William & Josephine Benitz
Family Trees

William Benitz (Wilhelm Böniz)
b: 8 February 1815 Endingen-im-Bresgau, Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany
d: 27 June 1876 Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.
burial: 28 June 1876 Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.

+ Josephine Kolmer (Josefa Kolmerer)
b: 6 January 1830 Endingen, Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany
d: 20 August 1912 at ‘Villa Josefina’, Crúz Grande, Córdoba, Arg.
burial: Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.
m: (informal) early 1846, Fort Ross, California, Mexico/USA
m: (formal) 23 February 1847, Santa Rosa, California, USA

infant boy Benitz
born/died/buried: Fort Ross, California, USA

infant girl Benitz
born/died/buried: Fort Ross, California, USA

infant boy Benitz
born/died/buried: Fort Ross, California, USA

Franz Joseph ‘Frank’ Benitz
b: 22 May 1850 Fort Ross, California, USA
d: Presumed drowned 23 November 1881, Toba River, near Alejandra, Santa Fé, Arg.

+ Elizabeth ‘Eliza’ Bihsel
m: 1 June 1881 at Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.

Josephine Benitz
b: 10 September 1852 Fort Ross, California, USA
d: 13 November 1919, Arg.

+ John Schreiber
b: 17 May 1842 (Hamburg, Germany?)
d: 26 September 1932, Arg.
m: 12 November 1878 Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.

William Otto ‘Willie’ Benitz
b: 22 May 1854 Fort Ross, California, USA
d: 1 April 1911 Corsicana, Texas, USA
burial: Allyn family plot, Corsicana, Texas

+ Clara Electa Allyn
b: 23 November 1858 Rochester, Minnesota, USA
d: 12 October 1930 Buenos Aires, Arg.
burial: Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.
m: 25 April 1881 Corsicana, Texas, USA

Charles Theodor ‘Charlie’ Benitz
b: 2 July 1856 Fort Ross, California, USA
d: 12 April 1877 Cañada de Gómez, Santa Fé, Arg.
burial: Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.

Alfred Alexander Benitz
b: 15 June 1859 Fort Ross, California, USA
d: 17 September 1937 Ea. ‘Las Tres Lagunas’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.
burial: Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.

+ Olga Blanche Horner
b: 19 May 1875 Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England
d: 4 February 1963 ‘El Rincón’, Crúz Grande, Córdoba, Arg.
burial: Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.
m: 29 September 1915 Buenos Aires, Arg.

John Edward ‘Johnnie’ Benitz
b: 24 August 1861 Fort Ross, California, USA
d: 20 March 1916 Crúz Grande,  Córdoba, Arg.
burial: Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.

+ Marjorie Morris Macintosh
b: 21 March 1862 Helenburgh, Glasgow, Scotland
d: 26 December 1945 Ea. ‘Los Algarrobos’, Monte Buey, Córdoba, Arg.
burial: Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.
m: 25 October 1892 Arg.

Herman Vitalis Benitz
b: 28 April 1863 Fort Ross, California, USA
d: 31 January 1893 Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Arg.
burial: Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.

2) Josephine Benitz
b: 10 September 1852 Fort Ross, California, USA
d: 13 November 1919 Arg.

+ John Schreiber
b: 17 May 1842 (Hamburg, Germany?)
d: 26 September 1932 Arg.
m: 12 November 1878 Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.

3) Bertha Josephine Schreiber
b: 2 August 1879
d: 2 November 1950 Buenos Aires, Arg.

+ Frank Higham
b: 18 July 1865 England
d: 1 August 1937 Buenos Aires, Arg.
m: 20 September 1902

4) Beatrice Josephine Higham
b: 20 August 1903 Buenos Aires, Arg.
d: 24 November 1961 Buenos Aires, Arg.

+ Florentino Víctor ‘Tito’ Wiurnos
b: 22 July 1898
d: 23 July 1961 Buenos Aires, Arg.
m: 9 December 1940 Buenos Aires, Arg.

4) Frank John Higham
b: 16 October 1905 Buenos Aires, Arg.
d: 3 June 1961 Buenos Aires, Arg.

