Family: Samuel G. Benkelman / Lydia Striffler (F618)

• Father | Male Samuel G. Benkelman

  
  

  Born	26 Aug 1857	Bowmansville, Town of Lancaster, Erie County, New York
  Died	22 Dec 1940	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Buried	25 Dec 1940	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Married	17 Oct 1882  [1, 2, 3, 4]	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Other Spouse	Mary Striffler | F619
  Married	28 Nov 1888
  Father	Johann Adam Benkelman | F28 Group Sheet
  Mother	Anna Catharina Schaufele | F28 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Lydia Striffler

  
  

  Born	Jan 1859	Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Michigan
  Died	16 May 1887	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Buried		Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Father	Christian Striffler | F5028 Group Sheet
  Mother	Anna Maria "Mary Anna" Rommel | F5028 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Bertha C. Benkelman

  
  

  Born	1 Aug 1883	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Died	16 May 1929	Almena, Norton County, Kansas
  Buried
  Spouse	Edwin Bruce Williams | F5031
  Married	11 Dec 1912	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan

  
  

  Child 2 | Male Benjamin Frederick Benkelman

  
  

  Born	12 Apr 1885	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Died	28 Sep 1885	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Buried

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [S577] Dibean, Jack & Marianne "Michigan Marriage Index" http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/dibeanindex/. [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, December 27, 1940 (Reliability: 3). [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San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. 133 (Reliability: 3).