Re: BENZ (correction)Ger.>MA CT abt 1850-now
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BENZ (correction)Ger.>MA CT abt 1850-now
3/11/00
Dear Margaret:
Do you know whether or not Jacob Benz came to the Syracuse area of NY.??
My great grandfather was Welton Benz Ostrander.He was named for a friend, not a family member.It is said that this Mr. Benz chose to go to California.He arrived in San Francisco about the time of the major earthquake in 1898?which did a great deal of damage.Mr. Benz began gathering bricks from the fallen buildings and cleaned them for resale.The story is that he got wealthy from this turn of events.
Welton Benz Ostrander was born in Aug 1842so the acquaintanceof his parents must have been in the region a few years before 1842.
His parents were John Ostrander and Lucy Eliz. Hicks.They lived first in Clay, NYnorth of Syracuse near Oneida Lake.They moved to Cazenovia, NY(southeast of Syracuse)and then to Syracuse itself.
I know this is a long shot, but do you have any information on your family that might fit this Mr. Benz??
Ethel Stanton
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Re: BENZ (correction)Ger.>MA CT abt 1850-now