Edward Helwig b. 16 Feb 1877 Lancaster, Erie County, New York d. 24 Aug 1959 Tuscola County, Michigan: Strong McLemore Ancestry

1877 - 1959 (82 years)

Name	Edward Helwig [1, 2]
Born	16 Feb 1877	Lancaster, Erie County, New York [1]
Christened	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
Gender	Male
Died	24 Aug 1959	Tuscola County, Michigan [2]
Buried	27 Aug 1959	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan [3]
Notes	Cass City Chronicle Cass City, Michigan, Nov. 25, 1921 Page Five Thanksgiving Guests Mr. and Mrs. Edward Helwig and children, Clark and Marie, were guests a the Chas. Patterson home. Cass City Chronicle Thursday, August 27, 1959 Page 12 Services for Long Time Resident Today Funeral services for Edward Helwig were held today (Thursday) at 2 p.m. at the Evangelical United Brethren Church, Cass City. The Rev. Stanley Kirn of Columbiaville officiated. Mr. Helwig was born in Lancaster, New York, in 1877, son of the late George and Catherine Warner Helwig. He came to this community with his parents when a child and has been a member of the Cass City EUB church since. He served as Sunday School superintendent for 17 years. In 1906 he married Miss Mary Striffler in Cass City and following their marriage they made their home on a farm on Schwegler Road where they have lived since. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1956. Mr. Helwig had been in ill health for three years and died at his residence Monday. Surviving are his wife; son son, Clark, at home; three sisters, Mrs. Cora Klinkman and Mrs. Clara Bartle, both of Cass City, and Mrs. Russell (Minerva) Sherman of Caro; one brother, George Helwig of Buffalo, N.Y.; one grandchild, and one great-grandchild. Little's Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements and burial was in Elkland cemetery. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, January 2008) (Research): 1910 Census Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp Enumerated 15 and 16 of April 1910 SD 8 ED 112 Sheet 1A Stamped 121 12-12 Helwig, Edward Head M W 33 M1 3 NY NY NY Helwig, Mary Wf F W 30 m1 3 0 Mich NY Germany/German
Person ID	I29076	Strong Family Tree
Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

Father	George Wilhelm Helwig, b. 1 Apr 1847, Lancaster, Erie County, New York , d. 24 Jan 1917, Michigan (Age 69 years)
Mother	Catherine Warner, b. 14 Jan 1851, Lancaster, Erie County, New York , d. 4 Jan 1917, Michigan (Age 65 years)
Married	10 Feb 1870	Lancaster, Erie County, New York [3]
Family ID	F9386	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mary Pauline Striffler, b. 11 Nov 1878, Tuscola County, Michigan , d. 8 Jan 1967, Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 88 years)

Married 26 Sep 1906 [4]

Cass City Chronicle
October 31, 1930

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Helwig, and son Clark, have moved from the Geo. Bartle farm, 2 1/2 miles east of town, to the Harry Young farm, 8 miles north and 3 miles east of Cass City.

The 1941 issue of the Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast showed that Mr. and Mrs. Edward Helwig would observed their 35th wedding anniversary on Sept. 26, 1941.

Children

1. Clark Edward Helwig, b. 22 May 1911, Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan

, d. 10 May 1989, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan

(Age 77 years)

Last Modified 11 Sep 2007

Family ID F9385 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 16 Feb 1877 - Lancaster, Erie County, New York
	Christened - - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
	Died - 24 Aug 1959 - Tuscola County, Michigan
	Buried - 27 Aug 1959 - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan

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Photos

Live Wire Bible Class of the Evangelical United Brethern Church Sunday School, Cass City Michigan, ca 1917
FRONT ROW, l to r, Grant McConnell, class leader; UNKNOWN Clergyman, UNKNOWN class member, William Schwegler, Sam Helwig, George Burg
SECOND ROW, l to r, Hattie Helwig McConnell, Janet "Jennie" Gardner Buehrly, Minerva Helwig Sherman, Mary Buehrly Striffler, Mary Mark Buehrly
THIRD ROW; l to r, Alma Striffler Schenck holding her baby Ruth, Lena Helwig Jaus, Lillian Striffler Ricker, Minnie Jesse Benkelman, Mary Schwegler Jaus, Jacob Hiller.
Note: Alma Striffler Schenck's three year old son, Donald, was said to be asleep in the Model T Ford just to the left of the group at the time this photo was taken
FOURTH ROW: l to r, Elsie Buehrly, Mary Striffler Helwig, Cora Helwig Klinkman, Laura McConnell Hiller, Alice Ross Schwegler, Mary McLellan Joos, Ed Helwig
FIFTH ROW, l to r, Art Ricker, Erwin Kercher, Ed Buehrly, Harvey Klinkman, UNKNOWN Class Member, Fred Buehrly, Fred Joos
TOP ROW, l to r, Sol Striffler, Clayton Schenck, Fred Jaus, William Ackerman, Sam Jaus

It appears that at least 33 of the 36 adults in this Sunday School class were directly related, through either blood or marriage, to the Striffler, Benkelman and Helwig families who emigrated together from Erie County, New York to Tuscola County, Michigan beginning in the 1860's.

PLEASE HELP US IDENTIFY THE UNKNOWN INDIVIDUALS.

Sources

[S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp, SD 8 ED 110 Sheet 5B (Reliability: 3).
[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.), Volume 22, September 7, 1959. (Reliability: 3).
[S722] Elkland (Twp, Tuscola Co, MI) Cemetery Records ; http://elkland.rawson.lib.mi.us/.
[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.), Volume 5, September 1, 1941 (Reliability: 3).