Our Families' Journey Through Time
1811 - 1874 (63 years)
| Dorothy Sophie Marie Bensemann 1866-1954 |
| Dorothy Sophie Marie Bensemann | |
| B: | 30 Mar 1866 |
| Neudorf, Upper Moutere, Waimea, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| D: | 6 May 1954 |
| Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand | |
| Henry John Joseph Rose | |
| M: | 1895 |
| New Zealand | |
| Anna Margareta Eleanora Bensemann 1868-1949 |
| Anna Margareta Eleanora Bensemann | |
| B: | 28 Feb 1868 |
| Neudorf, Upper Moutere, Waimea, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| D: | Sept. 26, 1949 |
| Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand | |
 | Christian Ernest Frederick Nagel 1857-1937 |
| Christian Ernest Frederick Nagel | |
| B: | 1857 |
| D: | 23 December 1937 |
| Whanganui District, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand | |
| Helena Maria Margretha Bensemann 1871-1957 |
| Helena Maria Margretha Bensemann | |
| B: | 8 Sep 1871 |
| Neudorf, Upper Moutere, Waimea, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| D: | 1957 |
| New Zealand | |
| Dederick Heinrich Albert Evers | |
| M: | 1898 |
| New Zealand | |
| Diedrich Heinrich Christopher Bensemann 1873-1938 |
| Diedrich Heinrich Christopher Bensemann | |
| B: | 27 Mar 1873 |
| Neudorf, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| D: | 30 Apr 1938 |
| Nelson, New Zealand | |
| Albert Heinrich Bensemann 1833-1879 |
| Albert Heinrich Bensemann | |
| B: | 1833 |
| Hannover, Stadt Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany | |
| D: | 29 Aug 1879 |
| Upper Moutere, New Zealand | |
| Maria Dorothea Bosselman 1840-1875 |
| Maria Dorothea Bosselman | |
| B: | 26 May 1840 |
| Hannover, Stadt Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany | |
| M: | 19 May 1865 |
| Lutheran Church, Upper Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| D: | 10 Apr 1875 |
| Upper Moutere, New Zealand | |
| Anna Katarina Maria Bensemann 1834-1910 |
| Anna Katarina Maria Bensemann | |
| B: | 7 Jul 1834 |
| Hanover, Region Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany | |
| D: | 8 Jun 1910 |
| Upper Moutere, Waimea County, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| John William Christopher Heine | |
| M: | 1849 |
| New Zealand | |
| Margretha Dorothea Adelheil Bensemann Abt 1836-Abt 1890 |
| Margretha Dorothea Adelheil Bensemann | |
| B: | Abt 1836 |
| Sth Bremen, River Weser, Hanover, Germany | |
| D: | Abt 1890 |
| Nelson, New Zealand | |
| Albert Charles Nicol 1889-1965 |
| Albert Charles Nicol | |
| B: | 1889 |
| New Zealand | |
| D: | 1965 |
| New Plymouth, New Zealand | |
| Agnes Muriel Hope Allan 1891-1963 |
| Agnes Muriel Hope Allan | |
| B: | April 1891 |
| Taieri East, New Zealand | |
| M: | 1924 |
| New Zealand | |
| D: | 4 Jan 1963 |
| New Plymouth, New Zealand | |
| Emma Sophia BENSEMANN 1861-1927 |
| Emma Sophia BENSEMANN | |
| B: | 1861 |
| Upper Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| D: | 18 Mar 1927 |
| Marton | |
| John Murray NICOL 1861-1918 |
| John Murray NICOL | |
| B: | 1861 |
| New Zealand | |
| M: | 1883 |
| Marton, Rangitikei, New Zealand | |
| D: | 2 Feb 1918 |
| Marton, Rangitikei, New Zealand | |
| Johann Albert Cordt BENSEMANN 1837-1910 |
| Johann Albert Cordt BENSEMANN | |
| B: | 5 Feb 1837 |
| Hanover, Stadt Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany | |
| D: | 3 August 1910 |
| Waituna West, Northern Manawatu, New Zealand | |
| Magdalena Catherine Elizabeth Röse 1842-1908 |
| Magdalena Catherine Elizabeth Röse | |
| B: | 29-Sep-1842 |
| Dassow, Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | |
| M: | 1860 |
| New Zealand | |
| D: | 12 Dec 1908 |
| Palmerston North, Fielding, New Zealand | |
