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  Emilie Wilhelmine BENZ Seehawer, 1861-
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Edward Benz's aunt

29 January 1861 - Born at Gützlaffshagen, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern at 3:00 AM

10 February 1861 - Baptized there. Godparents were Hermann Johann TEWS from Lewetzow (the mother's cousin), Dorothea Pagenkopf (Mrs Müller) from Gützlaffshagen and Wilhemine Ebert from Gützlaffshagen

25 September 1864, age 3 - Brother Otto Albert Ferdinand BENZ born there

18 March 1865, age 4 - Grandfather Peter PAGENKOPF, age 67, died there

24 January 1871, age 9 - Sister Mathilde Wilhelmine Dorothea BENZ born there

30 January 1871, age 10 - Sister Mathilde Wilhelmine Dorothea BENZ died there of Kramphe (convulsions)

30 April 1872, age 11 - Emigrated at Hamburg, Germany. Family traveled on the S S Cimbria from Hamburg via Havre, France to America.

16 May 1872, age 11 - Immigrated at New York, New York

3 September 1876, age 15 - Brother August Ferdinand BENZ, age 22, married Bertha Maria Therese HOGE, age 18, at Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

1880, age 18 - Recorded in the United States Census there

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

20 November 1881, age 20 - Married Ferdinand SEEHAWER, age 24, at Milwaukee. Attendants were Ferdinand BENZ and Carl Manz. The couple had ten children.

25 May 1883, age 22 - Brother Hermann Friedrich Albert BENZ, age 24, died there of tuberculosis

As of sometime before 1900 - Resided at 1031 N Teutonia Street there. (Old street numbering system.)

6 June 1900, age 39 - Recorded in the United States Census there

28 April 1901, age 40 - Mother Sophie PAGENKOPF Benz, age 72, died there of phthesis pulmonzlis, secondarily senile debility

9 December 1914, age 53 - Sister-in-law Bertha Maria Therese HOGE Benz, age 57, died at 970 Holton St there of exophthalimic goiter

21 January 1917, age 55 - Brother August Ferdinand BENZ, age 63, died there