Benitz: Endingen Ancients
Benitz: Endingen Ancients
(1600-1850)
(Last updated: Saturday January 21, 2012)
Given the complexity of keeping track of the various family branches, their ancestors and descendants, the genealogical information on this web site is organized around the adults who lived at the time of emigration from Germany during 1830-1860. It provides a convenient "bottle-neck", between the old world and the new world, between the truly ancient and more recent ancestors.
This page traces the truly ancient ancestors, the parents and ancestors of those Benitz who lived in and emigrated from Endingen during 1830-1860. It includes more recent generations for short branches, branches of the family which died out or for which at this time we do not have information. Branches with more information have their own pages (see the index to the left).
A description of the origin and meaning of the name Bönitz is found on the Bonitz Forum. How it became Benitz is found on page Benitz: Origins.
It is fortunate that Benitz (and Bönitz / Böniz) is a fairly unique surname and that our ancestors remained in one place (Endingen) for several generations. Most of this information was gathered by James Bell, with contributions from Peter & René Benitz.
When perusing the tree, please keep in mind our family tree is a work in progress (by James Bell, Peter & René Benitz - slow digging at best). As more information comes to light, anything may change, including relationships. The tree begins with Lorenz Benitz (b.1695) and at present does not include other cousins and relatives at each generation, nor the ancestors of the non-Benitz spouses. There were several other Benitz's (Böniz's) present in Endingen who will be included in due course.
For current simplicity, we have standardized the name upon Benitz - we add 'AKA' (also-known-as) where applicable (e.g., early spellings are inconsistent for any one person, varying between birth, marriage, and death records). As a general rule, after 1840 the surname locked into 'Benitz'. Prior to 1840 the spelling was often 'Böniz' or variants thereof (see Benitz Origins for more details). Note that in old German women's surnames were often given female endings:
Beniz => Benizin Kolmer => Kolmerer Wagner => Wagnerin If you wish to explore further, Jochen Bonitz on his Bonitz Forum website has a much broader tree that includes many different (unrelated) families who's surnames are variants of 'Bonitz' (including 'Benitz'). He includes our tree under Laurentius Boenitz.
Lorenz Benitz / Laurentius Boenitz family Tree:
The outline diagram is followed by a matching more detailed text list. The same colors for each generation were used for the diagram boxes and the text fonts. The diagram provides a visual image, however the text list contains more details, including the next 2 generations of descendants - if known. In the text list, a beside a name provides a link to further information.
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[Source: James Bell
01Jan'01]
1) Lorenz BENITZ AKA: Laurentius Boenitz b: Abt. 1695 in Endingen, Baden, Germany d: 7 September 1756 in Endingen, Baden, Germany +Anna Catharina SCHWOBTHALER m: 6 May 1732 d: 30 March 1734 in Endingen, Baden, Germany 2) Maria Rosa BENITZ b: 14 February 1732/33 in Endingen, Baden, Germany d: 26 June 1801 in Endingen, Baden, Germany +Johannes Michial WISSERT b: Abt. 1729 in Endingen, Baden, Germany m: 17 April 1752 in Endingen, Baden, Germany 2) Lorenz BENITZ b: 29 March 1734 in Endingen, Baden, Germany+Francisca WAGNER (2nd Wife of Lorenz BENITZ) b: 1 September 1711 in Endingen, Baden, Germany m: 15 June 1734 in Endingen, Baden, Germany 2) Johannes Phillip BENITZ b: 29 May 1735 in Endingen, Baden, Germany 2) Maria Ana BENITZ b: 12 June 1738 in Endingen, Baden, Germany 2) Franz Joseph BENITZ b: 17 March 1739/40 in Endingen, Baden, Germany 2) David Adam BENITZ b: 31 December 1741 in Endingen, Baden, Germany 2) Laurentius BENITZ b: 7 August 1743 in Endingen, Baden, Germany d: 2 January 1811 in Endingen, Baden, Germany +Anna Maria BIECHELE b: 9 October 1743 in Endingen, Baden, Germany m: 2 