These photographs were digitized by Robert P. Bentz. This is just an initial sampling. Contributions are greatly encouraged.
My intent is to organize them roughly by family group. Sometimes this is hard to do, as each individual is part of at least two families: that of his parents, and that which includes his children.
George & Nancy Bentz (two photos)
Children:
- Daniel Bentz and wife, probably Nancy Jane Roller (or Rohler). Daniel was 1837-1899, Nancy 1837-1920.
- George G. Bentz (1840-1900)
- Solomon Bentz & Henrietta Hershey. Solomon was 1841-1909, Henrietta 1846-1921.
- Andrew George Bentz (1847-1924)
- Moses Bentz (1851-1939)
- Mary A. Bentz (Baker) (1855-1926)
Children:
John Hershey (1827-1897), son of Joseph Hershey and Susannah Gentzler married Elizabeth Shetter (1827-1874). Two of their daughters married sons of George Bentz (above): Henrietta married Solomon, and Katherine married Andrew George. They had six children.
Children:
Andrew George Bentz married Katherine Hershey Bentz (1850-1903) daughter of Joseph Hershey and Elizabeth Shetter (above).
Andrew George Bentz and his wife, Katherine Hershey Bentz.
Children:
- Andrew George Bentz and children
- Peter J. Bentz
- Peter J. Bentz and James O. Bentz
- James O. Bentz and wife, Annie Kaiser
- Joseph C. Bentz
- George Henry Bentz appears below.
Peter J. Bentz, son of Andrew George Bentz and Katherine Hershey, married Ethel Marie Turk. They had one child, Dorothy.
Child:
Solomon Bentz, son of George and Nancy, not to be confused with his grandson Solomon Earl Bentz, who was the son of Monroe Hershey Bentz, was born October 28, 1841. He married Henrietta Hershey, daughter of Joseph Hershey above.
Children:
Monroe Hershey Bentz and wife (Nora Alice Cook)
George Henry Bentz, son of Andrew George Bentz and Katherine Hershey, married Julia Edith Lorn Turk in 1893. They had six children.
Children:
Paul Andrew Bentz, son of George Henry Bentz, married Elizabeth Blew Davis. They had two children.
Children:
Kenneth George Bentz, son of George Henry Bentz, married Hazel Ziggafoos in 1925. They had three children.
Children:
This picture was taken in Easter of 2004.
Picture 1: the Tobias Bentz family, his children to Alice B. (Nettie and Margaret), but with his second wife, Annie Sollenberger. Photo taken about 1905.
Left to Right: Back Row, Children of Tobias and his 1st wife; Gertie, Albert, and Laura
Left to Right Front Row - Nettie Bentz , Tobias Bentz, and Annie (Sollenberger) Bentz.
Picture 2: child Margaret.
This page maintained by Bryan Bentz
Last updated June 26, 2000
