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Down / Re: Magiltons of Killyleagh
« on: Monday 30 May 11 23:01 BST (UK) »
Hi there - just discovered your post as I haven't gone back to this thread for a very long time!
The Prussian sea captain was Charles (Karl) Robert KANNENBERG and he married Ellen Margaret MAGILTON in Killyleagh in 1872. After his wife died in 1912 he emigrated (I don't know exactly when) to S.Africa where 3 of his sons had already gone ( one died there in 1911 aged 21 so he never saw him again). The Thomas Henry KANNENBERG you mention married Florence PERKS in Birmingham in 1919 and was the father of Margaret, whom I met before she died in 2010. She has a son John who I am in contact with and have met, and also 2 grandsons and now one great grandson. I never did find out the name of the ship! I would love any further info you may have on Thomas' time with your gggrandparents. I was unaware he had gone to S.Africa before returning to fight in WW1. I know John would be very interested in anything you know.
Regards,
Leona
The Prussian sea captain was Charles (Karl) Robert KANNENBERG and he married Ellen Margaret MAGILTON in Killyleagh in 1872. After his wife died in 1912 he emigrated (I don't know exactly when) to S.Africa where 3 of his sons had already gone ( one died there in 1911 aged 21 so he never saw him again). The Thomas Henry KANNENBERG you mention married Florence PERKS in Birmingham in 1919 and was the father of Margaret, whom I met before she died in 2010. She has a son John who I am in contact with and have met, and also 2 grandsons and now one great grandson. I never did find out the name of the ship! I would love any further info you may have on Thomas' time with your gggrandparents. I was unaware he had gone to S.Africa before returning to fight in WW1. I know John would be very interested in anything you know.
Regards,
Leona