January 1776 in Endingen, Baden, Germany d: 18 November 1810 in Endingen, Baden, Germany 3) Josef BENITZ b: 2 February 1777 in Endingen, Baden, Germany 3) Maria Rosina BENITZ b: 13 March 1778 in Endingen, Baden, Germany 3) Laurentius BENITZ b: 30 July 1781 in Endingen, Baden, Germany 3) Johannes BENITZ AKA: Joannes Beniz b: 9 December 1782 in Endingen, Baden, Germany +Maria Barbara HERB b: 28 October 1785 in Endingen, Baden, Germany m: 28 October 1809 in Endingen, Baden, Germany d: 22 October 1845 in Endingen, Baden, Germany 4) Maria Lugardis BENITZAKA: Lugarda Benitz b: 10 September 1810 in Endingen, Baden, Germany Emigration: 12 December 1842, to Colonia Tovar, Venezuela 5) Wilhelm BENITZ b: 3 January 1833 in Endingen, Baden, Germany Emigration: 1851 to Colonia Tovar, Venezuela4) Rosa BENITZ5) Wilhelmina HILDEBRAND b: 27 February 1841 5) Julius HILDEBRAND b: 8 March 18424) Alexander BENITZ4) Maria Barbara BENITZd: 26 June 1843 in Colonia Tovar, Venezuela Emigration: 18 December 1842, to Colonia Tovar, Venezuela 4) Ludwig Wilhelm BENITZ4) Karl Freidrich BENITZ4) Maria Karolina BENITZ3) Maria Anna BENITZ AKA: Maria Anna Beniz b: 28 December 1785 in Endingen, Baden, Germany d: 11 October 1840 in Endingen, Baden, Germany +Johann Georg ZIEGLER m: 28 April 1811 in Endingen, Baden, Germany2) Lorenz BENITZ b: 7 August 1743 2) Maria Anna Genoveva BENITZ b: 25 July 1745 in Endingen, Baden, Germany 2) Judas Thaddeus BÖNIZ AKA: Thedoj Böeniz (son Franz's birth record)b: 6 April 1747 in Endingen, Baden, Germany d: 24 October 1784 in Endingen, Baden, Germany +Ana Maria FREYTAG AKA: Ana Freytagin (son Franz's birth record)b: Abt. 1749 m: 6 February 1770 in Endingen, Baden, Germany 3) Mathias Carolus BENITZ b: 1771 d: 1775 3) Franz Antonius BÖNIZd: 1852, Pittsburgh (Lawrenceville), Pennsylvania, USA +May b: Abt. 1815 in Germany 5) Francis BENITZ AKA: 1860 Francis Bennetz, Pittsburgh Census b: Abt. 1830? in Pennsylvania, USA 5) Anna BENITZ AKA: 1860 Anna Bennetz, Pittsburgh Directory b: Abt. 1840 in Pennsylvania, USA 5) John BENITZ AKA: 1860 John Bennetz, Pittsburgh CensusAKA: 1861 John J. Benitz, 61st. Pennsylvania Infantry (Civil War) b: Abt. 1842 in Pennsylvania, USA 5) Joseph BENITZ AKA: 1860 Joseph Bennetz, Pittsburgh Directory b: 1844 in Pennsylvania, USA5) Anthony E. BENITZ b: 1847 in Pennsylvania, USAd: 1910, Pittsburgh (Lawrenceville), Pennsylvania, USA4) Judas Thaddaeus BÖNITZ4) Joseph BENITZAKA: 1860 Joseph Bennitz, Pittsburgh Census b: 1807 in Germany d: 1807? Emigration: Bet. 1844 - 1848 Left Germany +Susan b: Abt. 1820 in Germany 5) Charles BENITZ AKA: 1860 Charles Bennitz, Pittsburgh Census b: Abt. 1842 in Germany 5) Leopold BENITZ AKA: 1860 Leopold Bennitz, Pittsburgh Census b: Abt. 1844 in Germany 5) Mary BENITZ AKA: 1860 Mary Bennitz, Pittsburgh Census b: Abt. 1850 in Pennsylvania, USA 4) Maria Rosa BÖNIZ b: 1809 4) Johann Evangelist BENITZ4) Wilhelm BENITZ4) Franz Xaver BENITZ(2) 1867, co-founder Colonia California, San Javier, Santa Fé, Argentina(3) 1874, moved permanently to Argentina w/brother Wilhelm+Alexandrina Josephine SEEGERAKA: Alexandrine Josephine SEIGERb: 14 July 1818 in Sutthausen, Germanyd: 3 April 1888 in Cleveland, Ohio, USAEmigration: 1837 to USA5) female BENITZ5) Elizabeth BENITZb: Abt. 1843 in Ohiod: 24 January 1923 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA+ William McNamarab: Abt. 1839 in Irelandm: Abt. 1859d: 6 January 1915 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA5) William BENITZ b: 1845 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA 4) Maria Anna "Nany" BENITZ
3) Maria Barbara BENITZ b: 1777 d: 1781 3) Franz Jacobus BENITZ5) Frank Baumannb: 6 February, 1853, in Endingen, Baden, GermanyEmigration: 1874 to USA+Augusta Schuahmannb: Prussia6) Emma Baumann6) Lizzie Baumann (adopted)3) Franz Xaverius BENITZ
2) Franz Bernard BENITZ b: 17 August 1749 in Endingen, Baden, Germany d: 3 October 1749 in Endingen, Baden, Germany 2) Maria Francisca BENITZ b: 6 January 1750/51 in Endingen, Baden, GermanyRecords of older ancestors and family members who did NOT emigrate (to the Americas during the mid-1800's) are included below.
