BENNER
TITENSOR
ROGERSON

FREDERICK BENNER
     Research Goal: determine and document where he was born
                       locate his parents
                       find out under what circumstances he came to Denmark

FREDERICK BENNER TIME LINE:

     AGE     DATE       EVENT                       LOCATION
     0          1708    birth                       possibly Germany
     5          1713    wife Vibeche born           Skanderborg
     27   5 Aug 1735    married Vibeche Jespersen        "
     27   19 Dec 1735   child Mathias christened         "
     28   14 Mar        child Mathias buried             "
     29    3 Feb 1737   child Anne Elizabeth christened  "
     29    6 Nov 1737   child Anne Elizabeth buried      "
     30   19 Oct 1738   child Christian Ludvig christened "
     33    1 Mar 1741   child Anne Marie christened      "
     35      Jul 1743   child Laurits christened         "
     36      Jul 1744   child (male) stillborn           "
     36      Jul 1744   child (female) stillborn         "
     36   14 Jul 1744   child (male) buried              "
     40   21 Jan 1748   child Christence born            "
     40   28 Jan 1748   child Christence christened      "
     42   10 May 1750   child Regina born                "
     43   13 Mar 1751   wife Vibeche buried              ?
     43   25 Nov 1751   married Christine Hedevig Nielsen ?
     44   22 Oct 1752   child Niels Jesper born      Skanderborg
     47   15 Jun 1755   child Wibech born                "
     49   25 Mar 1757   child Hans Adolph born           "
     52   29 Apr 1760   child Wiwiche christened         "
     55   26 Jan 1763   child Christian Ludvig married  Aeroskobing
     55    9 Mar 1763   child Hans Peder born        Skanderborg
     57   25 Aug 1765   child Anna Cathrine christened   "
     61   24 Sep 1769   child Amalie Karen christened    "
     70      Jun 1778   died                             "
     70   13 Jun 1778   buried                           "

     {On family records, Frederick Benner is shown as being "of"
      Skanderborg, indicating his original birthplace is not
      known, but that he did spend a significant amount of time
      there}
                                
  
NAMES:
      Given names from Benner family (names in parenthesis are from
           second marriage)
          (Adolph)
          (Amalie)
          Anne Anna
          Beate
          (Cathrine)
          Christine
          Christence
          [Christiane]
          Conrad Conradt
          Elizabeth Elisabeth
          Fredericia
          Frederick Frederik Freiderich
          [Frederikke]
          (Hans)
          (Jesper)
          Johan Johannes John
          (Karen)
          Laurits Lars
          Ludvig Ludwig
          Marie Maria Mary
          Mathias Mathew
          (Niels)
          (Peder)
          Regina
          Vivike Viveke
          (Wibech Wiwiche)

          Compound Names
          Anne Elizabeth
          Anne Marie
          Christian Ludvig
          Neils Jesper
          Anna Cathrine
          Amalie Karen
          Hans Peder
          Hans Adolph
 
PLACE NAMES:
     From U.S. Gazeteer of Germany
          Benner-Berg (hill)  Hill
          near Paderborn (51 54 n. 9 08 e.)

          Bennerscheid (hill, ridge)  Farm
          near Koblenz (50 42 n.  7 19 e.)

          Bennerstedt, Forsterei (foresters home)  Building
          south of Luneberg, south of Hamburg
          (53 19 n.  10 29 e.)
          Neidersachsen

          Rohn (Hill)
          (49 23 n. 7 12 e.)
          Saar (north of Saarbrucken)

          Rohn (populated place)
          (52 15 n.  8 48 e.)
          Nordrhein-Westfalen (near Bielfeld)

     {There are no "Benner" place names listed in the LDS Family
      History Library Card Catalog Locality Browser}

MIGRATION RECORDS:
      "Emigration of colonists from southern Germany to the moors of
      Jutland" {948.9/W2n/1984 - LDS FHL}
          Indexes about 320 families who came to Denmark about
          1760-1763.  No Benner's are listed and Skanderborg is not
          shown as a destination.  Written in Danish.

PRELIMINARY RESEARCH FINDINGS:
     Traditional Danish naming pattern;
          1st male - father's father
          2nd male - mother's father
          1st female - mother's mother
          2nd female - father's mother
          Only known ancestor is mother's father - Jesper Rasmussen. 
          Second male child of Frederick Benner named Christian Ludvig
          - to that extent he did not follow the traditional naming 
          pattern.  Second wife's (Christine Hedvig Nielsen) father
          would have been Niels .....  The first son of that marriage
          was Niels Jesper Benner - a combination of both father-in-
          laws first names.  A daughter by the second marriage was
          named Wiwiche - obviously after the first wife Vibeche -
          a common Danish practice.

          The second generation only partially followed the naming 
          custom.  The third generation followed the custom to the
          letter.  The fourth generation (Lars Johansen) modified it
          somewhat.

          Conclusion: Frederick Benner wasn't Danish.  If he had
                      followed the traditional pattern his father
                      would be Mathias Benner and his mother Anne.

     Patronymic Naming Pattern:
          None of Frederick Benner's children (second generation)
          took the surname "Fredericksen".  The third generation
          begins using a compound surname "Christiansen Benner"
          after Christian Ludvig Benner.  The fourth generation
          (Lars Johansen) completely dropped the Benner name.

          Conclusion: Benner is not a Danish surname.

     Other Danish Benner's:
          From IGI and Ancestral File, all individuals with Benner
          surname are children or grandchildren of Frederick Benner
          EXCEPT a Christian Benner (married about 1760).  He would
          have been born about 1735 and does not tie into Frederick
          Benner's family chronologically.

