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Maria "Mary" Dorothea Benkelman

Female 1857 - 1952  (95 years)


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  • Name Maria "Mary" Dorothea Benkelman  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Nickname Mary 
    Birth 23 Feb 1857  Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 5
    Gender Female 
    Death 23 Mar 1952  Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Burial Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • BonnieMargaret Jacobs writes that Mary Dorothea met and married John Webster Crocker in Saginaw, Michigan, where she had moved to work as a Mother's helper.

      Cass City Chronicle
      Friday, March 28, 1952
      Page 6

      Mrs. Mary Crocker Dies in Saginaw

      Burial services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Salem United Brethren Church for Mrs. Mary D. Crocker, 95, who died at the home of her daughter in Saginaw Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Crocker, the former Mary Dorothy BENKELMAN, was born in Germany February 23, 1857, and moved to Cass City 75 years ago. She married John Crocker in 1877 in Saginaw. Mr. Crocker died in 1936. Mrs. Crocker was spry and active until death came suddenly. She was a resident of Cass City for many years. Mrs. Crocker was a member of the Evangelical Church in Cass City. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at the Reitz Funeral Home, the Rev. Carol Lundbom officiationg. Mrs. Crocker leaves a daughter, Mrs. John P. GIBBS of Saginaw; four sons, Louis CROCKER of Cass City; Henry, George and Ben of Saginaw; a sister, Mrs. Rose JOOS of Cass City; 16 grandchildren and 15 great great grandchildren. The Rev. S.R. Wurtz officiated at the services in Cass City and burial was in Elkland cemetery.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)
    Person ID I12664  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    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 John Webster Crocker,   b. 20 Jan 1848, Attica, Seneca County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Feb 1936, Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 10 Mar 1879  Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7
    Children 
     1. Julia D. Crocker,   b. 23 Dec 1878, Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 May 1965, Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
     2. John Frederick Crocker,   b. 23 Apr 1880, Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 1947, Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     3. Henry Koch Crocker,   b. 17 Nov 1883, Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 May 1958, Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     4. Louis F. Crocker,   b. 21 Jul 1888, Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Feb 1966, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     5. George B. Crocker,   b. 23 Oct 1893, Buena Vista Township, Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jan 1988, Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
     6. Benniett "Ben" Hezekiah Crocker,   b. 29 Apr 1900, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Apr 1993, New Port Richey, Pasco County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
    Family ID F5212  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Jul 2013 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 23 Feb 1857 - Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 10 Mar 1879 - Saginaw County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 23 Mar 1952 - Saginaw 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/, February 14, 1936 (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, 162 (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. [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).

    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. [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).