He was born Andreas Böniz on 1 December, 1783, in Endingen, the son of Thadae (Thaddäus) Boeniz and Maria Anna Freytag. Per the cross beneath his name, he apparently died young.
Andreas Böniz, 1783
Vital Records
Andreas
Böniz
[Cross
denotes
he died]
1783
On December 1, Andreas was born and baptized. Parents: The citizen Thadae [Thaddäus] Boeniz and Maria Ana Freytagin. Sponsors: The businessman Josephus Sartori and the esteemed lady Maria Rosa Boenizin - both from this parish.
Church baptism records, 1783, Endingen, Baden, Germany
(source: James Bell, from: LDS (Mormon) BMD records)
The daughter of Franz Jacobus Böniz and Barbara Koch, she was born Appolonia or Apollonia Böniz on 8 February, 1815, in Endingen, Baden, Germany. On 23 May, 1839, also in Endingen, she married (Frank) Xaviar Baumann.
They had at least one child. Their son, Frank Baumann, is listed in the "History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania", published in 1889.
Appolonia Böniz, 1815
Vital Records
Nr.
16
1815
On February 8 at seven o'clock in the evening a girl was born at this location. She was baptized on February 9 at twelve o'clock at noon in the St. Peter's church. She was named Appolonia Böniz. Father: Jakob Böniz master cooper. Mother: Barbara [surname unreadable - also mentioned on record Nr. 9]. Sponsors: Balthasar [surname unreadable - also mentioned on record Nr. 9] master cooper and Maria Anna Böniz, "Bürgersfrau" [middle-class woman]. Witness: Georg Zingler candle maker. Endingen, February 9, 1815.
Alois Frech vicar performed the baptism.
Alexander Umber pastor
Church baptismal records, 1815, Endingen, Baden, Germany
(source: James Bell, from: LDS (Mormon) BMD records)
Church baptismal records, 1815, Endingen, Baden, Germany
(source: Peter Benitz, from: Staatsarchiv, Freiburg, Baden, Germany)
The son of Judas Thaddeus Beniz and Ana Maria Freytagin, he was born Franz Antonius Böniz on 13 June, 1773, in Endingen, Baden, Germany. He became a master cooper and married Maria Ana Wagner on 18 February, 1800, in Endingen. Many of their children emigrated to the Americas, amongst them Anton, Franz, Nany, & Wilhelm.
Franz Antonius Böniz
Vital Records
Church baptism records, 1773
(source: Peter Benitz, from: Sankt Petri-sankt Martin-katholisch, Endingen, Baden, Germany)
Church marriage records, 1800
(source: Peter Benitz, from: Sankt Petri-sankt Martin-katholisch, Endingen, Baden, Germany)
The son of Thadeus Beniz and Ana Maria Freytagin, he was born Franz Jacobus Beniz on 14 July, 1779, in Endingen. He became a master cooper and married Barbara Koch. They had two daughters, Josepha (1812) and Appolonia (1815).
Franz Jacobus Beniz
Vital Records
14 July
1779
Franz Jacobus
xxx?
Thadeus Beniz xxx?
Ana Maria Freytagin
xxx? Joseph Sartori
xxx? M. Rosa Benizin
Birth record book, 1779, Endingen, Baden, Germany
(source: James Bell, from: LDS (Mormon) BMD records)
The son of of Thadeus Boeniz and Ana Maria Freytagin, he was born Franz Xaverius Böniz on 16 September, 1781, in Endingen, Germany.
Franz Xaverius Böniz, 1781
Vital Records
Church baptism records, 1781, Endingen, Baden, Germany
(source: James Bell, from: LDS (Mormon) BMD records)
