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Lena Katie Helwig

Female 1879 - 1931  (52 years)


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  • Name Lena Katie Helwig  [1, 2
    Birth 1 May 1879  Lancaster, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 9 May 1931  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial 13 May 1931  Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • Cass City Chronicle
      Friday, May 15, 1931
      Page Eight

      Mrs. Samuel Jaus

      Funeral services for Mrs. Samuel Jaus were held at two o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the Evangelical church. Rev. C.F. SMITH officiated and burial was in Elkland cemetery. Lena Katie HELWIG was born May 1, 1879, at Lancaster, New York, and came with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George HELWIG, to Cass City when two years of age. They settled on a farm 2 1/2 miles east of town. She was married to Samuel JAUS March 12, 1902, and they have since made their home on a farm 3 miles north and 1 1/2 miles east of town. Mrs. JAUS has been poorly for some time and has been confined to her bed the last six weeks. She was taken to the Morris hospital Wednesday of last week, and passed away Saturday afternoon, May 9.

      Besides her husband, she is survived by one daughter, Minnie Edith, at home. A son, George Alvin, died February 12, 1921. She also leaves three brothers and six sisters, Mrs. Grant McCONNELL, Mrs. George BARTLE, Samuel HELWIG and Mrs. Harve KLINKMAN, all of Cass City, Miss Minnie HELWIG of Lancaster, New York, Edward HELWIG of Bad Axe, Mrs. William COOPER of Flint, George HELWIG of Buffalo, New York, and Mrs. Russell SHERMAN of Caro. All the brothers and sisters attended the funeral. Mrs. Jaus was a member of the Cass City Evangelical church and the Woman's Missionary Society, and a member of Elkland Arbor, A.O.O.G.
    Person ID I5110  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father George Wilhelm Helwig,   b. 1 Apr 1847, Lancaster, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jan 1917, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Catherine Warner,   b. 14 Jan 1851, Lancaster, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jan 1917, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage 10 Feb 1870  Lancaster, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F9386  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Samuel Jaus,   b. 10 Dec 1878, Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Apr 1952, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 12 Mar 1902  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. George Alvin Jaus,   b. 23 Feb 1903, Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1921, Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 17 years)
     2. Minnie Edith Jaus,   b. 19 Mar 1907, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Mar 1986, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F2710  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 May 2007 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1 May 1879 - Lancaster, Erie County, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 12 Mar 1902 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 9 May 1931 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 13 May 1931 - 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982.

    2. [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, Elkland Twp, SD 8 ED 110 Sheet 5B (Reliability: 3).

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