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  Sophie PAGENKOPF Benz, 1829-1901
Wife of a Büdner, laborer
Edward Benz's grandmother

5 FEB 1829 - Born at Gützlaffshagen, Kr Greifenberg, Pommern

Baptized there. Godparents were Marquardt, widow, Mrs Peter Pagenkopf and Johann Runke, Büdner

12 MAY 1830, age 1 - Grandfather Martin TEWS, age 74, died at Lewetzow, Kr Greifenberg, Pommern of Altersschwaeche (debility of old age)

20 AUG 1832, age 3 - Sister Wilhelmine PAGENKOPF Wendorf born at Gützlaffshagen

7 DEC 1834, age 5 - Sister Friederika PAGENKOPF Wendorf Köhler born there

13 AUG 1837, age 8 - Brother August PAGENKOPF born there

15 AUG 1840, age 11 - Sister Maria PAGENKOPF Storm born there

9 DEC 1840, age 11 - Brother August PAGENKOPF, age 3, died there of Röteln (rubella)

13 NOV 1846, age 17 - Married Johann "John" BENZ, age 23, there. The couple had nine children.

9 JAN 1849, age 19 - Daughter Caroline Wilhelmine BENZ born there

18 JAN 1849, age 19 - Daughter Caroline Wilhelmine BENZ died there of Krämpfe (convulsions)

2 APR 1850, age 21 - Daughter Caroline Wilhelmine Marie BENZ born there

18 OCT 1851, age 22 - Mother-in-law Catharina GENZ Benz, age 64, died there of Abzehrung (tuberculosis)

29 NOV 1851, age 22 - Grandmother Maria TIETZ Tews, age 76, died at Lewetzow of Altersschwäche (debility of old age)

6 SEP 1852, age 23 - Daughter Caroline Wilhelmine Marie BENZ, age 2, died at Gützlaffshagen

25 FEB 1853, age 24 - Sister Wilhelmine PAGENKOPF, age 20, married Johann WENDORF, age 34, there

3 NOV 1853, age 24 - Son August Ferdinand BENZ born there

7 DEC 1853, age 24 - Sister Wilhelmine PAGENKOPF Wendorf, age 21, died there of Kindbette (child bed fever)

7 APR 1854, age 25 - Sister Friederika PAGENKOPF, age 19, married Johann WENDORF, age 35, there

4 APR 1855, age 26 - Son Ferdinand BENZ born there ; Son Wilhelm BENZ born there

6 JUN 1855, age 26 - Son Wilhelm BENZ died there

3 APR 1857, age 28 - Mother Catharina TEWS Pagenkopf, age 57, died there

7 JUL 1858, age 29 - Son Hermann Friedrich Albert BENZ born there

29 JAN 1861, age 31 - Daughter Emilie Wilhelmine BENZ Seehawer born there

Sometime before 1864 - Sister's widower Johann WENDORF died

12 FEB 1864, age 35 - Sister Friederika PAGENKOPF, age 29, married Johann Gottlieb Herman KöHLER, age 27, at Gützlaffshagen

17 JUN 1864, age 35 - Sister Maria PAGENKOPF, age 23, married Johann August STORM, age 25, there

25 SEP 1864, age 35 - Son Otto Albert Ferdinand BENZ born there

18 MAR 1865, age 36 - Father Peter PAGENKOPF, age 67, died there

18 JAN 1866, age 36 - Brother Martin PAGENKOPF, age 41, died there of Abzehrung (consumption, tuberculosis)

24 JAN 1871, age 41 - Daughter Mathilde Wilhelmine Dorothea BENZ born there

30 APR 1872, age 43 - Emigrated at Hamburg, Germany. Family traveled on the S S Cimbria from Hamburg via Havre, France to America.

16 MAY 1872, age 43 - Immigrated at New York, New York

3 SEP 1876, age 47 - Son August Ferdinand BENZ, age 22, married Bertha Maria Therese HOGE, age 18, at Milwaukee, Milwaukee Cty, Wisconsin

3 SEP 1877, age 48 - Granddaughter Magdaline Sophie Auguste "Lena" BENZ Engel born there

2 JUN 1879, age 50 - Granddaughter Alma Wilhelmina Anna BENZ Boehmer born there

1880, age 50 - Recorded in the Federal census there

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

20 NOV 1881, age 52 - Daughter Emilie Wilhelmine BENZ, age 20, married Ferdinand SEEHAWER, age 24, at Milwaukee

7 OCT 1882, age 53 - Grandson Georg Johann August BENZ born there

25 MAY 1883, age 54 - Son Hermann Friedrich Albert BENZ, age 24, died there of tuberculosis

22 JUL 1884, age 55 - Granddaughter Rose W S BENZ Newmann born there

11 AUG 1884, age 55 - Godparent when Rose W S BENZ Newmann baptized at Saint Marcus Gemeinde Ev Luth there

23 JAN 1887, age 57 - Grandson Eduard Georg Ferdinand "Eddie" BENZ born there

4 FEB 1892, age 62 - Granddaughter Lillian "Lilly" BENZ born there

As of sometime before 1900 - Resided at 1031 N Teutonia Street there. (Old street numbering system.)

6 JUN 1900, age 71 - Recorded in the census there

28 APR 1901, age 72 - Died there of phthesis pulmonzlis, secondarily senile debility

Buried at Union Cemetery there