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Samuel Striffler

Male 1872 - 1954  (82 years)


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  • Name Samuel Striffler  [1, 2
    Birth 28 Feb 1872  Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 6 Nov 1954  San Diego, San Diego County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5
    Notes 
    • Cass City Chronicle
      Cass City, Michigan, March 23, 1923
      Local Happenings, Page Four

      Sam Striffler spent a few days last week in Battle Creek where he was the guest of his daughter, Mrs. Earl BUCHANAN.

      Cass City Chronicle
      Friday, November 12, 1954
      Page Six
      Cass City Area News Items

      Relatives here received word of the death, Saturday, of Samuel Striffler, 82, of San Diego, Cal. Mr. Striffler, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Striffler, was born and raised here. Funeral services and burial took place in California. He is survived by his wife, Mary, who has been hospitalized for a long period of time; a daughter, Mrs. Earl Buchanan, of San Diego and a son, Vernon Striffler, of Long Beach, California, and one sister, Mrs. George Zinnecker of Moore, Montana.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Winter 2007)

      California Death Index:

      STRIFFLER SAMUEL 02/28/1872 BENKLEMAN STRIFFLER M MICHIGAN SAN DIEGO(37) 11/06/1954 366-07-0433
    • (Research):Census Information:

      1900 Census
      Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp, Cass City Village
      Enumerated 12, 13 and 14 June 1900 by John Marshall
      SD 8, ED 110, Sheet 7A Stamped 110
      137-137
      Striffler, Samuel W M Feb 1872 28 M2 Mich France Germany
      Striffler, Mary L W F May 1879 21 M2 1/1 Germany Germany Ge
      rmany
      Striffler, Catherine W F Dec 1899 5/12 Mich Mich Germany
      Striffler, Louisa W F Sept 1853 57 7/3 Germany Germany Germany
      Crocker, Fred W M Apr 1880 20 Mich Ohio Germany

      HH 138-138
      Solomon and Kate Striffler

      Fred Crocker was Samuel Striffler's first cousin, once removed. His mother was Dorothea Benkelman Crocker, a niece of Sam's mother, Louisa.
    Person ID I12719  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Jacob Striffler,   b. 31 Mar 1819, Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Sep 1895, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Luise "Louisa" Benkelman,   b. 14 Sep 1833, Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Oct 1910, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1853  Lancaster, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6, 7
    • BonnieMargaret Jacobs wrote that Bob Benkelman had a copy of their marriage certificate from Lancaster, Erie County, NY. They were married by Reverand Christian Knapp, who had moved from W?rttemberg to Lancaster to head a Reformed congregation.

      Louisa and Jacob had seven children in total, only three of whom survived into adulthood.
    Family ID F1783  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marie L. Kaiser,   b. 20 May 1879, G?ppingen, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Apr 1955, San Diego, San Diego County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 17 Aug 1898  [1, 8
    Children 
     1. Katherine Luise Striffler,   b. 10 Dec 1899, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Mar 1989, San Diego, San Diego County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
     2. Anna Eliza Striffler,   b. 13 Oct 1901, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Feb 1949, San Diego, San Diego County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
     3. Vernon Striffler,   b. 19 Oct 1903, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1966, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    Family ID F3073  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Jul 2013 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 28 Feb 1872 - Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 6 Nov 1954 - San Diego, San Diego County, California Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Striffler, Marie (Kaiser)
    Striffler, Marie (Kaiser)
    Ruth Esau identified this photo as the Mary Kaiser Striffler family of San Diego, California. Marie and Samuel appear to stand to the left, son Vernon and wife Arlene (Whitney) of Battle Creek, Michigan are in the center, and daughter Anna is to the right. Not pictured are daughter Katherine or her husband, Earl Buchanan.

  • 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. 152, 156a, 162 (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. 152, 156a (Reliability: 3).

    4. [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 18, September 5, 1955 (Reliability: 3).

    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. 156a (shows the year as 1934, however, in error) (Reliability: 3).

    6. [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/, October 28, 1910 (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. 151 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [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. 156a, 162 (Reliability: 3).