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Viola Louisa Hermine Sophia HARTIG Benz, 1902-1983Wife of a carpenter in Milwaukee
Father Charles W "Carl" HARTIG, 1876-1975 Mother Alma Dorothea Christina ROHLOFF Hartig, 1882-1964
Viola Louisa Hermine Sophia HARTIG Benz, 1902-1983
Sister Lydia Olga Anna Alma HARTIG, 1904-1988 Sister Irmgard Bertha Theresa Julehen HARTIG Zastrow, 1909-1976 Brother Raymond Carl Rudolf Wilhelm HARTIG, 1915-1991 Husband Eduard Georg Ferdinand "Eddie" BENZ, 1887-1935 Daughter Janet Adele BENZ Landowski, 1922-2000 Son Elroy BENZ, 1924-199725 November 1902 - Born at 255 Booth St, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin at 4:00 PM. Midwife was Fredericke Butzke, 1229 Holton St.
14 December 1902 - Baptized at Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church there. Godparents were Louise Christine Maria GLEI Rohloff Schäfer (the mother's mother), Hermann Johann Friedrich ROLOFF (the mother's half-brother), Dorothea Sophie Marie "Sophie" BURMEISTER Hartig (the father's mother) and Johann Dolel
14 August 1904, age 1 - Sister Lydia Olga Anna Alma HARTIG born there
25 April 1909, age 6 - Sister Irmgard Bertha Theresa Julehen HARTIG Zastrow born at 44 Chambers St there
18 December 1909, age 7 - Grandmother's husband Michael SCHäFER, age 65, died there of Krebs (cancer)
1910, age 7 - Resided at 1237 North Pierce there. (Pre-1929 street numbering system, Today 3027 N Pierce St.)
20 April 1910, age 7 - Recorded in the Federal census there
2 June 1915, age 12 - Brother Raymond Carl Rudolf Wilhelm HARTIG born there
16 April 1916, age 13 - Confirmed at Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church there
28 August 1920, age 17 - Married Eduard Georg Ferdinand "Eddie" BENZ, age 33, there. Attendants were Mabel Schmidt and Lydia Olga Anna Alma HARTIG
As of 1922 until sometime after 1927 - Resided at 1490 Richards there. With husband Edward.
28 June 1922, age 19 - Grandmother Dorothea Sophie Marie "Sophie" BURMEISTER Hartig, age 71, died at 990 Booth St there of carcinoma of the stomach and senile debility
27 August 1922, age 19 - Daughter Janet Adele BENZ Landowski born there
4 December 1922, age 20 - Grandfather Johann Friedrich Heinrich Christian "Henry" HARTIG, age 78, died at 990 Booth St there of suicide by hanging
11 August 1924, age 21 - Son Elroy BENZ born there
As of sometime before 1930 until 1935 - Resided at 251 East Burleigh there. (125 Burliegh in old numbering system.) No longer with husband Edward.
As of 1930 until 1944 - Occupation listed as bundler at Schuster's
Sometime after 1930 - Grandmother Louise Christine Maria GLEI Rohloff Schäfer died in Milwaukee?
20 July 1935, age 32 - Husband Eduard Georg Ferdinand "Eddie" BENZ, age 48, died at Milwaukee County Hospital, Milwaukee of pulmonary tuberculosis
As of 1936 until sometime after 1944 - Resided at 2674 N 2nd there
About 7 September 1946, age 43 - Daughter Janet Adele BENZ, age 24, married Ervin Joseph LANDOWSKI, age 30
17 February 1948, age 45 - Granddaughter Kathleen Rae LANDOWSKI Blank Johnson born at Milwaukee
June 1954, age 51 - Grandson Roger Wayne LANDOWSKI born
17 June 1964, age 61 - Mother Alma Dorothea Christina ROHLOFF Hartig, age 81, died at Milwaukee
24 January 1970, age 67 - Granddaughter Kathleen Rae LANDOWSKI, age 21, married Mitchell Neuman BLANK Sr, age 22, at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Menomonee Falls, Waukesha County, Wisconsin
11 February 1975, age 72 - Father Charles W "Carl" HARTIG, age 98, died at Milwaukee
Sometime after 1975 - Sister-in-law Dorothy Hartig died
November 1976, age 73 - Sister Irmgard Bertha Theresa Julehen HARTIG Zastrow, age 67, died at North Hills, Los Angeles County, Califormia
7 October 1983, age 80 - Granddaughter Kathleen Rae LANDOWSKI, age 35, divorced from Mitchell Neuman BLANK Sr, age 35, at Ozaukee County, Wisconsin
29 November 1983, age 81 - Died at Milwaukee