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Bertha Maria Therese HOGE Benz, 1857-1914Wife of a tanner, farmer, day laborer
Edward Benz's mother
Father August Ferdinand HOGE, 1828-1897 Mother Wilhelmine "Minnie" SCHEER Hoge, ca 1833-
Brother Otto Johann Friedrich HOGE, 1855-1896 Brother Heinrich August HOGE, 1856-1856
Bertha Maria Therese HOGE Benz, 1857-1914 Sister Emilie Caroline Maria HOGE, 1860- Brother Albert August Hermann HOGE, 1862- Brother Johannes Hermann HOGE, 1864- Brother August HOGE Jr, ca 1866- Sister Helena HOGE Andert, ca 1868- Sister Elisa HOGE, ca 1870- Sister Rosa HOGE, ca 1873- Husband August Ferdinand BENZ, 1853-1917 Daughter Magdaline Sophie Auguste "Lena" BENZ Engel, 1877-1915 Daughter Alma Wilhelmina Anna BENZ Boehmer, 1879- Son Georg Johann August BENZ, 1882- Daughter Rose W S BENZ Newmann, 1884-1977 Son Eduard Georg Ferdinand "Eddie" BENZ, 1887-1935 Daughter Lillian "Lilly" BENZ, 1892-196829 NOV 1857 - Born at Lewetzow, Kr Greifenberg, Pommern at 8:00 AM
16 DEC 1857 - Baptized at Wischower Kirche, Treptow, Kr Greifenberg, Pommern. Godparents were Ferdinand HOGE, Knecht from Lewetzow, Maria Scheer, Büdnertochter from Darsow and Johanne Therese Wilhelmine "Therese" HOGE Tiegs from Voigtshagen
8 FEB 1860, age 2 - Sister Emilie Caroline Maria HOGE born at Lewetzow
27 FEB 1861, age 3 - Grandmother Maria VOLKMANN Hoge, age 64, died there of Auszehrung (consumption, tuberculosis)
Sometime after 1861 - Grandfather Martin HOGE died
10 FEB 1862, age 4 - Brother Albert August Hermann HOGE born at Lewetzow
4 APR 1864, age 6 - Brother Johannes Hermann HOGE born there
AUG 1865, age 7 - Emigrated at Bremen, Germany. The family sailed on the S S Neptune.
13 SEP 1865, age 7 - Immigrated at Baltimore, Baltimore Cty, Maryland
About 1866, age 8 - Brother August HOGE Jr born in Wisconsin
About 1868, age 10 - Sister Helena HOGE Andert born at Milwaukee, Milwaukee Cty, Wisconsin
About 1870, age 12 - Sister Elisa HOGE born in Wisconsin
About 1873, age 15 - Sister Rosa HOGE born there
3 SEP 1876, age 18 - Married August Ferdinand BENZ, age 22, at Milwaukee. Attendants were Ferdinand BENZ and Otto Johann Friedrich HOGE. The couple had six children.
3 SEP 1877, age 19 - Daughter Magdaline Sophie Auguste "Lena" BENZ Engel born there
2 JUN 1879, age 21 - Daughter Alma Wilhelmina Anna BENZ Boehmer born there
1880, age 22 - Recorded in the Federal census there
Sometime after 1880 - Father-in-law Johann "John" BENZ died in U.S.A.
7 OCT 1882, age 24 - Son Georg Johann August BENZ born at Milwaukee
22 JUL 1884, age 26 - Daughter Rose W S BENZ Newmann born there
13 FEB 1886, age 28 - Sister Helena HOGE, age 17, married John ANDERT at 512 Reservoir Ave there
23 JAN 1887, age 29 - Son Eduard Georg Ferdinand "Eddie" BENZ born there
4 FEB 1892, age 34 - Daughter Lillian "Lilly" BENZ born there
4 JUL 1896, age 38 - Brother Otto Johann Friedrich HOGE, age 40, died there of pulmonary tuberculosis
16 MAY 1897, age 39 - Father August Ferdinand HOGE, age 68, died at 970 Holton St there of atherouatous degeneration of the circulatory system
6 JUN 1900, age 42 - Recorded in the census at Mequon, Ozaukee Cty, Wisconsin
28 APR 1901, age 43 - Mother-in-law Sophie PAGENKOPF Benz, age 72, died at Milwaukee of phthesis pulmonzlis, secondarily senile debility
6 NOV 1901, age 43 - Daughter Magdaline Sophie Auguste "Lena" BENZ, age 24, married William ENGEL, age 20, at Milwaukee Cty, Wisconsin
15 JUN 1904, age 46 - Daughter Alma Wilhelmina Anna BENZ, age 25, married Alfred F A BOEHMER at Milwaukee
1 JUN 1905, age 47 - Recorded in the Wisconsin census at Mequon
As of sometime before 1910 - Resided at 970 Holton St, Milwaukee. After the 1920s this was 2564 N Holton St.
26 APR 1910, age 52 - Recorded in the Federal census there
9 DEC 1914, age 57 - Died at 970 Holton St there of exophthalimic goiter
12 DEC 1914 - Buried at Union Cemetery there