Connie Lee Bender



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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Connie Lee Bender

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Arthur R. Bender was born on 9 Nov 1922 in North Dakota, USA (son of Friedrich Karl Bender and Emelia Miller); died on 18 Nov 2010 in Wishek Home for the Aged, Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA; was buried in Wishek City Cemetery, Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA.

    Arthur married Phyllis Wolf on 5 Sep 1948. Phyllis was born on 7 Aug 1928 in McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA; died on 30 Jan 1992 in Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA; was buried in Wishek City Cemetery, Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Phyllis Wolf was born on 7 Aug 1928 in McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA; died on 30 Jan 1992 in Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA; was buried in Wishek City Cemetery, Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA.
    Children:
    1. Carol Ann Bender was born on 30 Oct 1950 in Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA; died in in North Dakota, USA.
    2. 1. Connie Lee Bender


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Friedrich Karl Bender was born on 2 Apr 1889 in Kassel, Odessa, Ukrayina (son of Valentin Bender and Christina Boschee); died on 23 Aug 1967 in Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA; was buried in Wishek City Cemetery, Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA.

    Notes:

    REMARKS: FREDRICK CAME TO AMERICA IN 1892. THE FAMILY AT THAT TIME CONSISTED OF HIS PARENTS VALENTINE AND CHRISTINA, TWO SISTERS, JUSTINE AND LYDIA, AND HIMSELF. THEY SETTLED ON A HOMESTEAD NEAR HOSMER, SOUTH DAKOTA. IN 1908 THEY LOADED MOTHER AND CHILDREN AND ALL THEIR POSSESSIONS IN 2 WAGONS. FRED AND HIS FATHER, VALENTINE, HERDED THE LIVESTOCK ALONG, THEY WALKED THE 45 MILES TO THEIR NEW HOME IN ONE WEEK. IT WAS LOCATED WEST OF VENTURIA, NORTH DAKOTA. THE AREA WAS CALLED KASSEL, AS WAS A NEARBY BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WORKED ON LOCAL THRESHING CREWS FROM 4 A.M. TO 10 P.M. PITCHING BUNDLES. HE EARNED 25 CENTS A DAY WHICH WAS DEDUCTED FROM VALENTINE BENDER'S THRESHING BILL. WHEN HE WAS 25 YEAR OLD HE AND HIS BRIDE MOVED TO A FARM SEVEN MILES NORTH OF VENTURIA, NORTH DAKOTA. THEY FARMED FOR 36 YEARS ON THIS FARM. IN 1950 THEY MOVED TO WISHEK, NORTH DAKOTA WHERE THEY LIVED UNTIL THEIR DEATHS. AFTER HIS RETIREMENT HE ENJOYED GARDENING AND FISHING. EMILIA ENJOYED HER FLOWER GARDEN AND CROCHETING. THE PIONEER SPIRIT NEVER LEFT EMILIA AS SHE CONTINUED TO CAN HER OWN VEGETABLES AND KEEP THE FREEZER FULL OF KUCHEN. SHE ALSO MADE HER OWN SOAP, NOODLES, SEWED HER OWN CLOTHING. SHE NOT ONLY SEWED HER OWN WEDDING DRESS BUT ALSO MADE HER DRESS FOR THE 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.

    Friedrich married Emelia Miller on 31 Mar 1914 in North Dakota, USA. Emelia (daughter of Christian Müller Miller and Christina Knoll) was born on 9 Jan 1890 in North Dakota, USA; died on 12 Apr 1982 in Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA; was buried in Wishek City Cemetery, Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Emelia Miller was born on 9 Jan 1890 in North Dakota, USA (daughter of Christian Müller Miller and Christina Knoll); died on 12 Apr 1982 in Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA; was buried in Wishek City Cemetery, Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA.
    Children:
    1. Walter Bender was born on 26 Jan 1915 in Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA; died on 2 Dec 2003 in Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA.
    2. Arthur Bender was born on 17 Dec 1916 in Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA; died on 21 Oct 1921 in Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA.
    3. Martha Bender was born on 1 Jul 1919 in Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA; died on 8 Jan 1987 in North Dakota, USA; was buried in Wishek City Cemetery, Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA.
    4. 2. Arthur R. Bender was born on 9 Nov 1922 in North Dakota, USA; died on 18 Nov 2010 in Wishek Home for the Aged, Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA; was buried in Wishek City Cemetery, Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA.
    5. Irene Bender


