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Lillian E. Striffler

Female 1886 - 1965  (79 years)


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  • Name Lillian E. Striffler  [1, 2
    Birth 6 Nov 1886  Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 19 Nov 1965  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Burial 20 Nov 1965  Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Cass City Chronicle
      Volume 59, Number 32
      Thursday, November 25, 1965


      Mrs. MacPhail Succumbs Friday

      Mrs. Lillian MacPhail, 79, pioneer of Cass City and wife of a former Cass City businessman, died Friday at Hills and Dales General Hospital.

      She had been in ill health for a year and suffered for many years from arthritis.

      She was born in Elkland township, Nov. 6, 1886, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Striffler.

      She married Angus MacPhail in Argyle Jan. 7, 1914. Mr. MacPhail started and operated a successful business as a funeral director in Cass City from 1920 until shortly before his death on Sept. 19, 1952 (sic).

      Mrs. MacPhail was a member of the Cass City Methodist Church.

      Surviving are: a son Dr. Albert MacPhail of Flint; two sisters, Mrs. Grace Sandham of Cass City and Mrs. Ruth Moreton of Detroit, and three grandchildren.

      Funeral services were held at Little's Funeral Home at 3 p.m. Saturday. The Rev. james Braid, pastor of the First Methodist Chruch, officiated.

      Burial was in Elkland cemetery.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2008)
    • (Research):Census Listings:

      1930 Census
      Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp, Cass City Village
      Enumerated 4 April 1930
      ED 79-11 SD 11 Sheets 2A and 2B Stamped 185


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      McPhail, Angus Hd M W 49 M 33 Mich Scotland Scotland Mortician Undertaking
      McPhail, Lillian E Wife F W 41 m 25 Mich NY Ct
      McPhail, Albert A Son Adopted M W 3/12 S Mich Ohio Ohio
    Person ID I28698  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Samuel W. Striffler,   b. Dec 1857, Lancaster, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Mar 1928, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 70 years) 
    Mother Pauline Ahr,   b. 2 Oct 1860, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Nov 1920, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage 9 May 1882  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F9283  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Angus MacPhail,   b. Abt 1881, Argyle, Sanilac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1942, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 61 years) 
    Marriage 7 Jan 1914  Argyle, Sanilac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Albert Angus MacPhail, M. D.,   b. 7 Dec 1929, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Oct 2012, East Orleans, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F9285  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Aug 2009 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 6 Nov 1886 - Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 7 Jan 1914 - Argyle, Sanilac County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 19 Nov 1965 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 20 Nov 1965 - Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Striffler, Uncle John's Farm
    Striffler, Uncle John's Farm
    The family gathered at Uncle John's farm after the felling of a particularly large pine tree on March 8, 1905. The tree was 112 feet tall and 4 feet, 7 inches in diameter. Lena Mark Schwegler identified the women standing to the left as Esther Striffler, Miss Klump, Lillian Striffler and Mattie Striffler. Just to their right, with the long white beard, is John Stiffler, the family partriarch. The youngest boys are Stanley, Paul and Will Bien.

    PLEASE EMAIL IF YOU KNOW WHICH OF THE TWO LILLIAN STRIFFLER'S THIS IS (they were cousins, close in age) OR IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY ANYONE ELSE IN THE PHOTO.

  • 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, Sanilac County, Argyle, SD 7, ED 113, Sheet 10A , Stamped 10 (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, November 25, 1965 (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 26, September 5, 1966 (Reliability: 3).