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Louis Benitz

Gold Rush miner:

 Wilhelm’s cousin, details about his family.

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Louis & Fly.
TRAILL Family
of Argentina
No bull!

Old Dusty

Unbranded
Livestock Brand
Fort Ross (1846-1867)
FAMILY GATHERING

As you may have heard,
the 2025 REUNION
at Fort Ross
has been cancelled!.

Many of us are still
planning to gather.

To join us,
please email:
James@benitz.com or
Peter@benitz.com

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Obituaries
John Benitz
Missing
John passed away
in Lunenburg,
Nova Scotia, Canada
19 July, 2024.
Tom Hudson
Missing
Tom passed away
in Olivos,
Buenos Aires, Argentina
4 June, 2024.
Photos 1855-1960
Family collections
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Josephine & children
Fort Ross, ca.1865

Fort Ross – 1866:

Click on the image below to see photos of the fort and the family.

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ca.1866
John E. Benitz
1861-1916
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John was an avid photographer and left us many albums of his photos: of all family members, estancias (particularly “Los Algarrobos”), trips, & summers in Cruz Grande.

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La California / El Piquete Brand
1875 - 2018
Diaries 1870-1940
Alfred
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John
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Josephine
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Josephine
(Mother)
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Estancia ‘La California’

Day-books:

We have transcribed many.  All are available as PDF files are 1888 through 1902.

Click on the 1891 button to access any of the diaries:

1891

Photos 1888-1940:

See the very earliest photos of the estancia, when the trees were still small.  Johnnie kept a puma, given him by Alfred.

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Sister Josephine’s
Poesie Book
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Poems from brothers & friends!
Cards & love notes from her husband!
Valentines from all!

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La California Brand
1875 - 20...
First Family
Wilhelm Benitz

Arrived New York 1833,
then Texas & California

At C

Johann Bennitz and Wilhelm Bennitz, natives of Baden, ages 21 and 18 respectively, were passengers on the ship Utica, that sailed from Le Havre, France, arriving in New York City, U.S.A., on December 2, 1833.

Josephine Kolmer

Oregon-California Trail
May-Oct., 1845

Missing
Sutter’s Fort

Our ancestor, Josephine Kolmer, was 15 years old when she crossed the U.S.  She was amongst the first 400 of 200,000 migrants to follow the trail to California (1841-1860).

Past Family Reunions

Beginning in 2000, family reunions have been held every 5 years, alternating between Argentina & Fort Ross, USA.  These are the latest two.

2020 - El Rincón
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Uncle Alfred & Auntie Olga’s summer home was a delightful venue for our 5th reunion.

2015 - Fort Ross, USA
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On a beautiful July day, the Kashaya welcomed us back to the home of our ancestors.

Unbranded
Los Algarrobos Brand
1896-1953
Our Veterans of War

Lest We Forget:

Family members who served in WW-I & WW-II.  Click the poppy:

Missing
Missing
Lt. Frank A. Benitz
k.i.a. night of 5-6 August, 1918

A night fighter pilot in 33 Home Defense Squadron, he died when crash-landing near Atwick, Yorkshire, returning from a night patrol over the North Sea in search of German Zeppelins.

Missing
Sq.Ldr. Percy M. Watt
killed on active service
13 November, 1939

He joined the RAF in 1925, and was serving with a bomber squadron when killed in an air accident flying a Handley Page Hampden.

Missing
F/Lt. James S. Watt, DSO, DFC
k.i.a. night of 22-23 June, 1943

He was flying a Short Stirling bomber (7 Squadron) when it was hit from below by heavy artillery.  His crew bailed out, but he stayed, crashing into the woods near Tilburg, Holland.

Missing
F/O F. Malcolm Benitz, DFC
POW in Italy, he got-away

When Italy capitulated, he escaped recapture by Germans & walked 80 km. through Italy to the Allied front lines.

Unbranded
Los Palmares Brand
1902-1937
Argentine History

Early Years:

René is a volunteer member of the team that creates e-books for Project Gutenberg, all free online & down-loadable in various formats:

♦ Argentine Ornithology, Volume I, by W. H. Hudson and P. L. Sclater, 1888
 

 

♦ Argentine Ornithology, Volume II, by W. H. Hudson and P. L. Sclater, 1889
 

♦ At Home with the Patagonians, by George Chaworth Musters, 1871
 

 

♦ A Five Years' Residence in Buenos Ayres, by George Thomas Love, 1827
 

♦ The Argentine as a Market, by N. L. Watson, 1908
 

 

♦ The immigration offices and statistics from 1857 to 1903, publ. 1904
 

♦ The Conquest of the River Plate (1535-1555), issued by the Hakluyt Society
 

 

♦ Out on the Pampas, by G. A. Henty, 1871 (fiction)
 

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