I received the following email concerning Benner family ancestry from New York. Please feel free to contact Marilyn if this is your lineage.

Hello, my name is Marilyn Benner Mason (breeze@vermontel.net).

My ancestors are Jacob Benner born in 1814 and Elizabeth born in 1818, both in Germany. Jacob was born in Darmstadt. They had four sons, Nicholas, Francis, and Peter all born in Germany; and George was born in 1855 in N.Y.

Peter married Gertrude Weltzing who was born in N.Y. in 1847. He fought in the Civil War and they had Elise, George Peter, (my grandfather, born in 1873) Charles Joseph, Sabina Gertrude, Frank, Catherine, Anna, and Angelika. I have no idea if my grandfather's siblings left N.Y. city for other parts of the country or not but perhaps this info will be of help to other Benners.

My grandfather, George Peter who was born in 1873 had three sons. Joseph, Harry Paul (my father who was born in 1900), and Richard, all born in N.Y.C.

If you have information, please email.