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Orton Thomas Klinkman

Male 1887 - 1961  (74 years)


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  • Name Orton Thomas Klinkman  [1, 2, 3] 
    Born 10 Feb 1887  Lancaster, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 12 Sep 1961  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 5] 
    Buried 15 Sep 1961  Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6] 
    Notes 
    • Cass City Chronicle
      Thursday, September 21, 1961
      Page 5

      Orton T. Klinkman, 74, died Tuesday, September 12 after a long illness.

      Son of the late Otto and Mae Klinkman, he was born February 10, 1887 in Lancaster, New York and moved to Cass City as a small boy.

      He married Catherine Schwegler in Caro, March 11, 1914, and the couple continued to live in Cass City for three years, after which they moved to their present farm residence near Decker.

      Besides his wife, Mr. Klinkman is survived by five children, Mrs. Roy AGAR and Mrs. Donald DALE of Marlette, Mrs. Vyron BEUTLER of Pontiac, Wilfred of Smiths Creek and Charles, at home, 11 grandchildren and three brothers, Howard of Jackson, Charles of Dearborn and Arthur of Cass City.

      Funeral services were held Friday, September 15, at the Decker Methodist Church. The Rev. Joseph Shaw officiated. Burial was in Elkland cemetery, Cass City.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)
    Person ID I12005  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Otto C. Klinkman,   b. 22 Sep 1858, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jul 1936, Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Maggie May Hutchinson,   b. 12 May 1863, Lancaster, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Oct 1911, Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years) 
    Married Abt 1885  Lancaster, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Family ID F11000  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine "Kate" Schwegler,   b. 8 Jun 1893, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Apr 1962, Marlette, Sanilac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 11 Mar 1914  Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Louise May Klinkman,   b. 11 Aug 1915, Decker, Sanilac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 May 2000, Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     2. Margaret M. Klinkman,   b. 17 Feb 1917, Decker, Sanilac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Sep 2008, Marlette, Sanilac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     3. Wilfred Orton Klinkman,   b. 15 Oct 1919, Decker, Sanilac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 May 2017  (Age 97 years)
     4. Charles H. Klinkman,   b. 23 Mar 1924, Decker, Sanilac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jun 1962, Decker, Sanilac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years)
     5. Living
    Photos
    Klinkman, Orton and his wife, Catherine (Schwegler)    		Klinkman, Orton and his wife, Catherine (Schwegler)
    Ort and Kate celebration their 40th wedding anniversary in 1954. The couple was married in Caro, March 11, 1914, and lived in Cass City for three years, after which they moved to their farm residence near Decker, Michigan.

    Headstones
    Klinkman, Orton T and Catherine (Schwegler)    		Klinkman, Orton T and Catherine (Schwegler)
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 
    Family ID F2696  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 10 Feb 1887 - Lancaster, Erie County, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 11 Mar 1914 - Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 12 Sep 1961 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 15 Sep 1961 - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

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

    2. [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/, Thursday, September 21, 1961 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S481] 1910 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls. This database is an index to the head of households enumerated in the 1910 United States Federal Census, the Thirteenth Census of the United States. In addition, each indexed name is linked to actual images of the 1910 Federal Census. The information recorded in the census includes: name, relationship to head of family, age at last birthday, sex, color or race, whether single, married, widowed, or divorced, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, and more.), Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp Enumerated 15 and 16 of April 1910 SD 8 ED 112 Sheet 1A Stamped 121 5-5 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982, Shows DOB instead as 21 Apr 1887, but it was assumed obitua ry was more accurate (Reliability: 3).

    5. [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.), September 3, 1962 (Reliability: 3).

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

    7. [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, July 17, 1936, page 5 (Reliability: 3).


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