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John Frank "Jack" Benkelman

Male 1905 - 1989  (83 years)


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  • Name John Frank "Jack" Benkelman  [1, 2
    Nickname Jack 
    Birth 19 Jul 1905  Grayling, Crawford County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 5 Mar 1989  Troy, Oakland County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • The Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast, Volume 10, dated September 1, 1947, reported that John started a new agency, Orchestra House, Inc. in 1947. In Volume 16 of the same periodical it was reported that he had been acting in Commercial pictures for Jam Handy and Wilding Productions in addition to continuing his entertainment agency and speech classes in Detroit.

      Billboard magazine
      December 24, 1949
      Page 39
      Music-As Written

      Detroit:

      Jack Benkelman, partner in Orchetra House, Detroit booking office, has written the lyrics for "Harvest Hoedown," musical version of "Apple of his Eye." Benkelman expects to have some of the numbers interpolated in the Detroit Civic Light Opera season under the direction of Barrie O'Daniels, opening Christmas day.

      BonnieMargaret Jacobs referred to him as "Detroit John (Jack)." He was one the family members she personally interviewed when preparing her history of the Benkelman family.
    Person ID I12019  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father William Frederick Benkelman,   b. 10 Feb 1862, Bowmansville, Town of Lancaster, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Oct 1932, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Alice Mary McDougall,   b. Aug 1868, London, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Aug 1933, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Marriage 23 Jul 1886  [3, 4
    • BonnieMargaret Jacobs instead shows the location of their marriage as in Middlesex County, Ontario.
    Family ID F620  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 19 Jul 1905 - Grayling, Crawford County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 5 Mar 1989 - Troy, Oakland County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982.

    2. [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.).

    3. [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982, location of marriage: Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Reliability: 3).

    4. [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. 134 (Reliability: 3).