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August Ferdinand TEWS, 1830-1903Farmer
Edward Benz's first cousin twice removed
Father Johann "Hans" TEWS, 1802-1872
Mother Catharine POLTZIN Tews Sister Johanne Marie "Mary" TEWS Pape, 1824- Brother Gottfried TEWS, 1827-1869
August Ferdinand TEWS, 1830-1903 Brother Heinrich Wilhelm TEWS, 1833-1904 Brother Johann Philipp "Philipp" TEWS, 1836- Brother Hermann Johann TEWS, 1842-1929 Wife Charlotte Sophie LAMBRECHT Tews, 1835-189730 July 1830 - Born at Lewetzow, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern
1 August 1830 - Baptized. Godparents were Peter Poltzin, Martin TEWS (the father's brother) and Engel Poltzin
10 January 1833, age 2 - Brother Heinrich Wilhelm TEWS born at Lewetzow
19 November 1836, age 6 - Brother Johann Philipp "Philipp" TEWS born there
31 January 1842, age 11 - Brother Hermann Johann TEWS born there
5 January 1844, age 13 - Sister Johanne Marie "Mary" TEWS, age 19, married August Christian Erdmann PAPE, age 23, there
29 November 1851, age 21 - Grandmother Maria TIETZ Tews, age 76, died there of Altersschwäche (debility of old age)
18 July 1858, age 27 - Godparent when Hermann Friedrich Albert BENZ (his first cousin once removed) baptized at Gützlaffshagen, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern
19 October 1861, age 31 - Married Charlotte Sophie LAMBRECHT, age 26, there
12 June 1868, age 37 - Brother Hermann Johann TEWS, age 26, married Maria Magdalena "Mary" ARNDT, age 24, at Zarben, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern
July 1868, age 37 - Emigrated at Bremen, Hannover. August Tews, his wife Charlotte, their three children, and Herman Tews and his wife Mary traveled together on the ship America via South Hampton.
18 July 1868, age 37 - Immigrated at New York, New York County, New York
31 August 1869, age 39 - Brother Gottfried TEWS, age 42, died at Lewetzow of Gicht (gout, podagra, rheumatism)
28 June 1872, age 41 - Father Johann "Hans" TEWS, age 69, died there of Gicht (gout, podagra, rheumatism)
Sometime after 1872 - Mother Catharine POLTZIN Tews died
As of sometime before 1875 - Resided at Utica, Winona County, Minnesota
1 May 1875, age 44 - Recorded in the State of Minnesota census there
22 April 1877, age 46 - Brother-in-law August Christian Erdmann PAPE, age 56, died at Freistadt, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin
As of sometime before June 1880 - Resided at Hillsdale, Winona County, Minnesota
June 1880, age 49 - Recorded in the United States Census there
1 May 1885, age 54 - Recorded in the State of Minnesota census there
1895, age 64 - Recorded in the State of Minnesota census there
11 November 1897, age 67 - Wife Charlotte Sophie LAMBRECHT Tews, age 62, died at Winona County, Minnesota
18 June 1903, age 72 - Died there
Buried at Silo Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Utica Twp, Winona County, Minnesota