janet "Jennie" Gardner Buehrly, Minerva Helwig Sherman, Mary Buehrly Striffler, Mary Mark Buehrly THIRD ROW; l to r, Alma Striffler Schenck holding her baby Ruth, Lena Helwig Jaus, Lillian Striffler Ricker, Minnie Jesse Benkelman, Mary Schwegler Jaus, Jacob Hiller. Note: Alma Striffler Schenck's three year old son, Donald, was said to be asleep in the Model T Ford just to the left of the group at the time this photo was taken FOURTH ROW: l to r, Elsie Buehrly, Mary Striffler Helwig, Cora Helwig Klinkman, Laura McConnell Hiller, Alice Ross Schwegler, Mary McLellan Joos, Ed Helwig FIFTH ROW, l to r, Art Ricker, Erwin Kercher, Ed Buehrly, Harvey Klinkman, UNKNOWN Class Member, Fred Buehrly, Fred Joos TOP ROW, l to r, Sol Striffler, Clayton Schenck, Fred Jaus, William Ackerman, Sam Jaus It appears that at least 33 of the 36 adults in this Sunday School class were directly related, through either blood or marriage, to the Striffler, Benkelman and Helwig families who emigrated together from Erie County, New York to Tuscola County, Michigan beginning in the 1860's. PLEASE HELP US IDENTIFY THE UNKNOWN INDIVIDUALS.

  
  

• 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/, February 26, 1959 Page 4 (Reliability: 3). [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 22, September 7, 1959. (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 27, 1908 Local Items Page 4, Column 4 (Reliability: 3).