Johann "Hans" TEWS, 1802-1872
Büdner in Lewetzow
Edward Benz's great-great-uncle

 Father Martin TEWS, 1756-1830
 Mother Maria TIETZ Tews, ca 1775-1851
       Sister Catharina TEWS Pagenkopf, 1799-1857
       Stillborn brother, 1801
       Johann "Hans" TEWS, 1802-1872
       Brother Martin TEWS, 1805-

 Wife Catharine POLTZIN Tews
       Son Gottfried TEWS, 1827-1869
       Son August Ferdinand TEWS, 1830-1903
       Son Heinrich Wilhelm TEWS, 1833-
       Son Johann Philipp "Philipp" TEWS, 1836-
       Son Hermann Johann TEWS, 1842-

Time Line

4 DEC 1802 - Born at Lewetzow, Kr Greifenberg, Pommern

7 DEC 1802 - Baptized at Behlkow, Kr Greifenberg, Pommern. Godparents were Hans Fandrey, Hans Giese and Mrs Hans Riebe

25 JAN 1805, age 2 - Brother Martin TEWS born at Lewetzow

5 NOV 1822, age 19 - Sister Catharina TEWS, age 23, married Peter PAGENKOPF, age 25, at Behlkow

4 NOV 1825, age 22 - Married Catharine POLTZIN there

11 FEB 1827, age 24 - Son Gottfried TEWS born at Lewetzow

12 MAY 1830, age 27 - Father Martin TEWS, age 74, died there of Altersschwaeche (debility of old age)

30 JUL 1830, age 27 - Son August Ferdinand TEWS born there

10 JAN 1833, age 30 - Son Heinrich Wilhelm TEWS born there

1 MAR 1835, age 32 - Godparent when Johanne Therese Wilhelmine "Therese" HOGE Tiegs baptized at Behlkow

22 NOV 1835, age 32 - Godparent when Johann Wilhelm "William" TEWS baptized there

19 NOV 1836, age 33 - Son Johann Philipp "Philipp" TEWS born at Lewetzow

31 JAN 1842, age 39 - Son Hermann Johann TEWS born there

29 NOV 1851, age 48 - Mother Maria TIETZ Tews, age 76, died there of Altersschwäche (debility of old age)

3 APR 1857, age 54 - Sister Catharina TEWS Pagenkopf, age 57, died at Gützlaffshagen, Kr Greifenberg, Pommern

Sometime before 1860 - Sister-in-law Maria SCHEDDIN Tews died in U.S.A.

19 OCT 1861, age 58 - Son August Ferdinand TEWS, age 31, married Charlotte Sophie LAMBRECHT, age 26, at Gützlaffshagen

18 MAR 1865, age 62 - Sister's widower Peter PAGENKOPF, age 67, died there

About 1868, age 65 - Son Hermann Johann TEWS, age 25, married Mary ARNDT, age 31, in Pommern

31 AUG 1869, age 66 - Son Gottfried TEWS, age 42, died at Lewetzow of Gicht (gout)

Sometime before 1872 - Retired

28 JUN 1872, age 69 - Died at Lewetzow at 3:00 AM of Gicht (arthritis)
Lewetzow Cemetery

1 JUL 1872 - Buried there