Re: BENZ (correction)Ger.>MA CT abt 1850-now
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In reply to:
Re: BENZ (correction)Ger.>MA CT abt 1850-now
7/30/01
Dear Margaret:
Thank you for the information about the
Benz/ Bencecousins.Iwill file it with
my other information about the Benz family in
NY Stateand hope that one day I find a key piecethat connects the family to my great grandfather,Welton Benz Ostrander.
I think that Welton Benz.... was named after a good friend of the family,not a relative. That is the way I remember the story.I heard that this particular Benz went to California after the San Francisco earthquakeand made a fortunecleaning old bricks that had fallenandselling them for a good price to rebuild the homes that were destroyed.
Ethel Stanton