John Frank "Jack" Benkelman

1905 - 1989  (83 years)

• Name	John Frank "Jack" Benkelman  [1, 2]
  Nickname	Jack
  Born	19 Jul 1905	Grayling, Crawford County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 Mar 1989	Troy, Oakland County, Michigan   [2]
  Notes	The Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast, Volume 10, dated September 1, 1947, reported that John started a new agency, Orchestra House, Inc. in 1947. In Volume 16 of the same periodical it was reported that he had been acting in Commercial pictures for Jam Handy and Wilding Productions in addition to continuing his entertainment agency and speech classes in Detroit. Billboard magazine December 24, 1949 Page 39 Music-As Written Detroit: Jack Benkelman, partner in Orchetra House, Detroit booking office, has written the lyrics for "Harvest Hoedown," musical version of "Apple of his Eye." Benkelman expects to have some of the numbers interpolated in the Detroit Civic Light Opera season under the direction of Barrie O'Daniels, opening Christmas day. BonnieMargaret Jacobs referred to him as "Detroit John (Jack)." He was one the family members she personally interviewed when preparing her history of the Benkelman family.
  Person ID	I12019	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	William Frederick Benkelman,   b. 10 Feb 1862, Bowmansville, Town of Lancaster, Erie County, New York ,   d. 11 Oct 1932, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Alice Mary McDougall,   b. Aug 1868, London, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Aug 1933, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 65 years)
  Married	23 Jul 1886  [3, 4]
  	BonnieMargaret Jacobs instead shows the location of their marriage as in Middlesex County, Ontario.
  Family ID	F620	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 19 Jul 1905 - Grayling, Crawford County, Michigan Died - 5 Mar 1989 - Troy, Oakland County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [S333] Ancestry.com - U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current [database online], (Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Birth years for the individuals listed range from 1875 to last year. Information in these records includes name, birth date, death date, and last known residence.). [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982, location of marriage: Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (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. 134 (Reliability: 3).