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Christina Benkelman

Female 1852 - 1929  (76 years)


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  • Name Christina Benkelman  [1, 2, 3
    Born 24 Mar 1852  Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4
    Gender Female 
    Died 7 Mar 1929  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Buried Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • BonnieMargaret Jacobs writes that she was named for her maternal grandmother.

      Christine cared for her father and step-mother when they became unable to care for themselves.

      Cass City Chronicle
      Cass City, Michigan, Friday, March 8, 1929

      Mrs. Christina Jaus Found Dead in Field Thursday
      Left Home to Go to Her Son's During Night and Became Lost in Storm

      The body of Mrs. Christina Jaus, 76, was found in a field 30 rods from the farm residence of her son, Samuel Jaus, who resides in Elkland Township, four miles northeast of Cass City, early Thursday morning. Mrs. Jaus' death was probably due to exposure, her body having lain in the field several hours.

      After Samuel Jaus had finished milking at his barn shortly before seven o'clock Thursday morning, he glanced over at the residence of his mother, who resided just across the highway from his home, and noticed that the chimney had blown donw during the heavy wind which prevailed during the night. He decided to go at once to her home and ascertain if she had been frightened by the noise of the fallen bricks. On arriving there, he failed to find his mother int he house. Alarmed, he immediately instituted a search with the results that her dead body was found about 70 rods from her home. It is thought that Mr. Jaus, frightened by the falling chimney, left her home to go to the residence of her son about 40 rods distant. She crossed the highway and entered her son's farm through a driveway a short distance east of his house. Here her footprints show that she walked in the mud before the ground froze during the night, her steps taking a southeasterly course across the field. She carried a flashlight to light the way. Where Mrs. Jaus was prevented from reaching her son's house by the strong wind which prevailed, if she became lost in the darkness in the journey between the two homes, or whether she suffered a slight stroke just previous of at the time she made the trip is not known. One or all of these may have contributed to the cause of her death. While Mrs. Jaus has been subject to heart trouble, she has been unusually well this winter. When she was last seen alive, she was at the farm barn Wednesday evening after her supple of milk and appeared in good spirts.

      Christina was born in Wurtenberg, Germany March 24, 1852. She was united in marriage with George Jaus and within two years of that time they came to America, arriving in Cass City in March, 1873. Mr. Jaus passed away in 1900.

      Mrs. Jaus was a member of the Evangelical church. She will be remembered by her friends for her cheerful disposition and kindly manner. Besides her three sons, Samuel and Fred Jaus of Cass City and John Jaus of Cleveland, she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Jacob JOOS of Cass City and Mrs. John CROCKER of Saginaw. Seven children preceded the mother in death. Funeral arrangements had not been completed when the Chronicle went to press Thursday afternoon.
    • (Research):Census Information:

      1920 Census
      Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp
      Enumerated 16 and 17 Jan 1920
      SD 7 ED 178 Sheet 3B
      65-68
      Jaus, Samuel Hd M w 41 M Mich Germany Germany Farmer
      Jaus, Lena Wf F W 40 M NY NY German NY German
      Jaus, George Son M W 16 S Mich Mich NY
      Jaus, Minnie Dtr F W 12 S Mich Mich NY
      66-69
      Jaus, Christina Hd F W 67 Wd 1870 Na 1876 Germany Germany Germany
    Person ID I12660  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Johann Friedrich "Fredrick" Benkelman,   b. 6 Jan 1822, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Aug 1897, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Rosine M?ller,   b. 18 Aug 1821, Bartenbach, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1858, Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Married 26 Nov 1850  Bartenbach, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 6
    Family ID F5018  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Johann Georg Jaus,   b. 7 Jan 1849, Hattenhofen, G?ppingen, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1900, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Married Abt 1871  W?rttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    Children 
     1. Samuel Jaus,   b. 10 Dec 1878, Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Apr 1952, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     2. Frederick W. Jaus,   b. 3 Nov 1881, Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1984, Bad Axe, Huron County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 102 years)
     3. John Jaus,   b. 17 Jan 1884, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1962, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    Last Modified 19 Jul 2013 
    Family ID F5210  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 24 Mar 1852 - Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Abt 1871 - W?rttemberg, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 7 Mar 1929 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Benkelman, Christina ca 1920's
    Benkelman, Christina ca 1920's
    Christina Benkelman Jaus at her Farm Home with Aunt Lena Benkelman Schwegler

  • 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/, Friday, March 8, 1929 (Reliability: 3).

    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. 97, 159 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [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. 97 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [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. 95, 97 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S311] Bonnell, Kathy Brandt (kbonnell@byu.edu) "G?ppingen, W?rttemberg, Germany and surrounding villages" http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=kbonnell, (RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: G?ppingen, W?rttemberg, Germany and surrounding villages. This database is one large family tree; everyone is connected by birth or marriage. Many of the families were inputted from the family books which were compiled by the pastors of each village beginning in 1808. Villages include Heiningen, Bartenbach, Gruibingen, Faurdau, Schlat, Hattenhofen, Eislingen, Holzheim, Auendorf , D?rnau, Bezgenriet, Ebersbach , Maitis, Gammelshausen, B?rtlingen, Boll, and others. Kathy Brandt Bonnell work directly from German records to the computer.).

    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/.

    8. [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. 160 (Reliability: 3).