Caroline Annabel "Annie" Holmes

1867 - 1951  (83 years)

• Name	Caroline Annabel "Annie" Holmes  [1, 2]
  Nickname	Annie
  Birth	15 Apr 1867	Ellington Township, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	21 Mar 1951	Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania   [1, 3]
  Burial	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Notes	Called "Annie." She was legally adopted by the Cleaver's when she was 12 years old, as her mother had died at the birth of her last child, who was stillborn. Annie remembered her brothers using a little ditty to remember their names. She said "they were Alf and Doug and Mac, Charlie, Keat and Jack, James and Henry." Her sister was named Catherine, after their mother. All contact was lost with her birth family. Apparently only the girls were adopted out, the boys all being big enough for their father, Caleb, to care for and to help him with the farm. Annie went to with the Cleaver family to help cook for the men that worked in the forest. There she met George and they were married. Later they moved to St. John, Michigan, and then on to Cass City. An item in the Cass City paper (circa 1947) reads: ""One Cow Heard" Brings Owner Nice Revenue The "one cow heard" of Mrs. Geo Kolb, who lives in Elkland Township, on the Tuscola-Sanilac County Line, brought its owner a check for $20.30 for milk produced the first two weeks of July. Mrs. Kolb is in the eightieth year and cares for the cow herself and does the milking. Her grandchildren, sent over to help with the chores, remember that she would not allow anyone to milk HER cow. She would, however, put them to work, telling them she'd have a surprise for them at supper. When they came in, their would be a big, deep dish apple pie, warm from the oven. She had apples years round, as she would thread the excess on a string to dry. Annie was thrifty, drinking hot water reather than coffee. She would sometimes flavor it with hot milk and call it 'Cambridge tea.' At Easter, the children could have all the eggs they wanted, but this was the only time. The rest of the year, eggs were sold for money that was needed to help raise such a large family. (Excerpted from Art Peck's book) Cass City Chronicle Friday, March 23, 1951 BULLETIN Mrs. George Kolb, for many years a resident of Elkland township, died Wednesday in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ted Bruggeman, in Philadelphia, Pa. and was brought to Cass City Saturday. Funeral services will be held in the Douglas Funeral Home Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Cass City Chronicle Friday, March 30, 1951 Mrs. Kolb Funeral Rites Held Sunday Funeral services for Mrs. George H. Kolb, former Elkland township resident, who died in Philadelphia last week, were held Sunday afternoon at the Douglas Funeral Home, Rev. S.R. Wurtz officiating. Interment was in Elkland cemetery. The former Annie Holmes, she was born April 15, 1867 in Ellington Township. She married George H. Kolb in 1883 at Caro. In 1900, Mr. and Mrs. Kolb moved to their farm in Elkland Township on Greenland Road where Mr. Kolb died 18 years ago. Mrs. Kolb remained on the farm until a few years ago when she went to live with her daughters in Detroit, St. Johns and Philadelphia because of her failing health. Mrs. Kolb is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Leon Ormes of St. Johns, Mrs. Walter Wisniewski of Detroit, Mrs. Charles Kleinschmidt of Dearborn, Mrs. Ted Brueggeman of Philadelphia, Pa. and Mrs. Walter Markin of Birmingham, one son, Harold Kolb of Pontiac, 11 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren. Three children also preceded her in death. Other out-of-town relatives who attended her funeral included Mrs. Ferris Jamison and daughters of Saginaw, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Abke of Caro, Mr. and Mrs. Robt Wagner and family of North Branch, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gordon of Pontiac, Mr. and Mrs. Morley Wright of Oxford, Mr.a nd Mrs. Lester Theill of Flint, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Helbeck and family of St. Johns and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Nix, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Theill, Mr. and Mrs. Eldred Wright, and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Theill, all of Detroit. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Summer 2007) The classified section of the Cass City Chronicle, March 30, 1951, page 7, also contained the following note of thanks: It is with deep appreciation and gratitude that we acknowledge the kindness and thoughtful consideration of our loving friends in sharing with us the loss of our dear mother, Mrs. Annie Kolb. We also express our thanks to Rev. Wurtz and those assisting him in the services. The family.
  Person ID	I6007	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	George Henry Kolb,   b. 5 Nov 1857, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin d. 26 Feb 1932, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	Sep 1883	Tuscola County, Michigan   [1]
  Children	1. Myrtle Mable Kolb,   b. 19 Jun 1884, Almer Township, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 25 May 1914, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 29 years)   2. Laurel Catherine Kolb,   b. 21 Jan 1886, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 27 Jul 1917, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 31 years)   3. Edith Viola Kolb,   b. 28 Mar 1888, Michigan d. 29 Apr 1982, Saint Johns, Clinton County, Michigan (Age 94 years)   4. Iva May Kolb,   b. 9 Dec 1889, Michigan d. 15 Aug 1985, Harper Woods, Wayne County, Michigan (Age 95 years)   5. Clarence Robert Kolb,   b. 1 Nov 1891, Olive Township, Clinton County, Michigan d. Jan 1927, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan (Age 35 years)   6. Bernice Elvira Kolb,   b. 8 Apr 1893, Saint Johns, Clinton County, Michigan d. 13 Jun 1966, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan (Age 73 years)   7. Elsie L. Kolb,   b. 20 Jun 1895, DeWitt, Clinton County, Michigan d. 18 Oct 1989, Pennsylvania (Age 94 years)   8. Helen Grace Kolb,   b. 5 Mar 1898, Saint Johns, Clinton County, Michigan d. 25 Jan 1966, Birmingham, Oakland County, Michigan (Age 67 years)   9. Harold George Kolb,   b. 27 Jul 1904, Tuscola County, Michigan d. Aug 1995, Oakland County, Michigan (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F3087	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jul 2007

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 15 Apr 1867 - Ellington Township, Tuscola County, Michigan Marriage - Sep 1883 - Tuscola County, Michigan Death - 21 Mar 1951 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Burial - - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas), p. 142 (Reliability: 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 14, September 3, 1951. (Reliability: 3).