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Christina A. Striffler

Female 1873 - 1954  (80 years)


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  • Name Christina A. Striffler  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 13 May 1873  Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Death 30 Apr 1954  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Burial 3 May 1954  Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • Cass City Chronicle
      Friday, May 7, 1954
      Volume 49, Number 2
      Page One

      Pioneer of Cass City Dies Here Friday

      Mrs. Christina Patterson, one of the remaining pioneers of Cass City, died early Friday morning, April 30, at her home here. She had been ill the past eight months.

      Mrs. Patterson was born in Sturgis, Michigan, May 13, 1873, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Christian and Mary Rommel Striffler. She came to Cass City with her parents when a child.

      She was united in marriage with Mrs. Charles E. Patterson November 9, 1898 in Cass City, where they made their home following their marriage.

      Mrs. Patterson has been a member of the Evangelical United Brethren Church of Cass City since childhood.

      She leaves to mourn their loss her husband; one daughter, Mrs. Claude (Cecile) Wood of Cass City; one son, Mr. Grant Patterson of Cass City; two sisters, Mrs. Edward Helwig of Cass City and Mrs. Barbara Griffin of Alhambra, California; one brother, Mr. S.C. Striffler of Cass City; three grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. One son, Calvin, preceded her in death.

      Funeral services were held Monday, May 3, at 2:00 p.m. at the Evangelical United Brethren Church. Rev. S.R. Wurtz officiated and burial was in Elkland Cemetery.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, January 2008)
    Person ID I24253  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Christian Striffler,   b. 8 Dec 1827, Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Feb 1911, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Anna Maria "Mary Anna" Rommel,   b. 8 Dec 1837, B?nzwangen, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Oct 1911, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 3 Jul 1856  White Pigeon, St. Joseph County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5028  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Charles E. Patterson,   b. 9 Sep 1868, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Aug 1964, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years) 
    Marriage 9 Nov 1898  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Cecile Hester Patterson,   b. 23 Jan 1901, Sanilac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Dec 1973, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     2. Grant E. Patterson,   b. 24 Jan 1903, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jul 1984, Owosso, Shiawassee County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     3. Calvin C. Patterson,   b. 1 May 1907, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Mar 1926, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 18 years)
    Family ID F9383  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Jan 2008 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 13 May 1873 - Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 9 Nov 1898 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 30 Apr 1954 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 3 May 1954 - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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 17, September 6, 1954 (Reliability: 3).

    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/, Friday, May 7, 1954 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S481] 1910 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls. This database is an index to the head of households enumerated in the 1910 United States Federal Census, the Thirteenth Census of the United States. In addition, each indexed name is linked to actual images of the 1910 Federal Census. The information recorded in the census includes: name, relationship to head of family, age at last birthday, sex, color or race, whether single, married, widowed, or divorced, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, and more.), Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp, Cass City Village Enumerated 19 Apr 1910 SD 8 ED 113 Sheet 8B 78-78 (Reliability: 3).