Minnie E. Burg

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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

Minnie married Harry Lewis Hunt on 16 Feb 1898 in Tuscola County, Michigan. Harry was born on 13 Sep 1873 in Ontario, Canada; died on 25 Jan 1942 in Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan; was buried in Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Thelma J. Hunt was born on 29 Nov 1900 in Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan; died on 12 Nov 1955 in Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan; was buried on 15 Nov 1955 in Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan.
2. Lewis Harry Hunt was born on 5 Jun 1908 in Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan; died on 10 Feb 1949 in Tuscola County, Michigan; was buried in Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan.
3. Catherine Hunt was born on 23 Apr 1911 in Tuscola County, Michigan; died on 24 Mar 2006 in Trenton, Wayne County, Michigan.
4. Russell James Hunt was born on 12 Feb 1913 in Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan; died on 23 Dec 1996 in Farmington Hills, Oakland County, Michigan; was buried on 27 Dec 1996 in Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan.
5. Elizabeth B. "Betty" Hunt was born on 9 Jan 1917 in Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan; died on 23 Feb 1985 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; was buried in Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan.

Notes:

Cass City Chronicle
January 5, 1923

Peter Burg Passed Away New Years

Paralysis the Cause of Death of Cass City Resident for 40 Years

Peter Burg, a resident of Cass City for 42 years, passed away at his home on Houghton street east, New Years morning at the age of 70 years. Mr. Burg has been afflicted with rheumatism for a number of years and was taken with a stroke of paralysis a few days before his death.

Funeral services were held at the Evangelical church of which Mr. Burg has been a member for several years on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 4. Rev. F.L. Pohly, the pastor, officiated.

Mr. Burg was born in Winden, Germany, Aug. 1, 1843. He came to America at the age of 22 years, settling at Newstead, N.Y. He was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Striffler on July 29, 1874, and they came to Cass City in 1880 where they have since resided. Four children were born to them, one dying in infancy.

Besides his wife, he leaves one brother, Jacob Burg of Clarence, N.Y., and one son, George Burg, and two daughters, Mrs. H. L. Hunt and Miss Emma Burg, all of Cass City.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Fall 2007)

Peter married Elizabeth Striffler on 29 Jul 1874 in Erie County, New York. Elizabeth (daughter of Henry Striffler and Elizabeth Wagner) was born on 6 Jan 1848 in Lancaster, Erie County, New York; died on 4 Mar 1928 in Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan; was buried in Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Cass City Chronicle
Vol. 23, No. 33
Friday, March 9, 1928

Mrs. Peter Burg Died at Age of 80

Mrs. Peter Burg passed away at her home Sunday evening at six o'clock, after a brief illness of bronchial pneumonia. Althought in failing health this winter, she was only confined to her bed for two days when she was called to her reward.

Elizabeth Striffler was born at Lancaster, Erie county, New York, January 6, 1848, and had attained the age of eighty years, one month, and 28 days. She was united in marriage with Peter Burg July 29, 1874. They came to Cass City in 1880, and endured the hardships of the fire in the spring of 1881.

Mrs. Burg was converted in her youth, and after coming to Michigan, united with the Evangelical church at Cass City, of which she was a faithful attendant while health permitted.

She was a woman of quiet disposition, a good neighbor, devoted to her family and ready to help whenever she could.

The funeral service was held in the Evangelical church Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock and was attended by a large circle of relatives and friends showing the esteem in which she was held.

She leaves to mourn her demise three children, Mrs. Harry L. Hunt, Miss Emma and George Burg, all of this place, also five grandchildren. Her husband died five years ago on New Years day and one son died in infancy. She also leaves one brother, Charles D. Striffler, of Cass City. Two sisters and two brothers preceded her in death.

Relatives from out of town who atteded the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. O.W. Nique of Decker, Mr. and Mrs. R.E. Graham and son, Caro, Kenneth Striffler of Detroit and Mrs. Katherine Much of Colwood.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Fall 2007)

Elizabeth Striffler was born at Lancaster, Erie county, New York, January 6, 1848

(Research):Census Information:

1880 Census
Michigan, Tuscola County
FHL Film 1254607 NA File T9-0607
Page 100C

Peter Burg Self M W 37 Bavaria Laborer Bavaria Bavaria
Elizabeth Burg Wf F 32 NY Keeping House France France
Minnie Burg Dtr F W 5 NY At School Bavaria NY

1900 Census
Michigan, Tuscola County, Cass City Village
Enumerated 11 June 1900
SD 8 ED 111 Sheet 7A Stamped 121
Houghton Street
144-147
Burg, Peter Hd W M Aug 1845 54 m 27 Germany Germany German
y Day Laborer 1864 Ba
Burg, Elizabeth Wf W F Jany 1849 51 M 27 3/3 NY Germany Germany
Burg, Emma Dtr W F Sept 1884 15 Mich Germany NY
Burg, George Son W M Feb 1887 13 Mich Germany NY

