Benz Family History
- Benz Name Meaning
- South German: (in Alemannic areas) from a short form of the Germanic personal name Berthold, or to a lesser extent of Bernhard.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 331,464 Historical Documents with Benz on Ancestry
- 214,172 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 24,447 Census and Voter Lists
- 10,937 Military Records
- 8,122 Immigration Records
- 73,786 Member Trees
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Number of Benz families
 5 - 7  2 - 4 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Benz census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
Benz census records
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