Benjamin Franklin Wurts
- Born: Cir 1848, Markham, Ontario, Canada
- Marriage (1): Calista Marr on 24 Feb 1877
- Died: Jan 1896, Saginaw, MI about age 48
- Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery in Saginaw, MI
General Notes:
The Genealogy Page of John Blythe Dobson URL = cybrary.uwinnipeg.ca/people/Dobson/genealogy/index.html Benjamin Franklin Wurts, b. ca. 1848-49 at Markham, d. Jan. 1896 at Saginaw, Michigan, and buried there in Forest Lawn Cemetery.[171] He m. 24 Feb. 1877, his half-cousin once removed, Calista Marr, b. 28 Sept. 1852 in Canada, d. 9 Jan. 1882 in Howell Tp., of consumption,[172] and buried in Van Nest Cemetery, Howell Tp., Livingston Co., Michigan, daughter of Jesse Marr, of Howell Tp., by his wife Lydia Hildebrant.[173] The 1880 census of East Saginaw Tp. calls him a gardiner.[174] Only child:[175] Clifford Wurts, b. 5 June 1879, d. 29 Dec. 1928 at Detroit, Michigan. He m., but was subsequently divorced from, Edith M. Kurts, b. in Saginaw Co., Michigan. We do not know whether they had issue.
1880 East Saginaw, Saginaw county, Michigan Benjamin Wurts 1848 Canada; parents b. Canada Calista Wurts b. 1852 MI; father b. Canada; mother b. PA Clifford Wurts 1879 MI [son]
Benjamin married Calista Marr, daughter of Jesse Marr and Lydia Hildebrant, on 24 Feb 1877. (Calista Marr was born on 28 Sep 1852 in Michigan, died on 9 Jan 1882 in Howell twp, Livingston County, Michigan and was buried in Van Nest Cemetery, Howell Tp., Livingston Co., MI.)
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