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  August Ferdinand BENZ, 1853-1917
Tanner, farmer, day laborer
Edward Benz's father

3 NOV 1853 - Born at Gützlaffshagen, Kr Greifenberg, Pommern at 4:00 AM

6 NOV 1853 - Baptized there. Godparents included Johann Benz, Arbeiter from Treptow and Friederika PAGENKOPF Wendorf Köhler from Gützlaffshagen

4 APR 1855, age 1 - Brother Ferdinand BENZ born there ; Brother Wilhelm BENZ born there

6 JUN 1855, age 1 - Brother Wilhelm BENZ died there

3 APR 1857, age 3 - Grandmother Catharina TEWS Pagenkopf, age 57, died there

7 JUL 1858, age 4 - Brother Hermann Friedrich Albert BENZ born there

29 JAN 1861, age 7 - Sister Emilie Wilhelmine BENZ Seehawer born there

25 SEP 1864, age 10 - Brother Otto Albert Ferdinand BENZ born there

18 MAR 1865, age 11 - Grandfather Peter PAGENKOPF, age 67, died there

24 JAN 1871, age 17 - Sister Mathilde Wilhelmine Dorothea BENZ born there

30 APR 1872, age 18 - Emigrated at Hamburg, Germany. Family traveled on the S S Cimbria from Hamburg via Havre, France to America.

16 MAY 1872, age 18 - Immigrated at New York, New York

As of 1876 until 1900 - Occupation listed as tanner

3 SEP 1876, age 22 - Married Bertha Maria Therese HOGE, age 18, at Milwaukee, Milwaukee Cty, Wisconsin. Attendants were Ferdinand BENZ and Otto Johann Friedrich HOGE. The couple had six children.

27 OCT 1876, age 22 - Declaration of Intention at Municipal Court of City & County there

3 SEP 1877, age 23 - Daughter Magdaline Sophie Auguste "Lena" BENZ Engel born there

As of 1879 - Resided at 938 Holton St there. (Old street numbering system.)

2 JUN 1879, age 25 - Daughter Alma Wilhelmina Anna BENZ Boehmer born there

1880, age 26 - Recorded in the Federal census there

Sometime after 1880 - Father Johann "John" BENZ died in U.S.A.

20 NOV 1881, age 28 - Sister Emilie Wilhelmine BENZ, age 20, married Ferdinand SEEHAWER, age 24, at Milwaukee

7 OCT 1882, age 28 - Son Georg Johann August BENZ born there

25 MAY 1883, age 29 - Brother Hermann Friedrich Albert BENZ, age 24, died there of tuberculosis

22 JUL 1884, age 30 - Daughter Rose W S BENZ Newmann born there

23 JAN 1887, age 33 - Son Eduard Georg Ferdinand "Eddie" BENZ born there

12 JUN 1888, age 34 - Naturalized at Circuit Court there. Witnesses were Gustav Jordens and August F Stahl

4 FEB 1892, age 38 - Daughter Lillian "Lilly" BENZ born there

16 MAY 1897, age 43 - Father-in-law August Ferdinand HOGE, age 68, died at 970 Holton St there of atherouatous degeneration of the circulatory system

6 JUN 1900, age 46 - Recorded in the census at Mequon, Ozaukee Cty, Wisconsin

28 APR 1901, age 47 - Mother Sophie PAGENKOPF Benz, age 72, died at Milwaukee of phthesis pulmonzlis, secondarily senile debility

6 NOV 1901, age 48 - Daughter Magdaline Sophie Auguste "Lena" BENZ, age 24, married William ENGEL, age 20, at Milwaukee Cty, Wisconsin

15 JUN 1904, age 50 - Daughter Alma Wilhelmina Anna BENZ, age 25, married Alfred F A BOEHMER at Milwaukee

1905, age 51 - Occupation listed as day laborer

1 JUN 1905, age 51 - Recorded in the Wisconsin census at Mequon

As of sometime before 1910 until sometime after 1913 - Resided at 970 Holton St, Milwaukee. After the 1920s this was 2564 N Holton St.

1910, age 56 - Occupation listed as farmer

26 APR 1910, age 56 - Recorded in the Federal census at Milwaukee

9 DEC 1914, age 61 - Wife Bertha Maria Therese HOGE Benz, age 57, died at 970 Holton St there of exophthalimic goiter

18 DEC 1915, age 62 - Daughter Magdaline Sophie Auguste "Lena" BENZ Engel, age 38, died there of complications following appendicitis surgery

21 JAN 1917, age 63 - Died there

24 JAN 1917 - Buried at Union Cemetery there