| Dorothea Anna Marguerite Claasen 1858-1934 |
| Dorothea Anna Marguerite Claasen | |
| B: | 17 Oct 1858 |
| Upper Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| D: | 16 Oct 1934 |
| Pahiatua, Tararua District, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand | |
| Johann 'Heinrich' Albert Christoph Claasen | |
| B: | 16 Sep 1860 |
| Upper Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| D: | 14 Aug 1902 |
| Upper Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| 'Johann' Heinrich Wilhelm Claasen 1864-1931 |
| 'Johann' Heinrich Wilhelm Claasen | |
| B: | 11 Oct 1864 |
| Upper Moutere, Tasman District, Tasman, New Zealand | |
| D: | 28 May 1931 |
| Rongotea, Manawatu District, Manawatu Wanganui, New Zealand | |
| William Heinrich Johann "Bill" Claasen 1866-1940 |
| William Heinrich Johann "Bill" Claasen | |
| B: | 26 Sep 1866 |
| Upper Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| D: | 2 Dec 1940 |
| Ronotea, Manawatu, New Zealand | |
| Maria Eleonora Dorothea "Mary Ellen" Claasen | |
| B: | 12 Apr 1869 |
| Upper Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| D: | 13 Jul 1942 |
| Wellington, New Zealand | |
| August Heinrich Friedrich Claasen 1875-1950 |
| August Heinrich Friedrich Claasen | |
| B: | 6 Apr 1875 |
| Upper Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| D: | 27 May 1950 |
| Rongotea, Manawatu, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand | |
| Anna Margareta Grechen Bensemann 1839-1916 |
| Anna Margareta Grechen Bensemann | |
| B: | 1839 |
| Hanover, Germany | |
| D: | 4 Jun 1916 |
| Upper Moutere - Buried Motueka | |
| Johann Heinrich Christopher Claasen 1813-1898 |
| Johann Heinrich Christopher Claasen | |
| B: | 12 Jun 1813 |
| Hanover, Region Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany | |
| M: | 9 Sep 1857 |
| Upper Moutere, Tasman, New Zealand | |
| D: | 9 Dec 1898 |
| Upper Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| August Schildhauer | |
| M: | 1901 |
| New Zealand | |
| Johann Heinrich Christoph Bensemann 1839-1923 |
| Johann Heinrich Christoph Bensemann | |
| B: | 28 Oct 1839 |
| Hanover, Niedersachen, Germany | |
| D: | 28 Aug 1923 |
| Motueka, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| Eliza Maria Rose | |
| M: | 1863 |
| New Zealand | |
| Margareta Maria Magdalena Bensemann 1841-1842 |
| Margareta Maria Magdalena Bensemann | |
| B: | 20 Dec 1841 |
| Bremen, Soest, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | |
| D: | 20 Sep 1842 |
| Bremen, Soest, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Infant death | |
| Sophia Magdalena Bensemann 1845-1912 |
| Sophia Magdalena Bensemann | |
| B: | 18 Feb 1845 |
| Bremen, Soest, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | |
| D: | 17 Mar 1912 |
| Upper Moutere, Waimea County, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| Duterich Wilkens | |
| M: | 1862 |
| New Zealand | |
| George Frederick William Bensemann 1847-1910 |
| George Frederick William Bensemann | |
| B: | 10 Jan 1847 |
| Upper Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| D: | 25 Mar 1910 |
| Upper Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| Johanna Maria Dorothea Drogemuller | |
| M: | 1869 |
| New Zealand | |
| Johann Albert Bensemann Abt 1848- |
| Johann Albert Bensemann | |
| B: | Abt 1848 |
| Hannöver, Niedersachsen, Germany | |
| Christophe Friedrich Karl Heinrich Bensemann | |
| B: | 27 Jun 1849 |
| Upper Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| D: | 24 Jul 1924 |
| Upper Moutere, Waimea County, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| John Henry "William" Bensemann 1851-1868 |
| John Henry "William" Bensemann | |
| B: | 3 November 1851 |
