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Samuel Jaus

Samuel Jaus

Male 1878 - 1952  (73 years)

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  • Name Samuel Jaus  [1, 2
    Birth 10 Dec 1878  Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 28 Apr 1952  Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Burial 1 May 1952  Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 
    • Cass City Chronicle
      Friday, August 19, 1938
      Local Happenings
      Page 3
      Samuel JAUS, daughter, Miss Minnie, and Mr. and Mrs. Samuel HELWIG were Sunday guests of Mr. Helwig's sister, Mrs. Russell SHERMAN at Caro.

      Cass City Chronicle
      May 2, 1952
      Samuel Jaus Dies after Long Illness

      Mr. Samuel Jaus, 74, who had been in ill health for the past three years, died Monday morning, April 28, at his residence. He had been a lifetime resident of this community. He was born December 10, 1878 in Elkland Township, the son of George and Christina JAUS. On March 12, 1902, he married Miss Lena HELWIG in Cass City. They made their home on a farm in this community. Mrs. Jaus died in 1931. In 1940, Mr. Jaus moved to Cass City. He was employed at Nestles until ill health forced him to retire. For the past 50 years, he had been a member of the Evangelical United Brethren Church and also a member of the Elkland Arbor of Gleaners.

      He leaves one daughter, Miss Minnie Jaus, and two brothers, John and Fred, all of Cass City. A son, George, preceded him in death.

      At 12:00 noon, Thrusday, he was taken from Little's Funeral Home to be in state until 2:00 p.m. at the Evangelical U.B. Church. Rev. S.R. Wurtz officiated. He was buried in the family lot in Elkland Cemetery.
    • (Research):Census Information:

      Census Information:

      1910 Census
      Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp
      Enumerated 19 and 20 April 1910 by John A. Benkelman
      SD 8 ED 112 Sheet 2A
      29-31
      Jaus, Samuel HD M W Mich Germany Germany Farmer
      Jaus, Lena Wf F W 31 M 8 3/2 NY NY NY
      Jaus, George Son M W 7 S Mich Mich NY
      Jaus, Minnie Dtr F W 3 S Mich Mich NY
      Jaus, John Bro M W 26 S Mich Germany Germany Farmer
      Jaus, Christina Mother F W 58 Ed 6/3 Germany Germany German
      y Own Income


      1920 Census
      Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp
      Enumerated 16 and 17 Jan 1920
      SD 7 ED 178 Sheet 3B
      65-68
      Jaus, Samuel Hd M w 41 M Mich Germany Germany Farmer
      Jaus, Lena Wf F W 40 M NY NY German NY German
      Jaus, George Son M W 16 S Mich Mich NY
      Jaus, Minnie Dtr F W 12 S Mich Mich NY
      66-69
      Jaus, Christina Hd F W 67 Wd 1870 Na 1876 Germany Germany Germany
    Person ID I12760  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Johann Georg Jaus,   b. 7 Jan 1849, Hattenhofen, G?ppingen, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Aug 1900, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Mother Christina Benkelman,   b. 24 Mar 1852, Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Mar 1929, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1871  W?rttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Family ID F5210  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lena Katie Helwig,   b. 1 May 1879, Lancaster, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 May 1931, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage 12 Mar 1902  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. George Alvin Jaus,   b. 23 Feb 1903, Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1921, Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 17 years)
     2. Minnie Edith Jaus,   b. 19 Mar 1907, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Mar 1986, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F2710  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 May 2007 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 10 Dec 1878 - Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 12 Mar 1902 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 28 Apr 1952 - Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1 May 1952 - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Jaus, Samuel
    Jaus, Samuel
    Husband of Lena Helwig
    B. 1878 D. 1952 Michigan

    This photo appears to have been taken sometime around 1900 or 1910. Sam was a lifelong resident of Elkland Township and farmer, also being a member of the Elkland Arbor of Gleaners.
    Live Wire Bible Class of the Evangelical United Brethern Church Sunday School, Cass City Michigan, ca 1917
    Live Wire Bible Class of the Evangelical United Brethern Church Sunday School, Cass City Michigan, ca 1917
    FRONT ROW, l to r, Grant McConnell, class leader; UNKNOWN Clergyman, UNKNOWN class member, William Schwegler, Sam Helwig, George Burg
    SECOND ROW, l to r, Hattie Helwig McConnell, Janet "Jennie" Gardner Buehrly, Minerva Helwig Sherman, Mary Buehrly Striffler, Mary Mark Buehrly
    THIRD ROW; l to r, Alma Striffler Schenck holding her baby Ruth, Lena Helwig Jaus, Lillian Striffler Ricker, Minnie Jesse Benkelman, Mary Schwegler Jaus, Jacob Hiller.
    Note: Alma Striffler Schenck's three year old son, Donald, was said to be asleep in the Model T Ford just to the left of the group at the time this photo was taken
    FOURTH ROW: l to r, Elsie Buehrly, Mary Striffler Helwig, Cora Helwig Klinkman, Laura McConnell Hiller, Alice Ross Schwegler, Mary McLellan Joos, Ed Helwig
    FIFTH ROW, l to r, Art Ricker, Erwin Kercher, Ed Buehrly, Harvey Klinkman, UNKNOWN Class Member, Fred Buehrly, Fred Joos
    TOP ROW, l to r, Sol Striffler, Clayton Schenck, Fred Jaus, William Ackerman, Sam Jaus

    It appears that at least 33 of the 36 adults in this Sunday School class were directly related, through either blood or marriage, to the Striffler, Benkelman and Helwig families who emigrated together from Erie County, New York to Tuscola County, Michigan beginning in the 1860's.

    PLEASE HELP US IDENTIFY THE UNKNOWN INDIVIDUALS.

  • 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. 162 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [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 15, Sept. 1, 1952. (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S722] Elkland (Twp, Tuscola Co, MI) Cemetery Records ; http://elkland.rawson.lib.mi.us/.

    5. [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/.

    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. 160 (Reliability: 3).