1910 Census
Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Township, Cass City Village
Enumerated 21 Apr 1910
SD 8 ED 113 Sheet 4A Stamped 135
87-87
Burg, Peter Hd M W 56 M1 36 Germany/German Germany/German Germany/German Laborer Odd Jobs 186? Na
Burg, Elizabeth Wf F W 53 m1 26 4/3 New York/German Germany/German Germany/German
Burg, Emma Dtr F W 26 S Mich Germany/German NY Teacher Schools
Burg, George Son M W 23 S Mich Germany/German NY

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(Research):
Census Information:

1860 Census
New York, Erie County, Lancaster, P.O. Bowmansville
Enumerated 18 June 1860
Pages 21 and 22, Stamped 750
159-159
Henry Streepler 47 M Faremer $500 France
Elizabeth 42 F Germany
Elixabeth 12 F NY
Susan 10 NY
Jacob 9 M NY
Leana 6 F NY

1870 Census
New York, Erie County, Lancaster
Enumerated 30 Jun 1870
Page 69 Stamped 401
496-489
Strinler, Henry 50 M W Farming $1600 $200 France
Strinler, Susan 20 F W Housekeeping NY
Strinler, Jacob 19 M W Work on Farm NY
Strinler, Lana 16 F W Attends School NY
Strinler, Charley 9 M W At home NY

1880 Federal Census
Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland, ED 400
Enumerated on the 14th and 15th day of June, 1880
George C. Peterhaus
Page No. Seventeen, S.D. 3d ED 400
A. 97
164-164
Striffler, Henry W M 67 Farmer France France France
Striffler, Jacob W M 30 Son Farmer NY France Bavaria
Striffler, Sophia W F 20 Drt in Law Housekeeper NY Bavaria Bavaria
Striffler, Charles W M 19 Son Farmer NY France Bavaria
Striffler, Susan W F 29 Dtr Housekeeper NY France Bavaria
Striffler, John W M 17 Son at school NY France Bavaria
(Household #165 was that of George and Catherine Kolb)

Henry married Elizabeth Wagner. Elizabeth was born after 1811 in Bayern, Germany; died after 1863 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Judith Muck refers to her as Elizabeth Gardner.

Notes:

According to the Rev. Roy J. Striffler, the Striffler's emigrated from the Alsace-Lorraine region of France to New York State in 1830. They were part of the German-speaking population of Alsace. Some of the older Striffler family members recalled a family joke---there were 11 boys in the family, and all of them had a sister Susanna. She married Christian Oscar Lenzner. Family genealogists have only been able to account for eight of the 12 children however. Two of the boys married Benkelman sisters. One son married Mary Rommel, and as there were several Benkelman/Rommel marriages as well, the two families became further intertwined.

Although the family originally settled in New York only Jacob's son David remained in New York. Peter pushed further west, to Kansas. Around 1880, most of the others settled in Cass City, Michigan, where they lived until their deaths. They cut off the stumps remaining on the land they built and turned the wilderness into fruitful farm land.

(Excerpted from Art Peck's THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA. He in turn references a September 4, 1950 article from the "Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast", Volume 13, Cass City, Michigan)

Both the flyleaf of the Striffler family Bible, and the tombstone of Jacob Striffler in Lancaster, showed him to be be born in Kirrberg, "departmente de Rhein." (Jacobs, p. 164). In the chapter on the Striffler family in her unpublished 1981 manuscript, BonnieMargaret Jacobs noted that widely spread family stories stated that the Striffler family originated in Switzerland (p. 164). It would appear these were either errorneous, or that the family moved from Switzerland to Alsace.


BonnieMargaret Benkelman Jacobs, in an undated family report she prepared for some of the descendants of the Striffler brothers who married Benkelmann sisters, wrote that birth records had been of the children born to Jacob and Otillia "Have been extracted from the French civil records and translated, and show 8 children born in France, two of whom died while still just children (one was only 15 months old, the other just a few months past their sixth birthday). She stated that "these official civil records support the oft repeated family joke, "There are seven brothers and each one has a sister." On page 165 of her unpublished 1981 manuscript documenting the Benkelman family, she repeated this saying, adding however that "one Striffler heard the riddle with 11 brothers and it should be noted that there is still much to be learned about this family."

With the records in France showing 8 children were born there, and census records show two known children born in the United States, it appears we can account for 10 of the 11. It is possible that records may be uncovered one day to find the final child, or that this final son may have been stillborn or died at a young age, and his memory passed down only through the family joke or riddle.

Jacob married Ottila "Odila" "Otil" Zimmerman on 4 Nov 1809 in Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany. Ottila was born on 10 Nov 1790 in Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany; died on 17 Sep 1863 in Lancaster, Erie County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her father was a school master.

(Research):

Census Listings;

1850 Census
New York, Erie County, Lancaster
Enumerated 23 Aug 1850
Page 200
1048-1082
Otil Strifler 59 F $2550 Germany
Jacob Strifler 30 M Farmer
Susanna Strifler 27 F
Joseph Stifler 24 M Farmer
Christian Strifler 22 m Farmer
John Strifler 17 Farmer New York (sic)
David Strifler 14

1860 Census
Not located