| Upper Moutere, Waimea County, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| D: | 25 October 1868 |
| Upper Moutere, Waimea County, Nelson, New Zealand. Aged 16 y.o. | |
| Anita Eliza Heath 1901- |
| Anita Eliza Heath | |
| B: | 1901 |
| New Zealand | |
| Ashley Elwyn Heath 1903- |
| Ashley Elwyn Heath | |
| B: | 1903 |
| New Zealand | |
| Cyril Wilfred Heath 1903- |
| Cyril Wilfred Heath | |
| B: | 1903 |
| New Zealand | |
| Reginald Keith Heath 1904- |
| Reginald Keith Heath | |
| B: | 1904 |
| New Zealand | |
| Verna Florence Heath 1907- |
| Verna Florence Heath | |
| B: | 1907 |
| New Zealand | |
| Norman Sefton Heath 1908- |
| Norman Sefton Heath | |
| B: | 1908 |
| New Zealand | |
| Leonie Lillian Heath 1909- |
| Leonie Lillian Heath | |
| B: | 1909 |
| New Zealand | |
| Florence Rebecca Bensemann 1877-1947 |
| Florence Rebecca Bensemann | |
| B: | 27 Jan 1877 |
| Motueka, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| D: | 4 Sep 1947 |
| Dovedale, Tasman, Tasman, New Zealand | |
| James Thomas Heath 1876-1951 |
| James Thomas Heath | |
| B: | 28 Jan 1876 |
| Motueka, New Zealand | |
| M: | 1901 |
| New Zealand | |
| D: | 3 October 1951 |
| Dovdale, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| Vondar Daphne Bensemann 1903-1987 |
| Vondar Daphne Bensemann | |
| B: | 26 Aug 1903 |
| Takaka, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| D: | 12 Sep 1987 |
| Whitby, Porirua, New Zealand | |
| Gordon Hope ALLAN 1891-1968 |
| Gordon Hope ALLAN | |
| B: | 4 May 1891 |
| Dunedin, New Zealand | |
| M: | 1928 |
| New Zealand | |
| D: | 1968 |
| Paraparaumu, New Zealand | |
| Edmund Oliver Bensemann 1881-1938 |
| Edmund Oliver Bensemann | |
| B: | 18 Jan 1881 |
| Upper Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| D: | 20 Oct 1938 |
| 85 Wakefield Street, Auckland, New Zealand | |
| Emma Eliza LEATHERLAND 1879-1955 |
| Emma Eliza LEATHERLAND | |
| B: | 28 Apr 1879 |
| Caversham, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | |
| M: | 31 May 1902 |
| Palmerston North, Kairanga County, Manawatu, New Zealand | |
| D: | 5 Dec 1955 |
| Waikato Public Hospital Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand | |
| Johan Dietrich Heinrich Bensemann 1854-1925 |
| Johan Dietrich Heinrich Bensemann | |
| B: | 24 Feb 1854 |
| Upper Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| D: | 19 Apr 1925 |
| Nelson, New Zealand | |
| Maria Johanna Katrina EGGERS 1858-1939 |
| Maria Johanna Katrina EGGERS | |
| B: | 19 Apr 1858 |
| Mecklenburg, Schwerin, Germany | |
| M: | 29 Sep 1876 |
| Upper Moutere, Waimea County, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| D: | 4 Jun 1939 |
| Takaka, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| Lilian Gertrude Maria Bensemann 1878-1908 |
| Lilian Gertrude Maria Bensemann | |
| B: | 5 Oct 1878 |
| Lyell, Buller, Westcoast, New Zealand | |
| D: | 1908 |
| New Zealand | |
| Walter Mockett 1877-1958 |
| Walter Mockett | |
| B: | April 1877 |
| Wakefield, Tasman District, Tasman, New Zealand | |
| M: | 1903 |
| New Zealand | |
| D: | 20 September 1958 |
| Dargaville, Kaipara District, Northland, New Zealand | |
| Reynold Francis Bensemann 1879-1947 |
| Reynold Francis Bensemann | |
| B: | 11 Nov 1879 |
| Motueka, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| D: | 10 Nov 1947 |
| Takaka, Golden Bay, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| Lilias Ann Bensemann Abt 1877-1962 |
| Lilias Ann Bensemann | |
| B: | Abt 1877 |
| D: | 15 Aug 1962 |
| Leo Vernon BENSEMANN, OBE 1912-1986 |
| Leo Vernon BENSEMANN, OBE | |
| B: | 01 May 1912 |
| Takaka, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| D: | 2 Jan 1986 |
| Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand | |
| Elsie Mary Barrett 1914-2005 |
