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Latest on Bensemanns:
Detective Inspector Chris Bensemann and team successful in another drugs bust. Chris is from the Golden Bay line - his grandfather was Imlay and great-grandfather Edmund (son of Dick) was one of the family craftsmen: famous for beautifully made buggies, sulkies and other carriages.
Check out Anna Bensemann photo on new Nelson history
page about German Settlement.
Bensemann descendant and amateur historian Brian Hunter finds a third Bensemann crest. See Family Crests.
Old photo of Bensemann Band found in Motueka and Districts Historical Assn records.
Bensemann tattoo designer: Scott Bensemann of Masterton may be the one to go to if you want a family crest inscribed above your right breast (or anywhere else??)
Kevin goes caravanning
Kevin Bensemann retires as Livestock Manager with Riverlands firm in Marlborough.
Chris Korte does some great research on German ancestors who settled in NZ, including Roses (who intermarried with Bensemanns).
Links to notable Bensemanns (including early settlers):
Cordt Bensemann
Anna Heine (nee Bensemann)
Leo Bensemann (NZ artist)
Walther Bensemann (Football pioneer)
Bensemann Boating
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