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Rosine "Rosina" Benkelman

Female 1855 - 1953  (98 years)


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  • Name Rosine "Rosina" Benkelman  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Nickname Rosina 
    Birth 17 Mar 1855  Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Death 17 Nov 1953  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 5
    Burial Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • BonnieMargaret Jacobs writes, in her 1981 unpublished manuscript, that Rosina and her younger sister Maria Dorothea both went to Saginaw as young women to work as household helpers. Rosine returned to Cass City after her marriage to Jacob Joos in Saginaw to raise her children.


      Cass City Chronicle
      Cass City, Michigan, Friday, November 20, 1953
      Page One

      Final Rites Held for Oldest Village Resident Thursday

      Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m. at the Douglas Funeral Home for Mrs. Rosina JOOS, 98, Cass City's oldest resident. Mrs. Joos died early Tuesday morning after a period of failing health. At the time of her death, she was living with her son, William JOOS, of Cass City.

      Mrs. Joos came to Cass City when she was 18. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frederick BENKELMAN. She was married May 11, 1878, to Jacob JOOS in Saginaw and came to Elkland Township where they made their living for many years on a farm. Mr. JOOS died May 14, 1934. Mrs. Joos was born in Germany March 17, 1855. She was a member of the Salem Evangelical United Brethren Church of Cass City. Surviving are two sons, William and Fred JOOS of Cass City; a daughter, Mrs. Lawrence HARTMAN, of Saginaw; five grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren. Rev. S.R. WURTZ officiated at the funeral services and burial was in Elkland Cemetery.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)

      In the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, dated September 6, 1954, her death on November 17, 1953 is also reported, but she is shown in error as Mrs. Christina Joos.
    Person ID I12662  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 19 Jan 2021 

    Father Johann Friedrich "Fredrick" Benkelman,   b. 6 Jan 1822, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Aug 1897, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Rosine M?ller,   b. 18 Aug 1821, Bartenbach, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Oct 1858, Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Marriage 26 Nov 1850  Bartenbach, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 6
    Family ID F5018  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jacob Joos,   b. 1 Sep 1844, W?rttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 May 1934, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Marriage 11 May 1879  Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7, 8, 9
    • Cass City Chronicle
      Volume 24, Number 5.
      Friday, May 17, 1929

      Mr. and Mrs. Joos Married 50 Years

      Family Gathered Saturday Evening To Celebrate the Golden Anniversary

      Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Joos celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Saturday evening when their family was present at a bounteous dinner given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Joos with whom they reside.

      Their daughter, Mrs. L.E. Hartman of Saginaw furnished a beautiful pyramid wedding cake, trimmed in gold and white, and the table was prettily decorated with flowers. The honored couple received congratulations and good wishes from their children and also gifts of gold from the family and other relatives.

      Mr. and Mrs. L.E. Hartmann and daughter, Ellen, of Saginaw, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Joos and daughter, Miss Katherine and Geraldine Striffler were the guests.

      Mr. and Mrs. Joos were married at Saginaw May 11, 1879, and came to Cass City in 1883 and purchased the farm that has since been their home. Mr. Joos has reached the advanced age of 84 years and his companion is 74. Both are still very active and their many friends wish them good health and happiness to the end of life's journey.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, April 2008)
    Children 
     1. William Frederick Joos,   b. 15 Feb 1880, Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jan 1970, Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
     2. Fred Jacob Joos,   b. 16 Feb 1882, Buena Vista Township, Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 May 1980, Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 98 years)
     3. Lizette K. Joos,   b. 28 Jan 1885, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 1978, Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
    Family ID F5211  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Jul 2013 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 17 Mar 1855 - Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 11 May 1879 - Saginaw County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 17 Nov 1953 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola 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. [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/, Friday, November 20, 1953 (Reliability: 3).

    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. 97, 159 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [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.).

    5. [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 17, September 6, 1954 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [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. 95, 97 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S577] Dibean, Jack & Marianne "Michigan Marriage Index" http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/dibeanindex/.

    8. [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/, Friday, May 17, 1929 (Reliability: 3).

    9. [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. 162 (Reliability: 3).