+ Lía ‘Mabel’ Villareva

3) Matilde Susana Guillermina ‘Tilly’ Schreiber
b: 4 July 1881
d: 16 November 1944 Agua de Oro, Córdoba, Arg.

+ George Luis Grimmé
b: 8 October 1869 Hamburg, Altona, Germany
d: 3 April 1936 Rosario, Santa Fé, Arg.
m: 31 March 1900

4) Jorge Luis Grimmé
b: 19 December 1900 Buenos Aires, Arg.
d: 12 July 1988 Neede, The Netherlands

+ Edith Eugenia Heine
b: 24 July 1907 Bückeburg, Germany
d: 14 March 1974 Olivos, Buenos Aires, Arg.
m: 2 January 1932 Buenos Aires, Arg.

* 2 children, 1 grandchild, 2 great-grandchildren (so far: 2010)

3) Emma Elisa Juana Schreiber
b: 5 January 1884
d: Aft. 1947

+ Max Ucko
b: 16 August 1873
d: __
m: 25 April 1908

4) Silvia Elena Ucko
b: 26 September 1909
d: 2 February 2000 Buenos Aires, Arg.

3) Clara Regina Augusta Schreiber
b: 21 October 1885
d: __ 1967

3) Paul Schreiber
b: 11 January 1888
d: 1960 Sierras de Córdoba, Arg.

+ Enriqueta Miñas
b: __ d: __ m: __

3) Juan Alfredo José Schreiber
b: 19 December 1889
d: 24 December 1965

+ Elsa Erna Heduwiges Clausen
b: 6 July 1900
d: 20 January 1956
m: 24 November 1923

4) Nelida Josefina ‘Kuky’ Schreiber
b: 24 December 1926
d: 25 July 1973

4) Cora Elsa ‘Corita’ Schreiber
b: 19 March 1929
d: 22 July 1966

+ K. O. L.
b: 1924

* 2 children, 4 grandchildren

2) William Otto ‘Willie’ Benitz
b: 22 May 1854 Fort Ross, California, USA
d: 1 April 1911 Corsicana, Texas, USA
burial: Allyn family plot, Corsicana, Texas, USA

+ Clara Electa Allyn
b: 23 November 1858 Rochester, Minnesota, USA
d: 12 October 1930 Buenos Aires, Arg.
burial: Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.
m: 25 April 1881 Corsicana, Texas, USA

3) Hattie Burdell Benitz
b: 15 May 1882 Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.
d: 14 July 1968 Finca 'Suma Huasi', San Rafael, Mendoza, Arg.

+ Charles Alexander Morgan ‘Al’ Watt
b: 4 March 1874 Ea. ‘Las Tres Lagunas’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.
d: 18 May 1969 Buenos Aires, Arg.
m: 17 March 1906 Rosario, Santa Fé, Arg.

4) Percy MacGregor ‘Willie’ Watt
b: 25 December 1906 Rosario, Santa Fe, Arg.
d: 23 November 1939, k.i.a. WW-II (RAF pilot), England

+ V. O.
b: 1907
m: 1934

* 2 children, 6 grandchildren

4) Charles Alpin ‘Alpin’ Watt
b: 5 June 1909 Mendoza, Arg.
d: 27 October 1994 Hereford, England

+ Mary Lawrence Tawney
b: 8 June 1910 Blackheath, London, England
d: 26 November 1993 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
m: 16 December 1933 Parkstone, Dorset, England

* 2 children, 2 grandchildren

4) John Erskine Watt
b: 25 January 1913 Arg.
d: 18 September 1927 England
burial: Avon, England

4) boy Watt
b: 1917 — d: 1917 (stillborn)

4) Flora May ‘May’ Watt
b: 26 March 1918 Buenos Aires, Arg.
d: 25 April 2005 in San Rafael, Mendoza, Arg.

+ James Francis ‘Jay’ Mohr-Bell
b: 12 May 1912 Buenos Aires, Arg.
d: 22 March 1991 Finca 'Suma Huasi', San Rafael, Mendoza, Arg.
m: 16 November 1939 in Buenos Aires, Arg.