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Valentin Bender was born on 16 Jun 1858 in Kassel, Odessa, Ukrayina (son of Johannes Bender and Katharina Reuther); died on 24 Sep 1924 in Lehr, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA; was buried in Lehr City Cemetery, Lehr, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA.

    Notes:

    REMARKS: VALENTINE BROUGHT HIS WIFE AND FAMILY TO AMERICA IN 1892. A HOMESTEAD NEAR HOSMER, SOUTH DAKOTA. IN 1908 with two wagons holding the mother and children and all their possessions, herding LIVESTOCK, THEY CAME TO A FARM WEST OF VENTURIA, NORTH DAKOTA, THE AREA AND THE BAPTIST CHURCH NEARBY WAS CALLED KASSEL A NAME THEY CARRIED WITH THEM FROM THE PLACE THEY CAME FROM IN RUSSIA. LATER MOVED TO A FARM SOUTH EAST OF LEHR, NORTH DAKOTA IN APPROXIMATELY 1916.

    Valentin married Christina Boschee about 1886. Christina (daughter of August Boschee and Barbara Martel) was born on 19 Jun 1867 in Kassel, Odessa, Ukrayina; died on 15 Nov 1945 in Lodi, San Joaquin County, California, USA; was buried in Lehr City Cemetery, Lehr, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Christina Boschee was born on 19 Jun 1867 in Kassel, Odessa, Ukrayina (daughter of August Boschee and Barbara Martel); died on 15 Nov 1945 in Lodi, San Joaquin County, California, USA; was buried in Lehr City Cemetery, Lehr, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA.

    Notes:


    REMARKS: CHRISTINA BENDER CAME TO AMERICA IN 1892 WITH HER HUSBAND VALENTINE BENDER AND THREE SMALL CHILDREN. THEY MOVED TO A HOMESTEAD NEAR HOSMER, SOUTH DAKOTA. THEY BUILT A "SODDIE" OUT OF BRICKS, THEY MADE OUT OF MUD AND STRAW MIXED TOGETHER, WHILE EXPECTING A CHILD (GUSTAV OR ALBINA). LATER THEY MOVED TO VENTURIA TO BE NEARER TO VALENTINE'S BROTHER, MARTIN BENDER, AND HIS SISTER, PHILIPEANA
    (BENDER) KREMER. THEIR LAST CHILD, ESTHER (BENDER) ERBELE WAS BORN NEAR VENTURIA. AFTER VALENTINE'S DEATH IN 1924 SHE MOVED TO WISHEK, NORTH DAKOTA AND IN 1929 MARRIED CHRISTIAN VIX OF VELVA, NORTH DAKOTA. IN 1935 THEY MOVED TO LODI, CALIFORNIA WITH HER SON AUGUST BENDER AND HIS WIFE, MYRTLE, WHO DROVE THE CAR FOR THEM. THE HARD WORK SHE KNEW AS A PIONEER IN THE DAKOTA'S WAS NOW TRANSFERRED TO THE FIELDS OF CALIFORNIA WHERE SHE PICKED GRAPES. CHRISTINA DIED IN LODI IN 1945, AND WAS BURIED WITH HER HUSBAND, VALENTINE BENDER, IN LEHR, NORTH DAKOTA.

