Minnie E. Burg

1875 - 1946  (71 years)

• Name	Minnie E. Burg  [1, 2]
  Born	16 May 1875	Erie County, New York   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	22 May 1946	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 2, 3]
  Buried	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [2]
  Notes	Cass City Chronicle May 24, 1946 Page One Funeral of Mrs. H.L. Hunt Held Today Mrs. Harry L. Hunt passed away early Wednesday morning in her home, following a stroke which she suffered about a week ago. She had been poorly for about eight years. Funeral services will be conducted today (Friday) at 2 p.m. in the Evangelical Church by Rev. S.P. Kirn and interment will be made in Elkland cemetery. Minnie Burg was born in the state of New York May 16, 1875, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Peter Burg. At the age of six years, she came to this county with her family, where she has since resided. On Feb. 16, 1898, she was united in marriage with Harry L. Hunt, who preceded her in death January 25, 1942. For six years Mr. and Mrs. Hunt conducted a grocery and china store in Cass City and in 1907 they established a greenhouse which is now being conducted by their son, Lewis Hunt. Mrs. Hunt is survived by three daughters, Miss Thelma Hunt, a teacher in Ypsilanti high school, Mrs. William Wyman of Trenton, Mich., and Miss Betty Hunt of Detroit, two sons, Lewis of Cass City and Russell of Farmington, and one brother, George Burg, of Cass City. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Fall 2007) (Research):Census Information: 1920 Census Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp, Cass City Village Enumerated 30 January 1920 SD 7 ED 179 Sheet 10B Seeger Street HH 234-249 Bessie Holt, Widowed age 37, with the Dunk family Leach Street HH 235-250 Hunt, Harry L Hd M W 46 M 1888 Na 1895 Canada English Yor k State Fl. Hunt, Minnie E Wf F W 44 M New York Germany German York State Hunt, Thelma J Dtr F W 19 S Mich Canada English York State Hunt, Lewis H Son M W 11 S Mich Canada English York State Hunt, Catherine Dtr F W 8 S Mich Canada English York State Hunt, Russell Son M W 6 S Mich Canada English York State Hunt, Elizabeth B Dtr F W 3 1/12 S Mich Canada English York State
  Person ID	I29798	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Peter Burg,   b. 1 Aug 1843, Winden, Aichach-Friedberg, Schwaben, Bayern, Germany ,   d. 1 Jan 1923, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Striffler,   b. 6 Jan 1848, Lancaster, Erie County, New York ,   d. 4 Mar 1928, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age 80 years)
  Married	29 Jul 1874	Erie County, New York   [4]
  Family ID	F9602	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Harry Lewis Hunt,   b. 13 Sep 1873, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Jan 1942, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age 68 years)
  Married	16 Feb 1898	Tuscola County, Michigan
  Children	1. Thelma J. Hunt,   b. 29 Nov 1900, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan ,   d. 12 Nov 1955, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age 54 years)   2. Lewis Harry Hunt,   b. 5 Jun 1908, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan ,   d. 10 Feb 1949, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age 40 years)   3. Catherine Hunt,   b. 23 Apr 1911, Tuscola County, Michigan ,   d. 24 Mar 2006, Trenton, Wayne County, Michigan  (Age 94 years)   4. Russell James Hunt,   b. 12 Feb 1913, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan ,   d. 23 Dec 1996, Farmington Hills, Oakland County, Michigan  (Age 83 years)   5. Elizabeth B. "Betty" Hunt,   b. 9 Jan 1917, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan ,   d. 23 Feb 1985, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan  (Age 68 years)
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2007
  Family ID	F9603	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 16 May 1875 - Erie County, New York Married - 16 Feb 1898 - Tuscola County, Michigan Died - 22 May 1946 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Buried - - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S722] Elkland (Twp, Tuscola Co, MI) Cemetery Records ; http://elkland.rawson.lib.mi.us/. [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/, May 24, 1946 (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 9., September 2, 1946. (Reliability: 3). [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/, January 5, 1923 (Reliability: 3).