Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameRobert Adolf Bensel 
Birthabt 1876, Minutsdorf, Posen, Prussia
Immigration22 Jun 1887, New York City, NY
Memoroll#M237_508, list 765
FatherAugust Ferdinand Bensel (1838-1923)
MotherBeata Rosina Hartwich (1839-1925)
Misc. Notes
Listed as Aaron in the 1887 immigration record.
He went to the Yukon and the last they heard was a telegram from him saying he had struck it rich and was on his way home!
Another family story says he went to Klondike, Alaska and worked in a gold mine. Never married and died about 1900.
He went to the Yukon and the last they heard was a telegram from him saying he had struck it rich and was on his way home!
Another family story says he went to Klondike, Alaska and worked in a gold mine. Never married and died about 1900.