Benz/Pagenkopf and Hoge/Scheer families Pedigree Chart

                 ,--Phillip BENZ, Büdner (small farmer), ca 1754-1831
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            ,--Johann BENZ, Büdner (small farmer), ca 1782-1831
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       ,--Johann "John" BENZ, Büdner, laborer, 1823-
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       |    |    ,--Martin GENZ, Büdner (small farmer), 1762-1832
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       |    `--Catharina GENZ, 1787-1851
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       |         `--Catharina LÜDKE, 1758-1823
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  ,--August Ferdinand BENZ, tanner, farmer, day laborer, 1853-1917
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  |    |         ,--Peter PAGENKOPF
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  |    |    ,--Peter PAGENKOPF, Büdner & Scharwächter (small farmer, night watchman), 1797-1865
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  |    `--Sophie PAGENKOPF, 1829-1901
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  |         |              ,--Martin TEWS, Bauer (farmer)
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  |         |         ,--Hans TEWS, Bauer, Büdner, 1727-1799
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  |         |    ,--Martin TEWS, Büdner (small farmer), 1756-1830
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  |         `--Catharina TEWS, 1799-1857
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  |              `--Maria TIETZ, ca 1775-1851
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Eduard Georg Ferdinand "Eddie" BENZ, carpenter, 1887-1935
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  |         ,--Martin HOGE, Büdner (small farmer)
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  |    ,--August Ferdinand HOGE, Büdner, Laborer, 1828-1897
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  |    |    `--Maria VOLKMANN, 1797-1861
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  `--Bertha Maria Therese HOGE, 1857-1914
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       |    ,--Hans SCHEER, Büdner
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       `--Wilhelmine "Minnie" SCHEER, ca 1833-