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Harvey Klinkman

Male 1889 - 1947  (58 years)


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  • Name Harvey Klinkman  [1, 2
    Birth 6 Jun 1889  Lancaster, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 8 Dec 1947  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial 11 Dec 1947  Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Notes 
    • Cass City Chronicle
      Friday, December 12, 1947
      Page 4

      Sudden Death of Harvey Klinkman

      Harvey Klinkman, well-known resident of Cass City, passed away suddenly at his home on South Seeger St. Monday night. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Stanley Kirn at the Evangelical United Bretherin Church Thursday afternoon and interment was made in Elkland Cemetery.

      Mr. Klinkman was born in Lancaster, New York, June 6, 1889, and was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Otto Klinkman. He came to this community with his parents when he was nine years old where he has made his home until his death.

      He was united in marriage February 10, 1914, in Cass City with Miss Cora Helwig. Following their marriage they made their home in the village. Mr Klinkman has been in the contracting business for the past twenty years.

      To mourn their losses are his wife; one daughter, Charlotte, at home; three sons, Dorus and Keith Klinkman of Cass City and James Klinkman of Detroit; four brothers, Orton Klinkman of Decker, Howard of Jackson, Charles of Dearborn, and Arthur of Cass City; and two grandchildren.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, March 2010)
    Person ID I35086  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Otto C. Klinkman,   b. 22 Sep 1858, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jul 1936, Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Maggie May Hutchinson,   b. 12 May 1863, Lancaster, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Oct 1911, Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1885  Lancaster, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Family ID F11000  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Cora Lavinia Helwig,   b. 30 Sep 1888, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Oct 1984 (Age 96 years) 
    Marriage 10 Feb 1914  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Dorus "Dutch" Klinkman,   b. 20 May 1916   d. 2 Jul 1987 (Age 71 years)
     2. Keith Klinkman,   b. 10 Mar 1922   d. 8 Oct 1973 (Age 51 years)
    Family ID F10999  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Mar 2010 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 6 Jun 1889 - Lancaster, Erie County, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 10 Feb 1914 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 8 Dec 1947 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 11 Dec 1947 - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Live Wire Bible Class of the Evangelical United Brethern Church Sunday School, Cass City Michigan, ca 1917
    Live Wire Bible Class of the Evangelical United Brethern Church Sunday School, Cass City Michigan, ca 1917
    FRONT ROW, l to r, Grant McConnell, class leader; UNKNOWN Clergyman, UNKNOWN class member, William Schwegler, Sam Helwig, George Burg
    SECOND ROW, l to r, Hattie Helwig McConnell, Janet "Jennie" Gardner Buehrly, Minerva Helwig Sherman, Mary Buehrly Striffler, Mary Mark Buehrly
    THIRD ROW; l to r, Alma Striffler Schenck holding her baby Ruth, Lena Helwig Jaus, Lillian Striffler Ricker, Minnie Jesse Benkelman, Mary Schwegler Jaus, Jacob Hiller.
    Note: Alma Striffler Schenck's three year old son, Donald, was said to be asleep in the Model T Ford just to the left of the group at the time this photo was taken
    FOURTH ROW: l to r, Elsie Buehrly, Mary Striffler Helwig, Cora Helwig Klinkman, Laura McConnell Hiller, Alice Ross Schwegler, Mary McLellan Joos, Ed Helwig
    FIFTH ROW, l to r, Art Ricker, Erwin Kercher, Ed Buehrly, Harvey Klinkman, UNKNOWN Class Member, Fred Buehrly, Fred Joos
    TOP ROW, l to r, Sol Striffler, Clayton Schenck, Fred Jaus, William Ackerman, Sam Jaus

    It appears that at least 33 of the 36 adults in this Sunday School class were directly related, through either blood or marriage, to the Striffler, Benkelman and Helwig families who emigrated together from Erie County, New York to Tuscola County, Michigan beginning in the 1860's.

    PLEASE HELP US IDENTIFY THE UNKNOWN INDIVIDUALS.
    Cass City, Michigan 'Kill Kare Klub' Gathering
    Cass City, Michigan "Kill Kare Klub" Gathering
    A postcard from the collection of Lena Mark Schwegler.
    Back row, l to r, Dan McRea, Alma Striffler, Clayton Schenck, Elizabeth Beebeheyser, Alma Mark (in a dark colored dress)
    Middle row, l to r, UNKNOWN, Mary Gulick, Harvey Klinkman, Cora Helwig (who would later marry Harvey), and standing in white, holding Cora's hand, Minerva Helwig
    Front row, l to r, Martha Mark, Millard Spurgeon, Lena Mark

    Minerva Helwig was identified by her granddaughter, Shelly de Beaubien. Marjory Schwegler Battel had instead thought this was Ethel Striffler.

    The Kill Kare Klub was a social group with chapters throughout the midwest, whose members gathered monthly to participate in skits, games, and lively conversation.

  • Sources 
    1. [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/.

    2. [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 Enumerated 15 and 16 of April 1910 SD 8 ED 112 Sheet 1A Stamped 121 5-5 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S722] Elkland (Twp, Tuscola Co, MI) Cemetery Records ; http://elkland.rawson.lib.mi.us/.

    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/, Friday, July 17, 1936, page 5 (Reliability: 3).