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This page created June 23rd, 2002, updated November 27th, 2005, edited June 15th, 2008
Johann BENZ, ca 1782-1831Büdner (small farmer) in Gützlaffshagen
Edward Benz's great-grandfather
Father Phillip BENZ, ca 1754-1831
Johann BENZ, ca 1782-1831 Wife Catharina GENZ Benz, 1787-1851
Son Martin BENZ, 1812-1820 Daughter Dorothea BENZ Polzin, 1815- Son Johann BENZ, 1817-1819 Son Johann "John" BENZ, 1823-About 1782 - Born in Gützlaffshagen?
Resided at Gützlaffshagen, Kr Greifenberg, Pommern
As of sometime before 1812 - Occupation listed as Dienstknecht (servant)
13 NOV 1812, age 30 - Married Catharina GENZ, age 25, at Gützlaffshagen
20 NOV 1812, age 30 - Son Martin BENZ born there
As of sometime before 1815 - Occupation listed as Instmann (farm worker, hired help)
16 APR 1815, age 32 - Daughter Dorothea BENZ Polzin born at Gützlaffshagen
5 AUG 1817, age 35 - Son Johann BENZ born there
3 FEB 1819, age 36 - Son Johann BENZ, age 1, died there
2 MAR 1820, age 37 - Son Martin BENZ, age 7, died there
As of sometime before 1823 - Occupation listed as Büdner (small farmer)
13 AUG 1823, age 41 - Son Johann "John" BENZ born at Gützlaffshagen
21 OCT 1823, age 41 - Mother-in-law Catharina LüDKE Genz, age 65, died there
14 MAR 1831, age 48 - Father Phillip BENZ, age 76, died there of Altersschwaeche (debility/weakness of old age)
10 NOV 1831, age 49 - Died there of Brustkrankheit (pneumonia, consumption)
12 NOV 1831 - Buried there