* 4 children, 14 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren (so far: 2010)

4) Frank Alexander Watt
b: 14 March 1920 Buenos Aires, Arg.
d: 7 January 2011 North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
ashes: buried at Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.

+ W.S.C.
b: 1922
m: 1951

* 2 children, 6 grandchildren

4) James Stanley ‘Jimmy’ Watt
b: 16 April 1922 Arg.
d: 21 June 1943, k.i.a. WW-II (RAF pilot), Alphen woods, Tilburg, The Netherlands

3) Katherine Stuart ‘Katie’ Benitz
b: 6 April 1884 Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.
d: 30 July 1963 Arg.
burial: Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.

+ Stanley Roger Jeans
b: 14 April 1882
d: Bef. 1960
m: 24 April 1920

3) William Agar ‘Willie’ Benitz
b: 18 March 1888 Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.
d: 20 September 1956 Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.
burial: Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.

+ Flora King — 1^st. wife of William A. Benitz
b: 18 April 1887 Buenos Aires, Arg.
d: 2 September 1917 Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.
burial: Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.
m: 4 September 1912 Arg.

4) Corina Benitz
b: 27 October 1913 Arg.
d: 10 December 1993 Buenos Aires, Arg.

+ Keith Cowes Pryor
b: 4 August 1913 Buenos Aires, Arg.
d: 28 January 1997 Buenos Aires, Arg.
m: 24 May 1936 Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.

* 2 children, 6 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren (so far: 2010)

4) William Stuart Benitz
b: 13 November 1915 Arg.
d: 26 June 1919 Arg.
burial: Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.

4) Frank Malcolm ‘Malcolm’ Benitz
b: 26 April 1917 Arg.
d: 13 December 1986 Rosario, Santa Fé, Arg.
burial: Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.

+ Audrey Gertrude Muriel ‘Gertie’ Traill
b: 17 December 1916 Arg.
d: 13 February 2001 Ea. ‘El Piquete’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.
burial: Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.
m: 25 May 1946 Rosario, Santa Fé, Arg.

* 3 children, 7 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild (so far: 2010)

+ Eileen Frend — 2^nd. wife of William A. Benitz
b: 13 January 1897 Rosario, Santa Fé, Arg.
d: __ (Aft. April 1961) London, England
m: 6 August 1921

4) M. B.
b: 1923

* 2 children, 2 grandchildren

4) C. A. B.
b: 1926

* 4 children, 9 grandchildren

3) Josephine May ‘Nena’ Benitz
b: 15 April 1889 Arg.
d: 25 September 1984 Buenos Aires, Arg.
burial: British Cemetery (Chacarita), Buenos Aires, Arg.

+ Edward Graham ‘Graham’ Paul
b: 6 January 1886
d: __ Buenos Aires, Arg.
burial: British Cemetery (Chacarita), Buenos Aires, Arg.
m: 16 May 1913

3) Clara Anna ‘Clarita’ Benitz
b: 24 July 1891 Arg.
d: __ (Bef. 1961 Arg.)

+ Jack Bell
b: 12 June 1894
d: __
m: 16 October 1924

4) Marion Allyn Bell
b: 7 September 1933 Arg.
d: __ (Abt. 1975) Córdoba, Arg.

3) Frank Allyn Benitz
b: 25 May 1893 Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.
d: 5 August 1918, k.i.a. World War I (RFC pilot), England
burial: Gainsborough General (Cox’s Hill) Cemetery, Lincolnshire, England;
Commemorative stone: at Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.

3) Bernice Wilhelmina Benitz
b: 15 April 1895 Flores, Buenos Aires, Arg.
d: 22 January 1998 Camberley, Surrey, England
ashes: buried at Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.

+ James MacDonald ‘Jim’ Bell
b: 28 November 1879 Flores, Buenos Aires, Arg.
d: 27 May 1945 Ea. ‘Las Tres Lagunas’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.
burial: Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.
m: 17 November 1915 Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Arg.

