I am researching Oregon Behnkes. My husband's father is Chalmer Wilson Behnke, born in Mollalla, Oregon in 1916. His parents were Samuel Henry Behnke and Retta Rey Junkin White. They lived in Linn Co., Ore., had 9 children. Samuel was born in 1883 May, in Germantown, Minnisota. His parents were Henry Behnke and Julia Borsack and they were born in Germany, possibly Mechlenburg, I don't know when. Did your family change the spelling to Benke?