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Family: William Heinrich Benwitz / Elaine Forkell (F35926)

• Male William Heinrich Benwitz

  
  

  Birth	10 Sep 1889	Rochester, Monroe, New York
  Christening	13 Oct 1889	Rochester, Monroe, New York
  Death	2 Oct 1975	Sodus Center, Wayne, New York
  Burial		Sodus Center, Wayne, New York
  Marriage	18 Dec 1911	Rochester, Monroe, New York
  Other Spouse	Lydia Louise Bertha Krischke | F35920
  Marriage	29 Nov 1929	Rochester, Monroe, New York
  Father	August Benwitz | F22694 Group Sheet
  Mother	Bertha Seils | F22694 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Elaine Forkell

  
  

  Birth	Nov 1895	New York
  Death	23 Jan 1926	New York
  Burial		Rochester, Monroe, New York
  Father	Dominic Forkell | F35927 Group Sheet
  Mother	Julia Bean | F35927 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Myrtle Bertha Benwitz

  
  

  Birth	7 Jan 1913	Rochester, Monroe, New York
  Christening	13 Feb 1913	Rochester, Monroe, New York
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Burial
  Spouse	Ernest Franklin Forkell | F40863
  Marriage	23 Jul 1927	Watertown, Jefferson, New York

  
  

  Male William Carl Benwitz

  
  

  Birth	14 Sep 1915	Rochester, Monroe, New York
  Christening	12 Dec 1915	Rochester, Monroe, New York
  Death	21 Oct 1995
  Burial		Sodus Center, Wayne, New York

  
  

  Female Dorothy Benwitz

  
  

  Birth	27 Aug 1918	Henrietta, Monroe, New York
  Death	3 Jan 2013	Florida
  Burial		Syracuse, Onondaga, New York
  Spouse	Carleton Elwood Van Luven | F52547
  Marriage	25 Oct 1938	Syracuse, Onondaga, New York