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  Magdaline Sophie Auguste "Lena" BENZ Engel, 1877-1915
Edward Benz's sister

3 September 1877 - Born at Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

9 September 1877 - Baptized at Saint Marcus Gemeinde Ev Lutheran there. Godparents were Sophia Bünger, Augusta Arndt and Otto Johann Friedrich HOGE (the mother's brother)

2 June 1879, age 1 - Sister Alma Wilhelmina Anna BENZ Boehmer born there

1880, age 2 - Recorded in the United States Census there

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

7 October 1882, age 5 - Brother Georg Johann August BENZ born at Milwaukee

22 July 1884, age 6 - Sister Rose W S BENZ Newmann born there

23 January 1887, age 9 - Brother Eduard Georg Ferdinand "Eddie" BENZ born there

4 February 1892, age 14 - Sister Lillian "Lilly" BENZ born there

16 May 1897, age 19 - Grandfather August Ferdinand HOGE, age 68, died at 970 Holton St there of atherouatous degeneration of the circulatory system

1900, age 22 - Occupation listed as dressmaker

6 June 1900, age 22 - Recorded in the United States Census at Mequon, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin

28 April 1901, age 23 - Grandmother Sophie PAGENKOPF Benz, age 72, died at Milwaukee of phthesis pulmonzlis, secondarily senile debility

6 November 1901, age 24 - Married William ENGEL, age 20, at Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

15 June 1904, age 26 - Sister Alma Wilhelmina Anna BENZ, age 25, married Alfred F A BOEHMER at Milwaukee

As of sometime before 1910 - Resided at 970 Holton St there. After the 1920s this was 2564 N Holton St.

26 April 1910, age 32 - Recorded in the United States Census there

9 December 1914, age 37 - Mother Bertha Maria Therese HOGE Benz, age 57, died at 970 Holton St there of exophthalimic goiter

18 December 1915, age 38 - Died there of complications following appendicitis surgery

Buried at Union Cemetery there