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Charles Frederick Buchanan

Male 1922 - 2007  (84 years)


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  • Name Charles Frederick Buchanan  [1, 2
    Birth 27 Aug 1922  Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 12 Mar 2007  California Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • The STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, Vol. 7, September 4, 1944, noted that Frederick Buchanan, trained at Ft. Belvoir, Va., was in Burma. As of the September 3, 1945 issue (Vol. 8), it was reported that he was in Led, India, where he has been stationed for nearly two years.

      In the same periodical, Volume 9, dated September 2, 1946, in a column titled "Our Service Men Who Have Returned Home", it was noted that Fred Buchanan returned from India and Burma after 2 1/2 years as one of 12 surveyors of the Stiwell Road, and was attending college in Houghton, Mich. As of the 1948 issue of this periodical, he had graduated with his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Houghton.

      Volume 11, published September 6, 1948, reported that he was Assistant Industrial Engineer a the Oliver Farm Equipment Co. in Battle Creek.

      Volume 13, published September 4, 1950, reported that he and his son, Mikey, had moved to San Diego, California.

      Volume 26, published September 5, 1966, reported he was promoted to head of engineering in the civilian part of the Eleventh Naval District in San Diego.
    Person ID I4088  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Earl McKinley Buchanan,   b. 19 Feb 1898, Huron County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Apr 1990, San Diego, San Diego County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Mother Katherine Luise Striffler,   b. 10 Dec 1899, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Mar 1989, San Diego, San Diego County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Marriage 17 Aug 1921  [1
    Family ID F1748  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Novella Galloway,   b. Nov 1923, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 1949, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 26 years) 
    Marriage 9 Aug 1943  Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    • They were the parents of Patricia, Michael and Penny.
    Children 
     1. Living
    Family ID F2294  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 May 2010 

    Family 2 Mary C. Bradley,   b. 24 Aug 1924, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 May 1995, San Diego County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 9 Aug 1957  San Diego, San Diego County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F2295  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 27 Aug 1922 - Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 9 Aug 1943 - Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 9 Aug 1957 - San Diego, San Diego County, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 12 Mar 2007 - California Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982.

    2. [S333] Ancestry.com - U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current [database online], (Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Birth years for the individuals listed range from 1875 to last year. Information in these records includes name, birth date, death date, and last known residence.).

    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.), Vol. 7, September 4, 1944 (Reliability: 3).