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Catharina GENZ Benz, 1787-1851Wife of a Büdner (small farmer) in Gützlaffshagen
Edward Benz's great-grandmother
Father Martin GENZ, 1762-1832 Mother Catharina LüDKE Genz, 1758-1823
Sister Maria GENZ Volkmann, 1784-1851
Catharina GENZ Benz, 1787-1851 Sister Sophia GENZ Storr Husband Johann BENZ, ca 1782-1831 Son Martin BENZ, 1812-1820 Daughter Dorothea BENZ Polzin, 1815-1883 Son Johann BENZ, 1817-1819 Son Johann "John" BENZ, 1823-28 February 1787 - Born
10 November 1812, age 25 - Sister Maria GENZ, age 27, married Johann VOLKMANN, age 49, at Gützlaffshagen, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern
13 November 1812, age 25 - Married Johann BENZ, age 30, there
20 November 1812, age 25 - Son Martin BENZ born there
16 April 1815, age 28 - Daughter Dorothea BENZ Polzin born there
30 July 1817, age 30 - Brother-in-law Johann VOLKMANN, age 53, died there of Blutsturz (violent hemorrhaage)
5 August 1817, age 30 - Son Johann BENZ born there
3 February 1819, age 31 - Son Johann BENZ, age 1, died there
16 November 1819, age 32 - Sister Sophia GENZ married Christian STORR there
2 March 1820, age 33 - Son Martin BENZ, age 7, died there
13 August 1823, age 36 - Son Johann "John" BENZ born there
21 October 1823, age 36 - Mother Catharina LüDKE Genz, age 65, died there
14 March 1831, age 44 - Father-in-law Phillip BENZ, age 76, died there of Altersschwaeche (debility/weakness of old age)
10 November 1831, age 44 - Husband Johann BENZ, age 49, died there of Brustkrankheit (pneumonia, consumption)
4 January 1832, age 44 - Father Martin GENZ, age 69, died there
10 May 1844, age 57 - Daughter Dorothea BENZ, age 29, married Johann POLZIN, age 34, there
2 April 1845, age 58 - Granddaughter Wilhemine Friederike POLZIN born at Zimdarse, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern ; Granddaughter Emilie Albertine POLZIN born there
15 July 1845, age 58 - Granddaughter Wilhemine Friederike POLZIN died there of Keuchhusten (whooping cough)
30 July 1845, age 58 - Granddaughter Emilie Albertine POLZIN died there of Keuchhusten (whooping cough)
27 July 1846, age 59 - Granddaughter Sophie Marie POLZIN Rebbin born there
13 November 1846, age 59 - Son Johann "John" BENZ, age 23, married Sophie PAGENKOPF, age 17, at Gützlaffshagen
24 November 1848, age 61 - Granddaughter Wilhelmine Therese POLZIN born at Zimdarse
9 January 1849, age 61 - Granddaughter Caroline Wilhelmine BENZ born at Gützlaffshagen
18 January 1849, age 61 - Granddaughter Caroline Wilhelmine BENZ died there of Krämpfe (convulsions)
2 April 1850, age 63 - Granddaughter Caroline Wilhelmine Marie BENZ born there
20 June 1851, age 64 - Grandson Johann August POLZIN born at Zimdarse
26 June 1851, age 64 - Sister Maria GENZ Volkmann, age 66, died at Gützlaffshagen of Nervenfieber (typhus)
18 October 1851, age 64 - Died there at 8:30 PM of Abzehrung (tuberculosis)
21 October 1851 - Buried there