BOOK of BONAWITZ and BONEWITZ
More Recent Immigrants
Part 4           Page 1           1968 
DAVID BONNAWITZ, 
m. Dorothea Lutz, March 2, 1854 at Williameburg, in Brooklyn, N. Y, 
David, was born at Coburg, Germany and Dorothea was from there. George 
Bonnawitz and Adolph Engel witnessed the wedding. David and George 
were possible brothers of Jacob (?) Bonnewitz who went to New Orleans. 
1. Charles Bonawitz, (         -Sept. 1888) 
   m. Annie Knawa. Her parents were Martin Knawa, born in Austria, 
   and Elizabeth Hill, born in Switzerland. 
      1. Charles Bonawitz Jr., died age 18 months. 
      2. Frederick Wm Bonawitz, (12/25/1888-         1960) 
         m. Katharine Webster Haight, in 1918.
         Frederick was a Principal in a High School at Pawling. 
         Katharine was living recently at Montrose, New York. 
            1. Elizabeth Bonawitz,  
               m. Dr. Thomas Ryan, 
                  1. Robert Ryan, born in 1943               
                  2. Barbara Elizabeth Ryan, born in 1949. 
2. Frederick Bonawitz.     He lived in Brooklyn, never married. 
3. Henry Bonawitz.         He was a lawyer in Brooklyn. 
   m. Dora,  
      1. Dorothy Bonawitz. She is a Principal in a High School 
         on Long Island. She never married. 
4. George Bonawitz, (  /  /1868-  /  /1946) 
   m. Margaret Mary Bowen, January 15, 1890 in Brooklyn. 
   George was a commercial artist and illustrator in Brooklyn. 
      1. George Owen Bonawit, born February 28, 1891. 
         m. Janice Bowen,  
         George did stained glass work in churches and in many 
         public buildings around the country. He also did 
         professional photography for the Government. 
         1. Peggy Bonawit, born about 1924.
            m. Foster Newman,     They sold tropical fish. 
            Peggy still has the store in East Patterson, N. J. 
            1. Freda Newman.   She is at Florida State University 
               at Tallahassee, studying Oceanography. 
            2. George Owen Bonawit Jr., born about 1930.
               m.              He lives in California.
     
Next