    Children:
    1. Justina B. Bender was born on 8 Feb 1888 in Kassel, Odessa, Ukrayina; died on 27 Jan 1941 in North Dakota, USA; was buried in Lehr City Cemetery, Lehr, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA.
    2. 4. Friedrich Karl Bender was born on 2 Apr 1889 in Kassel, Odessa, Ukrayina; died on 23 Aug 1967 in Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA; was buried in Wishek City Cemetery, Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA.
    3. Lydia H. Bender was born on 16 Jan 1891 in Kassel, Odessa, Ukrayina; died on 2 Feb 1919 in North Dakota, USA; was buried in Baptist Cemetery, Venturia, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA.
    4. Albina Bender was born in 1892 in Hosmer, Edmunds County, South Dakota, USA; died in 1892 in Hosmer, Edmunds County, South Dakota, USA.
    5. Gustav Bender was born on 6 Feb 1894 in South Dakota, USA; died on 6 Sep 1967 in Lodi, San Joaquin County, California, USA.
    6. Martha Bender was born on 3 Apr 1896 in Hosmer, Edmunds County, South Dakota, USA; died on 26 Dec 1984 in Chico, Butte County, California, USA; was buried in Chico Cemetery, Chico, Butte County, California, USA.
    7. Jacob Bender was born in 1897 in Hosmer, Edmunds County, South Dakota, USA; died in 1897 in Hosmer, Edmunds County, South Dakota, USA.
    8. Emilia Bender was born on 2 Jan 1899 in South Dakota, USA; died on 26 Aug 1993 in Lodi, San Joaquin County, California, USA.
    9. Arthur Bender was born on 1 Oct 1900 in South Dakota, USA; died on 20 Sep 1980 in Lodi, San Joaquin County, California, USA; was buried in Cherokee Memorial Park, Lodi, San Joaquin County, California, USA.
    10. Anna Naomi Ruth Bender was born on 18 Jan 1902 in Hosmer, Edmunds County, South Dakota, USA; died on 15 Aug 1967 in North Dakota, USA; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota, USA.
    11. Jacob Bender was born on 20 Jul 1903 in Hosmer, Edmunds County, South Dakota, USA; died on 14 Nov 1990 in Lodi, San Joaquin County, California, USA; was buried in Cherokee Memorial Park, Lodi, San Joaquin County, California, USA.
    12. August Bender was born on 1 Jan 1905 in Hosmer, Edmunds County, South Dakota, USA; died on 1 Mar 1987 in Lodi, San Joaquin County, California, USA; was buried in Cherokee Memorial Park, Lodi, San Joaquin County, California, USA.
    13. Edwin Bender was born on 24 Apr 1906 in Hosmer, Edmunds County, South Dakota, USA; died on 5 Apr 1984 in Minnesota, USA; was buried in Lehr City Cemetery, Lehr, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA.
    14. Paulina Bender was born on 12 Jun 1907 in Hosmer, Edmunds County, South Dakota, USA; died on 29 Sep 1994 in Lodi, San Joaquin County, California, USA; was buried in Lodi Memorial Cemetery, Lodi, San Joaquin County, California, USA.
    15. Esther Christina Bender was born on 22 Apr 1909 in North Dakota, USA; died on 20 Apr 1973 in Lodi, San Joaquin County, California, USA.

  3. 10.  Christian Müller Miller was born on 22 Aug 1860 in Kassel, Odessa, Ukrayina (son of Konrad Müller and Karolina Bauder); died in in North Dakota, USA.

    Christian married Christina Knoll on 7 Dec 1883. Christina (daughter of Jakob Knoll and Charlotta Wahl) was born on 1 Sep 1866 in Kassel, Odessa, Ukrayina; died in in North Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Christina Knoll was born on 1 Sep 1866 in Kassel, Odessa, Ukrayina (daughter of Jakob Knoll and Charlotta Wahl); died in in North Dakota, USA.
    Children:
    1. Wilhelm Miller was born on 24 Sep 1888 in Venturia, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA; died in 0Apr 1966 in North Dakota, USA; was buried in Baptist Cemetery, Venturia, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA.
    2. 5. Emelia Miller was born on 9 Jan 1890 in North Dakota, USA; died on 12 Apr 1982 in Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA; was buried in Wishek City Cemetery, Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA.