Ancestry of
Richard Chamberlain

TV and Movie Actor

August Wilhelm von Benzon

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• • Grandfather of Richard Chamberlain — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 6 
  • Father:
  • August Fischer von Benzon 
  • Mother:
  • Julia Henrietta Glyn-Young   
  • Birth Date:
  • 28 May 1876 
  • Birth Location:
  • Oakland, Alameda, California 
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  • Death Date:
  • 27 Jul 1907 
  • Death Location:
  • Goldyke, Nye, Nevada 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Carolyn Derby Roper
  • Marriage Date:
  • 2 May 1899 
  • Marriage Location:
  • San Rafael, Marin, California 
  • Children:
  
  

  Karl August von Benzon

  Elsa Winnifred von Benzon (Ahnentafel No:3 )

  • Notes: 

  • Dr. August W. von Benzon, a dentist, was accidentally killed while hunting rabbits with a shotgun. He shot and wounded a rabbit. Forgetting that there was another charge in the gun, he raised it and struck the suffering animal on the head. The second charge was discharged and horribly mutilated the doctor's chest. He was carried to a nearby farmhouse where he died a few minutes later.

• Sources for August Wilhelm von Benzon

  • ¹ California, County Marriages, 1850-1953, FHL No. 4666522, Image 99, Marriage of August W F Von Benzon and Caroline D Roper.
  • ² California, U.S., Select Births and Christenings, 1812-1988, Birth record for August Von Benzen.
  • ³ Federal Census, CA, Alameda County, 1880, Oakland, E.D. 3, p. 11, Image 11 of 28.
  • ⁴ Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, Nevada), 31 JUL 1907, p. 3, "Physician Shot While Hunting Rabbits".
  • ⁵ The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, California), 16 JUL 1901, p. 14, Obituary for son Karl August Von Benzon.
  • ⁶ The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, California), 31 JUL 1907, p. 13, Obituary for August W von Benzon.
  • ⁷ The San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, California), 31 JUL 1907, p. 6, Obituary for August W Benzon.
  • ⁸ U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016, 1899, CA, Berkeley, University of California College of Dentistry.
  • ⁹ Foote, Abram W., Foote Family Comprising the Genealogy and History of Nathaniel Foote of Wethersfield, Conn. and his Descendants, Vol. 2, Burlington, Vermont: Free Press Printing Company (1932), 919.