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Database: Descendants of Christian Heinrich Behncke
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Brasão da família Bencke The Benckes in Brazil

This database comprises the descendancy of:

  • Christian Heinrich Behncke b. 17 Jun 1826, Dümmerhütte/Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany; d. 21 Mar 1898, Centro Linha Brasil, Venâncio Aires, RS, Brazil, and
  • Maria Eva Augustin (daughter of Hieronymous Augustin and Anna Margaretha Mayer) b. 8 Dec 1826, Mörsbach-Rhein, Germany; d. 28 Jun 1897, Centro Linha Brasil, Venâncio Aires, RS, Brazil.

Christian Heinrich Behncke came in 1850 to Brazil as a soldier and fought the war against Rosas in Argentina. After war, he decided to stay in Brazil, married and was the pioneer of the colony of Linha Brazil, Venâncio Aires, Brazil.

The database contains more than 2,000 descendants of Christian Heinrich.

As I am related to the Benckes, several people appear also in the Heuser database. Specifically data about the family in Germany appears only in that database.



Authors of this family tree

This database is the result of the research of Berty Edwino Bencke and Pastor Lair Hessel. The data that appears at this site was automatically translated from a text released by the authors for publication. This process is not error free and may lead to small inconsistencies in some pages. This database is not being updated anymore.



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Links to the tree
Christian Heinrich
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Histories
Origem do nome Bencke
(just in Portuguese)
Surgimento de Linha Brasil, Venâncio Aires
(just in Portuguese)
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