| Elsie Mary Barrett | |
| B: | 9 Jul 1914 |
| D: | 23 Sep 2005 |
| Nelson | |
| Cyril John BENSEMANN 1914-1992 |
| Cyril John BENSEMANN | |
| B: | 28 Aug 1914 |
| D: | 05 Jul 1992 |
| New Zealand | |
| Margaret Mary WAY 1912-2002 |
| Margaret Mary WAY | |
| B: | 02 Nov 1912 |
| M: | 1938 |
| New Zealand | |
| D: | 2002 |
| New Zealand | |
| Vernon Victor Bensemann 1886-Est 1956 |
| Vernon Victor Bensemann | |
| B: | 27 Jul 1886 |
| Motueka, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| D: | Est Jun 1956 |
| Nelson, Waimea County, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| Ruby ARNOLD 1884-1974 |
| Ruby ARNOLD | |
| B: | 06 Jun 1884 |
| Riwaka, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| M: | 07 Sep 1910 |
| Presbyterian, Manse, Takaka | |
| D: | 23 Apr 1974 |
| Nelson, New Zealand | |
| Unknown |
| Anna Margaretha Elizabeth Kathrade 1811-1874 |
| Anna Margaretha Elizabeth Kathrade | |
| B: | 2 Jan 1811 |
| Hannover, Germany | |
| D: | 20 Mar 1874 |
| Upper Moutere, Waimea County, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| Cordet Heinrich Bensemann 1810-1883 |
| Cordet Heinrich Bensemann | |
| B: | 12 October 1810 |
| Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany | |
| M: | 15 Nov 1833 |
| Hanover, , Hannover, Prussia | |
| D: | 13 Jul 1883 |
| Upper Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| Dorothea Anna Marguerite Claasen 1858-1934 |
| Dorothea Anna Marguerite Claasen | |
| B: | 17 Oct 1858 |
| Upper Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| D: | 16 Oct 1934 |
| Pahiatua, Tararua District, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand | |
| Johann 'Heinrich' Albert Christoph Claasen | |
| B: | 16 Sep 1860 |
| Upper Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| D: | 14 Aug 1902 |
| Upper Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| 'Johann' Heinrich Wilhelm Claasen 1864-1931 |
| 'Johann' Heinrich Wilhelm Claasen | |
| B: | 11 Oct 1864 |
| Upper Moutere, Tasman District, Tasman, New Zealand | |
| D: | 28 May 1931 |
| Rongotea, Manawatu District, Manawatu Wanganui, New Zealand | |
| William Heinrich Johann "Bill" Claasen 1866-1940 |
| William Heinrich Johann "Bill" Claasen | |
| B: | 26 Sep 1866 |
| Upper Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| D: | 2 Dec 1940 |
| Ronotea, Manawatu, New Zealand | |
| Maria Eleonora Dorothea "Mary Ellen" Claasen | |
| B: | 12 Apr 1869 |
| Upper Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| D: | 13 Jul 1942 |
| Wellington, New Zealand | |
| August Heinrich Friedrich Claasen 1875-1950 |
| August Heinrich Friedrich Claasen | |
| B: | 6 Apr 1875 |
| Upper Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| D: | 27 May 1950 |
| Rongotea, Manawatu, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand | |
| Anna Margareta Grechen Bensemann 1839-1916 |
| Anna Margareta Grechen Bensemann | |
| B: | 1839 |
| Hanover, Germany | |
| D: | 4 Jun 1916 |
| Upper Moutere - Buried Motueka | |
| Johann Heinrich Christopher Claasen 1813-1898 |
| Johann Heinrich Christopher Claasen | |
| B: | 12 Jun 1813 |
| Hanover, Region Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany | |
| M: | 9 Sep 1857 |
| Upper Moutere, Tasman, New Zealand | |
| D: | 9 Dec 1898 |
| Upper Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand | |
| August Schildhauer | |
| M: | 1901 |
| New Zealand | |
| Johann Dietrich (Knope) Bensemann 1801-1898 |
| Johann Dietrich (Knope) Bensemann | |
| B: | May 1801 |
| Engeln, Bruchhausen-Vilsen, Diepholz, Lower Saxony, Germany | |
| M: | 1837 |
| River Weser, Hanover, Lowewr Saxony, Germany | |
| D: | 3 Apr 1898 |
| Upper Moutere, Tasman, New Zealand | |
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