William Benitz & Josephine Kolmer

(Last updated: Saturday May 30, 2009)

Wilhelm Böniz

William Benitz

Guillermo Benitz

1815-1876

Josefa Kollmerer

Josephine Benitz

Josefina Kolmer de Benitz

1830-1912

c.1855 at 40 years

c.1850 at 20 years
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1868 at 53 years

c.1874? at 44 years
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c.1910 at 80 years

 

Wilhelm Böniz, 1815

Vital Records
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Church baptism records, 1815

(source: Peter Benitz, from: Sankt Petri-sankt Martin-katholisch, Endingen, Baden, Germany)
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Church baptism records, 1815

(source: Peter Benitz, from: Staatsarchiv, Freiburg, Baden, Germany)

 

Josefa Kollmerer, 1830

Vital Records
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Church baptism records, 1830

(source: Peter Benitz, from: Sankt Petri-sankt Martin-katholisch, Endingen, Baden, Germany)

 

William Benitz (1815) & Josephine Kolmer (1830)

Vital Records

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Marriage record, 1847

(restored by: Peter Benitz, original from: Sonoma County Recorder's Office, Santa Rosa, California, USA.  Note: It is the 3rd. entry in the county "Record of Marriages".  Wilhelm signed as a witness to the 1st. entry, the marriage of Hügal, one of his "Rancho Herman" partners.  James Black, Edward McIntosh, and Michael Kolmer were amongst the original landowners and tenants near Occidental, California.  Nearby Coleman valley is named after Kolmer [a.k.a. Coleman])

 

William Benitz

Passport Application

1874