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Minnie E. Burg

Female 1875 - 1946  (71 years)


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  • Name Minnie E. Burg  [1, 2
    Birth 16 May 1875  Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 22 May 1946  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Burial Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • Cass City Chronicle
      May 24, 1946
      Page One

      Funeral of Mrs. H.L. Hunt Held Today

      Mrs. Harry L. Hunt passed away early Wednesday morning in her home, following a stroke which she suffered about a week ago. She had been poorly for about eight years.

      Funeral services will be conducted today (Friday) at 2 p.m. in the Evangelical Church by Rev. S.P. Kirn and interment will be made in Elkland cemetery.

      Minnie Burg was born in the state of New York May 16, 1875, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Peter Burg. At the age of six years, she came to this county with her family, where she has since resided. On Feb. 16, 1898, she was united in marriage with Harry L. Hunt, who preceded her in death January 25, 1942. For six years Mr. and Mrs. Hunt conducted a grocery and china store in Cass City and in 1907 they established a greenhouse which is now being conducted by their son, Lewis Hunt.

      Mrs. Hunt is survived by three daughters, Miss Thelma Hunt, a teacher in Ypsilanti high school, Mrs. William Wyman of Trenton, Mich., and Miss Betty Hunt of Detroit, two sons, Lewis of Cass City and Russell of Farmington, and one brother, George Burg, of Cass City.

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

      1920 Census
      Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp, Cass City Village
      Enumerated 30 January 1920
      SD 7 ED 179 Sheet 10B

      Seeger Street
      HH 234-249
      Bessie Holt, Widowed age 37, with the Dunk family

      Leach Street
      HH 235-250
      Hunt, Harry L Hd M W 46 M 1888 Na 1895 Canada English Yor
      k State Fl.
      Hunt, Minnie E Wf F W 44 M New York Germany German York State
      Hunt, Thelma J Dtr F W 19 S Mich Canada English York State
      Hunt, Lewis H Son M W 11 S Mich Canada English York State
      Hunt, Catherine Dtr F W 8 S Mich Canada English York State
      Hunt, Russell Son M W 6 S Mich Canada English York State
      Hunt, Elizabeth B Dtr F W 3 1/12 S Mich Canada English York State
    Person ID I29798  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Peter Burg,   b. 1 Aug 1843, Winden, Aichach-Friedberg, Schwaben, Bayern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jan 1923, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Striffler,   b. 6 Jan 1848, Lancaster, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 1928, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 29 Jul 1874  Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F9602  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Harry Lewis Hunt,   b. 13 Sep 1873, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 1942, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 16 Feb 1898  Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Thelma J. Hunt,   b. 29 Nov 1900, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Nov 1955, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
     2. Lewis Harry Hunt,   b. 5 Jun 1908, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Feb 1949, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)
     3. Catherine Hunt,   b. 23 Apr 1911, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 2006, Trenton, Wayne County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
     4. Russell James Hunt,   b. 12 Feb 1913, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Dec 1996, Farmington Hills, Oakland County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     5. Elizabeth B. "Betty" Hunt,   b. 9 Jan 1917, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Feb 1985, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    Family ID F9603  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Sep 2007 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 16 May 1875 - Erie County, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 16 Feb 1898 - Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 22 May 1946 - 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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  • Sources 
    1. [S722] Elkland (Twp, Tuscola Co, MI) Cemetery Records ; http://elkland.rawson.lib.mi.us/.

    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/, May 24, 1946 (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 9., September 2, 1946. (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/, January 5, 1923 (Reliability: 3).