Top Row: Henry, Tillie, Minnie, CharlesSeated: Ida, Fredricka, Emma Taken in the Mid 1920's
The Charles C. Bennecke Family
Henry Bennecke was born in Germany in 1818. He met Johanna Aur and they married 15 May 1848 in Gross Readen, Germany. The Bennecke's came to America and settled first in Plymouth, Wisconsin and then Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Henry and Johanna had eight children: Minna (1849), Emma (1850), John (1853), Annie (1855), Charles (1857), Fred (1859), Louisa (1861), Sarah (1866), Mathilda (1868), and Ida (1870). Most of the children married in the Chicago area.
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Do you have any more info on Henry Bennecke? What year he came to America, his occupation, or anything else?
He would be my great, great, great grandfather.
Thank you.
Paul Bennecke
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