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, 1805-1878

 Wife Catharine POLTZIN Tews
       Daughter Johanne Marie "Mary" TEWS Pape, 1824-
       Son Gottfried TEWS, 1827-1869
       Son August Ferdinand TEWS, 1830-1903
       Son Heinrich Wilhelm TEWS, 1833-1904
       Son Johann Philipp "Philipp" TEWS, 1836-
       Son Hermann Johann TEWS, 1842-1929

Time Line

4 December 1802 - Born at Lewetzow, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern

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

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

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

1 November 1824, age 21 - Daughter Johanne Marie "Mary" TEWS Pape born at Lewetzow
Wischower Kirche

4 November 1825, age 22 - Married Catharine POLTZIN at Wischower Kirche, Treptow, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern

11 February 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 July 1830, age 27 - Son August Ferdinand TEWS born there

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

1 March 1835, age 32 - Godparent when Johanne Therese Wilhelmine "Therese" HOGE Tiegs (his sister-in-law's son-in-law's sister) baptized at Behlkow

22 November 1835, age 32 - Godparent when Johann Wilhelm "William" TEWS (his nephew) baptized there

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

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

5 January 1844, age 41 - Daughter Johanne Marie "Mary" TEWS, age 19, married August Christian Erdmann PAPE, age 23, there

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

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

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

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

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

Sometime before 1868 - Retired

12 June 1868, age 65 - Son Hermann Johann TEWS, age 26, married Maria Magdalena "Mary" ARNDT, age 24, at Zarben, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern

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

28 June 1872, age 69 - Died there at 3:00 AM of Gicht (gout, podagra, rheumatism)

1 July 1872 - Buried at Wischower Kirche, Treptow