4) Jean Allyn Bell
b: 24 August 1916 Buenos Aires, Arg.
d: 1 September 1956 London, England
burial: Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.

+ Kenneth Frederick Hampton ‘Ken’ Hale — 1^st. husband of Jean A. Bell
b: 18 May 1911 London, England
m: 10 May 1939 Buenos Aires, Arg.
divorced: __

+ Geoffrey Lionel Bodwell — 2^nd. husband of Jean A. Bell
b:__ d: __ m: __

4) James Frank MacDonald ‘Frank’ Bell
b: 2 November 1918 San Cristóbal, Santa Fé, Arg.
d: 8 November 1965 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
ashes: buried at Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.

+ Marie Constance Simon
b: 7 October 1918 Wembley, London, England
d: 10 June 2001 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
m: 20 October 1945 London, England

* 4 children, 9 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild (so far: 2010)

3) Marion Winona Benitz
b: 11 August 1897 Winona, Wisconsin, USA
d: 27 July 1986 Buenos Aires, Arg.
burial: British Cemetery (Chacarita), Buenos Aires, Arg.

+ George Roberts
b: 21 September 1891 Rosario, Santa Fé, Arg.
d: 4 June 1954 Ea. ‘El Injerto’, Carlos Pellegrini, Santa Fé, Arg.
burial: British Cemetery (Chacarita), Buenos Aires, Arg.

4) James Richard Bannerman ‘Jimmy’ Roberts
b: 29 December 1921 Arg.
d: 1967 Malaysia

+ Maria del Carmen ‘Camucha’ Lopez del Cerro
b. __ Arg.
d: 31 May 2006 Fisherton (Rosario), Santa Fé, Arg.
m: 21 March 1952 Rosario, Santa Fé, Arg.

* 4 children, 12 grandchildren

4) William Bannermann ‘Billy’ Roberts
b: 15 October 1925 Ea. ‘El Injerto’, Carlos Pellegrini, Santa Fé, Arg.
d: 8 May 1987 Buenos Aires, Arg.
burial: Ea. ‘Puerto Americana’, Nahuel Huapi, Neuquen, Arg.

+ Ida Frances Codrington
b: 16 January 1927 Barker, Colonia, Uruguay
d: 20 May 2007 Bariloche, Río Negro, Arg.
m: 31 March 1951 Montevideo, Uruguay

* 5 children, 8 grandchildren

2) Alfred Alexander Benitz
b: 15 June 1859 Fort Ross, California, USA
d: 17 September 1937 ‘Las Tres Lagunas’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.
burial: Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.

+ Olga Blanche Horner
b: 19 May 1875 Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England
d: 4 February 1963 ‘El Rincón’, Crúz Grande, Córdoba, Arg.
burial: Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.
m: 29 September 1915 Buenos Aires, Arg.

3) John Horner
b: 4 December 1920 Ea. ‘Pulmarí’, Aluminé, Neuquen, Arg.
d: 27 July 2005 La Cumbre, Córdoba, Arg.
ashes: hillside above ‘El Rincón’, Crúz Grande, Córdoba, Arg.

+ Patricia Keates
b: 1 October 1923 Buenos Aires, Arg.
d: 26 October 1999 La Cumbre, Córdoba, Arg.
ashes: hillside above ‘El Rincón’, Crúz Grande, Córdoba, Arg.
m: 29 November 1947 Buenos Aires, Arg.

* 2 children, 6 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild

3) M. H.
b: __ 1922

* 3 children, 8 grandchildren

3) William Humphrey ‘Willie’ Horner
b: 28 July 1925 Ea. 'Pulmarí', Aluminé, Neuquen, Arg.
d: 22 December 1994 Ea. 'Las Tijeras', Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.
burial: Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.

* 3 children, 8 grandchildren

2) John Edward ‘Johnnie’ Benitz
b: 24 August 1861 Fort Ross, California, USA
d: 20 March 1916 Crúz Grande, Córdoba, Arg.
burial: Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.

