Lottie Christine Benkelman

1880 - 1956  (75 years)

• Name	Lottie Christine Benkelman  [1]
  Birth	24 Oct 1880	Denver, Denver County, Colorado   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	1 Jun 1956	Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon   [1, 2]
  Burial	St. Francis Cemetery, Cheyenne County, Kansas
  Notes	Cass City Chronicle Friday, July 21, 1911 Local Happenings Page 4 Misses Bertha Benkelman of this place and Lottie Benkelman of St. Francis, Kansas, left Saturday morning on a trip to Detroit and Buffalo. A Mrs. (sic) Lottie Benkelman of Cheyenne County, Kansas was listed, along with 12 others from that county, in the State of Kansas Directory of State Officers, Boards and Commissions, Issued by J. T. Botkin, Kansas Secretary of State on October, 1915. A PDF of this books can be viewed on Google Books. Cass City Chronicle September 7, 1917 The Week's Doings, Page 4 Miss Lottie Benkelman, who was a guest of Mrs. M. M. Schwegler, returned Thursday to her home in St. Francis, Kansas. Lottie didn't marry until later in life. She had remained at home to care for her parents. She married first Farmer L. Shields and later William Maurice Ball, on 25 September 1954 in Denver, Colorado. As of the 1955 issue of the Striffler-Benkelman broadcast, she was living in Corvallis, Oregon.
  Person ID	I1971	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	George Adam "Little George" Benkelman,   b. 7 Sep 1851, Lancaster, Erie County, New York d. 10 Feb 1929, Alhambra, Los Angeles County, California (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Maria Barbara Rommel,   b. 1 Jun 1852, B?nzwangen, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany d. 18 May 1928, St. Francis, Cheyenne County, Kansas (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	6 Jan 1880	Denver, Denver County, Colorado   [1, 3]
  Family ID	F614	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Farmer L. Shields,   b. Abt 1879, Iowa d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	4 Apr 1929	St. Francis, Cheyenne County, Kansas   [1]
  Family ID	F1286	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2008

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 24 Oct 1880 - Denver, Denver County, Colorado Marriage - 4 Apr 1929 - St. Francis, Cheyenne County, Kansas Death - 1 Jun 1956 - Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon Burial - - St. Francis Cemetery, Cheyenne County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		Benkelman, Lottie Christine ca 1880's Eldest child, and only daughter, of George Adam Benkelman and Maria Babara Rommel.
  		Benkelman, Adam and Anna Catherine (Schaufele) Descendants ca 1912 Family Reunion Back, Standing, l to r: Mae Benkelman, Kate Schwegler, John Benkelman Sr., Ester Ackerman Benkelman, Minnie Jesse Benkelman, Joe Benkelman, Augusta Krehl Benkelman, Dorus Benkelman, Will Schwegler, Ward Benkelman, Ben Schwegler, Sam Benkelman Middle Row, kneeling, l to r: Alvin Benkelman, Harold Benkelman, Ruth Benkelman, Marie Benkelman (standing), Lena Benkelman Schwegler, Barbara Rommel Benkelman, Louisa Benkelman Schwegler Bottom Row, seated, l to r: Bertha Benkelman, Glen Benkelman, Ida Benkelman, Lottie Benkelman, Ben Benkelman Sr. behind his nephew John Donald Benkelman, Lois Benkelman, Ben Benkelman Jr., Alice Ross Schwegler with her baby Edward William Schwegler, and ,facing left, Mary Striffler Benkelman (Mrs. Sam) (Legend Courtesy of Bonnie-Margaret Benkelman Jacobs)

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [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 19, September 3, 1956 (Reliability: 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. 133 (Reliability: 3).