Marie KRESSIN Bentz, 1822-1908
Wife of a farmer
Berthold's first cousin twice removed's sister-in-law

 Father Martin KRöSSIN
 Mother Dorothea RüGE Krössin
       Sister Fredericka KRESSIN Dallmann, 1816-1889
       Brother Martin KRESSIN, 1818-1890
       Marie KRESSIN Bentz, 1822-1908

 Husband Johann Friedrich BENTZ, ca 1822-1899

Time Line

17 March 1822 - Born at Darsow, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern

Sometime before 1826 - Grandfather Martin KRESSIN died

24 November 1837, age 15 - Brother Martin KRESSIN, age 19, married Maria TREPTOW, age 23, at Gützlaffshagen, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern

About December 1845, age 23 - Married Johann Friedrich BENTZ, age 23, at Dargislaff, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern

As of 1859 - Resided at Kenosha County, Wisconsin

16 April 1859, age 37 - Emigrated in Hamburg. The couple with their five children sailed on the ship "Main"

May 1859, age 37 - Immigrated in Quebec

31 December 1869, age 47 - Sister-in-law Maria TREPTOW Kressin, age 55, died at Tilden, Chippewa County, Wisconsin of ruptured blood vessel

2 May 1889, age 67 - Sister Fredericka KRESSIN Dallmann, age 72, died there

18 August 1890, age 68 - Brother Martin KRESSIN, age 71, died there

August 1897, age 75 - Sister's widower Jacob DALLMANN, age 86, died at Chippewa County, Wisconsin

8 October 1899, age 77 - Husband Johann Friedrich BENTZ, age 77, died at O.S. Newell family home on Prairie Avenue, Kenosha, Kenosha County, Wisconsin of asphyxiation due to not turning off illuminating gas after extinguishing the light before bed.

22 April 1908, age 86 - Died at her home on Grand Avenue (52nd Street) there of advanced age. She had been an invalid for many years.

24 April 1908 - Buried