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Otto Albert Ferdinand BENZ, 1864-Cooper shop worker
Edward Benz's uncle
Father Johann "John" BENZ, 1823- Mother Sophie PAGENKOPF Benz, 1829-1901 Sister Caroline Wilhelmine BENZ, 1849-1849 Sister Caroline Wilhelmine Marie BENZ, 1850-1852 Brother August Ferdinand BENZ, 1853-1917 Brother Ferdinand BENZ, 1855- Brother Wilhelm BENZ, 1855-1855 Brother Hermann Friedrich Albert BENZ, 1858-1883 Sister Emilie Wilhelmine BENZ Seehawer, 1861-
Otto Albert Ferdinand BENZ, 1864- Sister Mathilde Wilhelmine Dorothea BENZ, 1871-187125 September 1864 - Born at Gützlaffshagen, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern
16 October 1864 - Baptized there. Godparents were Daniel Benz, Büdner from Gützlaffshagen, Johann Philipp "Philipp" TEWS, Büdner from Lewetzow (the mother's cousin) and Wilhelmine Benz, Dienstmädchen from Gützlaffshagen
18 March 1865 - Grandfather Peter PAGENKOPF, age 67, died there
24 January 1871, age 6 - Sister Mathilde Wilhelmine Dorothea BENZ born there
30 January 1871, age 6 - Sister Mathilde Wilhelmine Dorothea BENZ died there of Kramphe (convulsions)
30 April 1872, age 7 - Emigrated at Hamburg, Germany. Family traveled on the S S Cimbria from Hamburg via Havre, France to America.
16 May 1872, age 7 - Immigrated at New York, New York
3 September 1876, age 11 - Brother August Ferdinand BENZ, age 22, married Bertha Maria Therese HOGE, age 18, at Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
5 July 1879, age 14 - Godparent when Alma Wilhelmina Anna BENZ Boehmer (his niece) baptized at Saint Marcus Gemeinde Ev Luth there
1880, age 15 - Recorded in the United States Census there
Sometime after 1880 - Father Johann "John" BENZ died in U.S.A.
20 November 1881, age 17 - Sister Emilie Wilhelmine BENZ, age 20, married Ferdinand SEEHAWER, age 24, at Milwaukee
25 May 1883, age 18 - Brother Hermann Friedrich Albert BENZ, age 24, died there of tuberculosis
11 August 1884, age 19 - Godparent when Rose W S BENZ Newmann (his niece) baptized at Saint Marcus Gemeinde Ev Luth there
As of sometime before 1900 - Resided at 1031 N Teutonia Street there. (Old street numbering system.)
1900, age 35 - Occupation listed as carpenter
6 June 1900, age 35 - Recorded in the United States Census at Milwaukee
28 April 1901, age 36 - Mother Sophie PAGENKOPF Benz, age 72, died there of phthesis pulmonzlis, secondarily senile debility
9 December 1914, age 50 - Sister-in-law Bertha Maria Therese HOGE Benz, age 57, died at 970 Holton St there of exophthalimic goiter
21 January 1917, age 52 - Brother August Ferdinand BENZ, age 63, died there