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Calvin J. Striffler

Male 1885 - 1961  (75 years)


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  • Name Calvin J. Striffler  [1, 2
    Birth 1 May 1885  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 16 Mar 1961  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Burial Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • Cass City Chronicle
      December 23, 1910

      Mr. and Mrs. Calvin J. Striffler, Mrs. J.H. Striffler, Phillip and the Misses Lena and Emma Muck visited at the home of O.W. Nique at Shabbona Sunday.

      Cass City Chronicle
      March 10, 1939
      Local Happenings, Page Four

      Mrs. G. W. Miller and daughter, Jean, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Zemke and little daughter, Ann Maureen of Colwood, Mr. and Mrs. E.W. Kercher and two sons and John H. Kercher were Sunday dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Striffler.

      Cass City Chronicle
      Friday, August 16, 1957

      Re-elect officers at Farm Produce

      Annual meeting of the stockholders of Farm Produce was held. The following officers were re-elected for another year: Joe Crawford, President, Audley Rawon, Vice President, D.W. Benkelman, Treasurer, and C.J. Striffler, Secretary.

      Cass City Chronicle
      Thursday, March 23, 1961

      Calvin J. Striffler Dies Thursday

      Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Little's Funeral Home for Calvin J. Striffler. Rev. S.R. Wurtz officiated and burial was in Elkland cemetery. Mr. Striffler died in Hills and Dales Hospital Thursday evening. He had been in ill health the past three years.

      Mr. Striffler was born in Cass City May 1, 1885, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Striffler. He married Rose Bixby January 3, 1907 (sic) in Syracuse, New York.

      He had held the office of Justice of the Peace of Cass City for a number of years and was the present city assessor.

      He was also a member of the Evangelical United Brethren Church.

      Survivors are his wife; four sisters, Mrs. Ida NIQUE and Mrs. Lillian RICKER, both of Cass City, Mrs. F.A. (Margaret) SMILEY of Drayton Plains, Michigan, and Mrs. A.W. (Laura) WEAVER of Flint.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Spring 2007)
    • (Research):
      Census Information:

      Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp
      Enumerated 10 and 11 May 1910 by John A. Benkleman
      SD 8 ED 112 Sheet 10A Stamped 130
      196-199
      Striffler, Calvin J Hd M W 25 M1 1 Mich NY NY Farmer
      Striffler, Rose F Wife F W 25 m1 1 0/0 Mich NY NY
      Silvernail, Paul Hired Man M W 16 S Ohio Ohio Ohio Laborer

      1920 Census
      Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp
      Enumerated 17 and 20 January
      Sheet 4B
      89-92
      Striffler, Calvin J Hd M W 34 M Mich New York State New York State Farmer
      Striffler, Rosa F Wf F W 35 M Mich New York State New York State
      Bixby, Marion E Boarder F W 15 S NY Mich New York

      1930 Census
      Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp
      Enumerated April 21, 1930
      ED 79-12 SD 11 Sheet 9A Stamped 20
      204-204
      Striffler, Calvin J Hd M W 22 M 23 Mich NY NY Farmer
      Striffler, Rose F Wif F W 45 M 23 Mich NY NY
      Striffler, Sofia Mother F W 69 Wd 19 NY Germany Germany
    Person ID I28692  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 27 Dec 2014 

    Father Jacob H. Striffler,   b. 6 Jan 1851, Lancaster, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 May 1925, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Sophia Helwig,   b. 17 Apr 1860, Lancaster, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Aug 1946, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage 22 Jan 1880  Lancaster, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Photos
    Striffler, Jacob and Sophia (Helwig)
    Striffler, Jacob and Sophia (Helwig)
    Jacob and Sophia were both born in New York before the Civil War, moving to Michigan to start their family
    Family ID F9282  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rose Fannie Bixby,   b. 4 Nov 1884, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Mar 1976, Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Marriage 4 Jan 1909  Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    • Although both of their obituaries show they were married in 1907, they were actually married in 1909 per the article below, courtesy of Carole Benkelman:

      Cass City Chronicle Jan. 5th, 1934, page 8.

      In the "25 years ago" section.
      Jan. 8th, 1909

      Calvin J. Striffler of this city and Miss Rose Bixby were united in marriage at Syracuse, N. Y on Monday.

      This also matches the 1910 census, which indicates they had been married 1 year.

    Family ID F9621  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Dec 2014 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1 May 1885 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 4 Jan 1909 - Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 16 Mar 1961 - Cass City, Tuscola 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
    Striffler, Calvin before 1890
    Striffler, Calvin before 1890
    A photo of Calvin, the son of Jacob Striffler and Sophia Helwig, taken when he was a toddler
    Striffler, Lillian ca 1880's with brother Calvin and sister Ida
    Striffler, Lillian ca 1880's with brother Calvin and sister Ida
    The eldest children of Jacob Striffler and Sophia Helwig

    Documents
    Striffler-Benkelman Annual Labor Day Family Reunion, 1936 Newspaper article
    Striffler-Benkelman Annual Labor Day Family Reunion, 1936 Newspaper article
    In the mid 1850's, in Erie County, New York, two sons of Jacob & Otilla Striffler married two Benkelman sisters. Shortly after their marriages, the couples moved to the Michigan frontier, many of their brothers and sisters following them. The two families remained intertwined for subsequent generations. At a reunion of the Henry Striffler family in 1930 it was decided to enlarge the scope of the reunion to include descendants of Henry, Jacob, Joseph, Christian, John and Susan Striffler. Members and "in laws" of these families first gathered at the Assembly grounds in Sebewaing for a reunion in 1932. As the Benkelman-Striffler family had remained very close over the years, all branches of the Benkelman family were invited to their Sixth Reunion, and since that time it remained a joint event. This articles from the 1936 "Cass City Chronicle" details one of the earliest joint reunions. Attended by over 170 family members, the reunion was held on the John Striffler homestead northeast of Cass City, with attendees travelling from Ontario, Ohio and many places in Michigan. President W.D. STRIFFLER presided at a business meeting in 1936, and Harry HUNT, Mrs. S.G BENKELMAN (the former Mary Striffler), and Mrs. Ben SCHWEGLER (the former Joanna Mark) were elected officers for the ensuing year. The first volume of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST was published for the September 1936 reunion.

    Headstones
    Striffler, Calvin J.
    Striffler, Calvin J.

  • Sources 
    1. [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Michigan, Tuscola County, Cass City, SD 8, ED 111 Sheet 3A (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/, Thursday, March 23, 1961 (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.), 1961 Issue, not assigned a volume number (Reliability: 3).

    4. [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/, Thursday, March 11, 1976 (Reliability: 3).