Martin PAGENKOPF, 1824-1866
Edward Benz's great-uncle

 Father Peter PAGENKOPF, 1797-1865
 Mother Catharina TEWS Pagenkopf, 1799-1857
       Martin PAGENKOPF, 1824-1866
       Sister Maria PAGENKOPF, 1826-1832
       Sister Sophie PAGENKOPF Benz, 1829-1901
       Sister Wilhelmine PAGENKOPF Wendorf, 1832-1853
       Sister Friederika PAGENKOPF Wendorf Köhler, 1834-1910
       Brother August PAGENKOPF, 1837-1840
       Sister Maria PAGENKOPF Storm, 1840-

Time Line

27 January 1824 - Born at Gützlaffshagen, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern
Gützlaffshagen Church with pre-1913 steeple

1 February 1824 - Baptized there. Godparents were Martin Pagenkopf, Knecht from Gützlaffshagen, Jacob Hoppe, Bauersohn from Gummin and Maria Lüdke, Bauertochter from Gützlaffshagen

3 September 1826, age 2 - Sister Maria PAGENKOPF born there

5 February 1829, age 5 - Sister Sophie PAGENKOPF Benz born there

12 May 1830, age 6 - Grandfather Martin TEWS, age 74, died at Lewetzow, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern of Altersschwaeche (debility of old age)

16 July 1832, age 8 - Sister Maria PAGENKOPF, age 5, died at Gützlaffshagen of Auszehrung (tuberculosis)

20 August 1832, age 8 - Sister Wilhelmine PAGENKOPF Wendorf born there

7 December 1834, age 10 - Sister Friederika PAGENKOPF Wendorf Köhler born there

13 August 1837, age 13 - Brother August PAGENKOPF born there

19 December 1839, age 15 - Godparent when Caroline Wilhelmina Maria "Marie" TEWS (his cousin) baptized at Wischower Kirche, Treptow, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern

15 August 1840, age 16 - Sister Maria PAGENKOPF Storm born at Gützlaffshagen

9 December 1840, age 16 - Brother August PAGENKOPF, age 3, died there of Röteln (rubella)

13 November 1846, age 22 - Sister Sophie PAGENKOPF, age 17, married Johann "John" BENZ, age 23, there

29 November 1851, age 27 - Grandmother Maria TIETZ Tews, age 76, died at Lewetzow of Altersschwäche (debility of old age)

25 February 1853, age 29 - Sister Wilhelmine PAGENKOPF, age 20, married Johann WENDORF, age 34, at Gützlaffshagen

7 December 1853, age 29 - Sister Wilhelmine PAGENKOPF Wendorf, age 21, died there of Kindbette (child bed fever)

7 April 1854, age 30 - Sister Friederika PAGENKOPF, age 19, married Johann WENDORF, age 35, there

3 April 1857, age 33 - Mother Catharina TEWS Pagenkopf, age 57, died there

Sometime before 1864 - Sister's widower Johann WENDORF died

12 February 1864, age 40 - Sister Friederika PAGENKOPF, age 29, married Johann Gottlieb Herman KöHLER, age 27, at Gützlaffshagen

17 June 1864, age 40 - Sister Maria PAGENKOPF, age 23, married Johann August STORM, age 25, there

18 March 1865, age 41 - Father Peter PAGENKOPF, age 67, died there

18 January 1866, age 41 - Died there at 9:00 AM of Abzehrung (consumption, tuberculosis)

21 January 1866 - Buried there