          Conclusion:  He could have been a younger brother to
                       Frederick Benner (needs to be checked out)

     Benner name spelling:
          The spelling [BENNER] with double n's does not seem to be
          inter-mixed by locality with any of the other spelling
          variations - Bener, Benners, Behnert, Benne, Bennert, etc.

          Conclusion: The spelling "BENNER" is a stand-alone surname.

     Marker given names:
         The following names given to Frederick Benner's children are
         not common Danish names; Adolph, Amalie, Beathe, Conrad,
         Ludvig.

IGI EXTRACTION:
          An extraction of IGI Benner given names with birthdates 
          prior to 1735 (about the latest date a younger brother or 
          sister of Frederick Benner could have been born - after
          whom he might have named one of his own children) sorted
          by locality showed that the majority of Benners came from
          Hesse-Nassau near Darmstadt, about 170 miles directly
          south of Skanderborg, Denmark.
      
          {That area of Germany is also called the Palatine.  The 
           winter of 1708-1709 (the year of Frederick Benner's birth)
           was said to be one of the most severe in that area in over
           a century,  Thousands of Palatines had gone to England
           and later to Pennsylvania (where the Benner name is often
           found.) Some may have gone north to Denmark.  The period
           of 1700 - 1721 was also the time of the "Great Northern
           War" which could have displaced many people.}

           The Benner name with family given names) also shows up
           in the 1600's in Holland as well as Zurich, Switzerland,
           but is mostly confined to Germany.

     Premise (to be proved or disproved):
          Frederick Benner was born in Southern Germany, but by
          the age of 27 had moved to Skanderborg, Denmark, under
          other than casual family migratory circumstances.

TITENSOR RESEARCH

ROGERSON RESEARCH

[SIR] PHILIP ROGERSON:
     Research Goal - determine the date and location of death
                        in order to send for death certificate
                   - determine why he was awarded the title of "Sir"

DOCUMENTATION:
     (He may have lived in the same neighborhood as the Titensors and
      attended the same church.)

     Marriage record of Edward Titensor and Mary Rogerson indicates 
        they were from the same parish (28 Oct 1827)

     Mary Rogerson's death record (living at 72 Pott Street) in 
        records of ChristChurch (Independent) (Episcopal) located
        on Every Street in the Ancoats section of East Manchester.
        Other family neighborhood streets in the same quadrant are
        Peel Street and Sandford Street (which intersects Pott
        Street.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS: (from family records)
                 1745 - Ralph Rogerson (father) born in Prescott
            Abt. 1750 - Mary (mother) born in Prescott
            Abt. 1770 - Ralph Rogerson & Mary (parents) married
             Mar 1772 - [Sir] Philip Rogerson born in St. Helens
          22 Mar 1772 - [Sir] Philip Rogerson christrened at
                         Farnworth
          30 Oct 1774 - Mary Lomax (wife) christened at St. Peters in
                        Bolton
          23 Sep 1798 - [Sir] Phillip Rogerson & Mary Lomax married
                        at St. Peters in Bolton
          25 Aug 1799 - Maria Rogerson (daughter) christened at
                        Manchester Cathedral
           2 May 1802 - Ralph Rogerson (son) christened at Manchester
                       Cathedral
          17 Apr 1808 - Mary Rogerson (daughter) christened at
                        Manchester Cathedral
           7 Jul 1811 - Elizabeth Rogerson (daughter) christened at
                       Manchester Cathedral
          20 Mar 1814 - John Rogerson (son) christened at Manchester
                        Cathedral
          30 Nov 1817 - Richard Rogerson (son) christened at
                        Manchester Cathedral
          28 Oct 1827 - Mary Rogerson (daughter) married to Edward
                        Titensor at Manchester Cathedral
          21 April 1837 - Mary Rogerson Titensor (daughter) died in
                          Manchester
                   1860 - [Sir] Philip Rogerson died in Manchester

RESEARCH SOURCES: (numbers in parentheses are LDS Family History
                  Library film numbers)

     Cemetary Records; Every Street, Ancoats (0093977)
     Street Directory - 1855 (0873583, item 1) 1848 (item 4)
     1851 Census Index (942.72/X22c/v. 1 - 10)
     1851 Census - Ancoats Districts 472-473 (0087234-0087236)
     Voting Registers - 1832 Electors (0475524 item 4)
     History of Civil Registration - 1837-1987 (942.72/m1/V2h)
     Church Record Directories (1655762 items 6-7)
     Street Indexes 1841 Census (6026393)
     Street Indexes 1851 Census (6054458-6054476)

IGI EXTRACTS:
     Possible Family Groupings from St. Helens
          James Rogerson (b. abt. 1712)
               Ann - chr. 11 Jun 1732
               James (child) - chr. 17 Feb 1722
          Jas. Rogerson (b. abt. 1778)
               Ann - chr. 12 Dec 1802
               John - chr. 5 Apr 1807
          James Rogerson 
               James - chr. 19 Mar 1809
               Susannah - chr. 9 Dec 1804
          John Rogerson
               Ann - chr. 1 May 1808
               John - chr. 23 Sep 1810
          Jno. Rogerson (b. abt. 1772)
               Daniel (child) - chr. 28 Mar 1802
               George - chr. 8 Apr 1804
               John (child) - chr. 5 Jan 1800
               Joseph - chr. 5 Nov 1797
               Mary - chr. 13 Apr 1806
          Roger & Sarah Rogerson (b. abt. 1736)
               Sarah - chr. 31 Oct 1761
          Sarah Rogerson (b. abt. 1788)
               John - chr. 1 Jun 1806
               Richard - chr. 20 Dec 1801

     Family Groupings from Farnworth
          Ralph Rogerson & Mary
               Richard Rogerson - chr. 20 Feb 1756
               Sarah Rogerson - chr. 6 Apr 1777
               Mary Rogerson - chr. 21 Jan 1770