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William Frederick Joos

Male 1880 - 1970  (89 years)


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  • Name William Frederick Joos  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Birth 15 Feb 1880  Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 15 Jan 1970  Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Cass City Chronicle
      Cass City, Michigan, Nov. 25, 1921
      Page Five
      Thanksgiving Guests

      Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Joos and family of Northeast Elkland were guests at the home of E.W. Kercher on Thanksgiving Day.


      Cass City Chronicle
      Cass City, Michigan
      Thursday, January 22, 1970
      Vol. 63, No. 40
      Page Three

      Services held for William JOOS, 89

      Funeral services for William F. Joos, 89, retired farmer and lifelong resident of this area, were held Sunday at Little's Funeral Home. Rev. Ira L. Wood, pastor of Salem United Methodist church, of which Mr. Joos was a member for the past 25 years, officiated. Burial was in Elkland cemetery.

      Mr. Joos, a patient at the Sanilac Medical Care Facility at Sandusky for four months, died there Friday, Jan. 16.

      Son of the late Jacob and Rosina Joos, he was born at Saginaw Feb. 15, 1880. He married Miss Hattie MUCK in Cass City in 1909 (sic). Mrs. Joos succumbed Nov. 14, 1954.

      Suriviving are one son, Maurice of Cass City; two daughters, Mrs. Kurt HANES (Lena) of Snover and Mrs. Walter JEZEWSKI (Helen) of Cass City; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one brother, Fred JOOS of Caro, and a sister, Mrs. Lawrence HARTMAN of Saginaw.
    • (Research):1920 Census
      Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp
      Enumerated 16 and 17 Jan 1920
      SD 7 ED 178 Sheet 3B
      69-72
      Joos, William Hd M W 39 M Mic Germany Germany Fermer
      Joos, Hattie Wf F W 40 M Mich NY NY
      Joos, Leana Dtr F W 10 S Mich Mich Mich
      Joos, Morris Son M W 8 S Mich Mich Mich
      Joos, Jacob Father M W 75 M 1869 Na 1880 Germany Germany Ge
      rmany
      Joos, Rosina Mother F W 64 M 1873 Germany Germany Germany


      1930 Census
      Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland, ED 12
      147
      Joos, William F 50 Michigan Germany Germany Farmer
      Joos, Hattie C 50 Michigan New York New York
      Joos, Lena L 20 Michigan Michigan Michigan
      Joos, Morris W 18 Michigan Michigan Michigan
      Joos, Helen M 9 Michigan Michigan Michigan
      Joos, Jacob 85 Germany Germany Germany 1869
      Joos, Rosina 75 Germany Germany Germany 1873
    Person ID I12764  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father 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) 
    Mother Rosine "Rosina" Benkelman,   b. 17 Mar 1855, Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Nov 1953, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 98 years) 
    Marriage 11 May 1879  Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5, 6
    • 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)
    Family ID F5211  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Harriet Christine "Hattie" Muck,   b. 16 Jul 1879, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Nov 1954, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 17 Mar 1907  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7
    • Cass City Chronicle
      Cass City, Michigan, Friday, March 16, 1934
      Vol. 23, Number 49


      Turning Back the Pages
      Twenty Five Years Ago
      March 19, 1909

      Wm. Joos and Miss Hattie MUCK were married at the Evangelical parsonage on Wednesday afternoon by Rev. J.A. SCHWEITZER.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Spring 2007)
    Children 
     1. Lena Joos,   b. 22 Dec 1909, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jun 2001, Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
     2. William Maurice Joos,   b. 18 Jul 1911, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 2011, North Kansas City, Clay County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 100 years)
     3. Helen Joos,   b. 20 Aug 1920, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jul 2008, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    Family ID F2708  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Aug 2008 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Feb 1880 - Saginaw County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 17 Mar 1907 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Jan 1970 - Sandusky, Sanilac 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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  • Photos
    Joos, William and Hattie (Muck) and Family, ca 1910's
    Joos, William and Hattie (Muck) and Family, ca 1910's
    William Frederick Joos and his wife, Hattie, with their two eldest children, Lena and Maurice.

  • Sources 
    1. [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982.

    2. [S487] Ancestry.com - U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.

    3. [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 18, 1934 (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. 162 (Reliability: 3).

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

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

    7. [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/, March 16, 1934 (Reliability: 3).