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  Dorothea BENZ Polzin, 1815-
Wife of a Kossath (cottager)
Edward Benz's great-aunt

16 APR 1815 - Born at Gützlaffshagen, Kr Greifenberg, Pommern

19 APR 1815 - Baptized there. Godparents were Mrs Rockow, Büdnerfrau from Gützlaffshagen, Mrs Johann Schwanz from Gützlaffshagen and Mr Goedeke, Instmann from Gützlaffshagen

5 AUG 1817, age 2 - Brother Johann BENZ born there

3 FEB 1819, age 3 - Brother Johann BENZ, age 1, died there

2 MAR 1820, age 4 - Brother Martin BENZ, age 7, died there

13 AUG 1823, age 8 - Brother Johann "John" BENZ born there

21 OCT 1823, age 8 - Grandmother Catharina LüDKE Genz, age 65, died there

14 MAR 1831, age 15 - Grandfather Phillip BENZ, age 76, died there of Altersschwaeche (debility/weakness of old age)

10 NOV 1831, age 16 - Father Johann BENZ, age 49, died there of Brustkrankheit (pneumonia, consumption)

4 JAN 1832, age 16 - Grandfather Martin GENZ, age 69, died there

12 APR 1844, age 28 - Approval of consent to marry Johann POLZIN, age 41, by Stadtgericht (Municipal Court)

10 MAY 1844, age 29 - Married Johann POLZIN, age 41, at Gützlaffshagen

2 APR 1845, age 29 - Daughter Wilhemine Friederike POLZIN born at Zimdarse, Kr Greifenberg, Pommern ; Daughter Emilie Albertine POLZIN born there

15 JUL 1845, age 30 - Daughter Wilhemine Friederike POLZIN died there of Keuchhusten (whooping cough)

30 JUL 1845, age 30 - Daughter Emilie Albertine POLZIN died there of Keuchhusten (whooping cough)

27 JUL 1846, age 31 - Daughter Sophie Marie POLZIN born there

13 NOV 1846, age 31 - Brother Johann "John" BENZ, age 23, married Sophie PAGENKOPF, age 17, at Gützlaffshagen

24 NOV 1848, age 33 - Daughter Wilhelmine Therese POLZIN born at Zimdarse

26 JUN 1851, age 36 - Son Johann August POLZIN born there

18 OCT 1851, age 36 - Mother Catharina GENZ Benz, age 64, died at Gützlaffshagen of Abzehrung (tuberculosis)

About 4 JUN 1853, age 38 - Son Johann Martin Ferdinand "Ferdinand" POLZIN born at Zimdarse

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