| Birth | 5 Jan 1894 | Wilhelmina Sewing was born on 5 Jan 1894 in Missouri. |
1900 Census
(with Parents)
| 21 Jun 1900 | Wilhelmina appeared in the 1900 Federal Census of Boef Township, Gasconade County, Missouri, as Mena Sewing, in the household of her parents, Wilhelmina and Frederich John Sewing. She is a single white female, age 5. Daughter of head of household. Born June 1894. She was born in Missouri. Her father was born in Missouri, her mother in Germany. Her occupation is at school. She attended school 3 months. She can read, write, and speak English. |
1910 Census
(with Parents)
| 19 Apr 1910 | Wilhelmina appeared in the 1910 Federal Census of Boeuf, Gasconade County, Missouri, as Wilhelmina Sewing, in the household of her parents, Wilhelmina and Frederich John Sewing. She is a single white female, age 16. Daughter of head of household. She was born in Missouri. Her father was born in Missouri. Her mother in Germany. Her mother tongue is German. She can speak English. She has no occupation. She can read and write. She did not attend school since September 1, 1909. |
| Marriage | 27 Oct 1912 | Wilhelmina Sewing and Ernst Benz, son of Mary Fischer, were married on 27 Oct 1912. |
1920 Census
(Spouse of Head)
| 2 Jan 1920 | Wilhelmina appeared in the 1920 Federal Census of Boeuf Township, Gasconade County, Missouri, as Minnie Benz, with her husband, Ernst Benz, and their children, Fred, Freida, Elsie and Hilda. She is a married white female, age 25. Wife of head of household. She can read and write. She was born in Missouri. Her father was born in Missouri. Her mother was born in Wuerttemburg. Her mother tongue is German. She can speak English. She has no occupation. |
1930 Census
(Spouse of Head)
| 18 Apr 1930 | Wilhelmina appeared in the 1930 Federal Census of Boeuf Township, Gasconade County, Missouri, as Wilhelmine Benz, with her husband, Ernst Benz, and their children, Fred, Freida, Elsie, Hilda, Dorothy, Edgar, Florence and Paul. She is a married white female, age 36. Wife of head of household. She was 19 when she first married. She did not attend school within the census year. She can read and write. She was born in Missouri. Her father was born in Missouri, her mother in Germany. She can speak English. She has no occupation. |
| Death | 23 May 1934 | Wilhelmina Sewing died on 23 May 1934 at age 40. |
| Burial | 26 May 1934 | She was buried on 26 May 1934, age 40, in Saint James Cemetery, located in Stony Hill, Franklin County, Missouri. |
Wilhelmina Sewing