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  Dorothea BENZ Polzin, 1815-1883
Wife of a Kossath (cottager)
Edward Benz's great-aunt

16 April 1815 - Born at Gützlaffshagen, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern

19 April 1815 - Baptized there. Godparents were Mrs Rockow, Büdner's wife from Gützlaffshagen, Mrs Johann Schwanz from Gützlaffshagen and Mr Goedeke, farm worker from Gützlaffshagen

5 August 1817, age 2 - Brother Johann BENZ born there

3 February 1819, age 3 - Brother Johann BENZ, age 1, died there

2 March 1820, age 4 - Brother Martin BENZ, age 7, died there

13 August 1823, age 8 - Brother Johann "John" BENZ born there

21 October 1823, age 8 - Grandmother Catharina LüDKE Genz, age 65, died there

14 March 1831, age 15 - Grandfather Phillip BENZ, age 76, died there of Altersschwaeche (debility/weakness of old age)

10 November 1831, age 16 - Father Johann BENZ, age 49, died there of Brustkrankheit (pneumonia, consumption)

4 January 1832, age 16 - Grandfather Martin GENZ, age 69, died there

12 April 1844, age 28 - Approval of consent to marry Johann POLZIN, age 34, by Stadtgericht (Municipal Court)

10 May 1844, age 29 - Married Johann POLZIN, age 34, at Gützlaffshagen

2 April 1845, age 29 - Daughter Wilhemine Friederike POLZIN born at Zimdarse, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern ; Daughter Emilie Albertine POLZIN born there

15 July 1845, age 30 - Daughter Wilhemine Friederike POLZIN died there of Keuchhusten (whooping cough)

30 July 1845, age 30 - Daughter Emilie Albertine POLZIN died there of Keuchhusten (whooping cough)

27 July 1846, age 31 - Daughter Sophie Marie POLZIN Rebbin born there

13 November 1846, age 31 - Brother Johann "John" BENZ, age 23, married Sophie PAGENKOPF, age 17, at Gützlaffshagen

24 November 1848, age 33 - Daughter Wilhelmine Therese POLZIN born at Zimdarse

20 June 1851, age 36 - Son Johann August POLZIN born there

18 October 1851, age 36 - Mother Catharina GENZ Benz, age 64, died at Gützlaffshagen of Abzehrung (tuberculosis)

25 June 1852, age 37 - Son Johann August POLZIN, age 1, died at Zimdarse

About 4 June 1853, age 38 - Son Johann Martin Ferdinand "Ferdinand" POLZIN born there

5 August 1872, age 57 - Husband Johann POLZIN, age 62, died there of Auszehrung (tuberculosis)

9 July 1875, age 60 - Daughter Sophie Marie POLZIN, age 28, married Carl Friedrich Ludwig REBBIN, age 26, at Gützlaffshagen

Sometime after 1880 - Brother Johann "John" BENZ died in U.S.A.

Until 1883, age 67 - Resided at Zimdarse

29 March 1883, age 67 - Died at August Hoppe home, Altendorf, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern at 3:00 AM