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Family: Leonard Josiah Benkelman / Friedericke "Rieka" Koch (F2984)

m. 12 Jun 1894


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  • Male
    Leonard Josiah Benkelman

    Birth  12 Oct 1872  Lewiston, Columbia County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  8 Feb 1952  Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Marriage  12 Jun 1894  [1, 2]  Columbia County, Wisconsin  [1, 2] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Johannes "John" Benkelman | F5022 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Sarah Jane Keech | F5022 Group Sheet 

    Female
    Friedericke "Rieka" Koch

    Birth  Jul 1866  Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  20 Nov 1904  Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
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    John Leonard Benkelman Male
    John Leonard Benkelman

    Birth  25 Oct 1895  Lewiston, Columbia County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  29 Jan 1947  Wood County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Female
    Myrtle Benkelman

    Birth  24 Sep 1899  Lewiston, Columbia County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Apr 1984  Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Spouse  Frank X. Marx | F2610 
    Marriage  12 Jun 1923  Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes  Married:
    • BonnieMargaret Jacobs writes that Leonard and Fredericka established their home in Portage after their marriage.

  • Sources 
    1. [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982.

    2. [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San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. 108 (Reliability: 3).