+ Marjorie Morris Macintosh
b: 21 March 1862 Helenburgh, Glasgow, Scotland
d: 26 December 1945 Ea. 'Los Algarrobos', Monte Buey, Córdoba, Arg.
burial: Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.
m: 25 October 1892 Arg.

3) Elspeth Josephine ‘Elsie’ Benitz
b: 3 November 1893 Arg.
d: 17 May 1965 Nono, Córdoba, Arg.
burial: Mina Clavero, Córdoba, Arg.

+ Thomas Mansel ‘Tommy’ Sympson
b: 13 July 1889  Lincoln, England
d: 13 June 1966 Ea. ‘Chacabuco’, Confluencia, Neuquen, Arg.
burial: Mina Clavero, Córdoba, Arg.
m: 20 August 1917 Kensington, London, England

4) Rodney Thomas ‘Rod’ Sympson
b: 10 June, 1918  Lincoln, England
d: 12 February, 2011  Ballan, Victoria, Australia
ashes: shores of Lake Konardin, Hattah-Kulkyne National Park, Australia

+ Victoria Macleod — 1^st. wife of Rodney T. Sympson
b: __1920 m: __1954 divorced: __1957

* 1 child

+ Margaret ‘Peg’ Bland — 2^st. wife of Rodney T. Sympson
b: __ 1921
d: 26 January 1988 Mount Egerton, Victoria, Australia
m: 7 April 1967, Australia

4) M. M. S.
b: 1919

* 2 children, 1 grandchild

4) Hilary John ‘Poro’ Sympson
b: 9 June 1922 Crúz Grande, Córdoba, Arg.
d: 30 August 2008 Bariloche, Río Negro, Arg.

* 2 children, 4 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren (so far: 2010)

4) R. S.
b: 1924

* 5 children, 7 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren (so far: 2010)

4) Michael ‘Mickey’ Sympson
b: 14 November 1927 Monte Buey, Córdoba, Arg.
d: 12 December 2003 Venado Tuerto, Santa Fé, Arg.

* 2 children, 1 grandchild

4) N. S.
b: 1925

+ Gerald Oliver
b: ___
d: 6 March 1990 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
m: 1965

3) Josephine E. ‘Jo’ / ‘Bijou’ Benitz
b: 17 December 1895 Arg.
d: 1987 Wales, U.K.

+ James Howard ‘Howard’ Webster
b: 5 December 1878
d: __1951 Arg.
m: 28 February 1922

4) Josephine ‘Josie’ Webster
b: 6 January 1923 Arg.
d: 7 July 1957 Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Arg.

+ Agar Morrison Lockwood
b: 20 November 1920 d: __1997
m: __

* 3 children, 3 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild (so far: 2010)

3) Marjory Daw Benitz
b: 17 August 1897 Rosario, Santa Fé, Arg.
d: 20 March 1916 Crúz Grande, Córdoba, Arg.
burial: Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.

3) John Benitz
b: 14 April 1901 Crúz Grande, Córdoba, Arg.
d: 14 March 1975 Herriard, Hampshire, England

+ Aphra Aileen Peard
b: 23 October 1901 Coronel Suarez, Buenos Aires, Arg.
d: 17 November 1994 Camberley, Hampshire, England
m: 6 April 1926 Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Arg.

4) J. B.
b: 1928

* 2 children, 4 grandchildren

4) J. C. B.
b: 1930

* 4 children, 7 grandchildren

4) B. M. B.
b: 1933

* 5 children, 4 grandchildren

3) Alfred Donald Benitz
b: 22 August 1903 Crúz Grande, Córdoba, Arg.
d: 1 April 1933 ‘Villa Josefina’, Crúz Grande, Córdoba, Arg.
burial: Ea. ‘La California’, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.

+ Evelyn Maude ‘Nancy’ Jeffries
b: 13 September 1906 Casilda, Santa Fé, Arg.
d: __1988 Roehampton, England
m: 30 September 1927 Hurlingham Club, Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Arg.

4) D. J. B.
b: 1928

* 3 children, 8 granchildren

4) R. B.
b: 1930

* 3 children, 7 granchildren