Person:August Kumm (1)

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August Freidrich Wilhelm Kumm
b.Oct 1847 , , , Germany
Facts and Events
Name August Freidrich Wilhelm Kumm
Gender Male
Birth? Oct 1847 , , , Germany
Emigration[5] 10 Sep 1858
Other[1][6] 30 Sep 1858 Hamburg, Germanyaboard the Peter Godeffroy Departure
Other[2][7] 1859 Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South AfricaStutterheim Settlement
Other[3][4][8] 19 Jan 1859 East London, Eastern Cape, South Africaaboard the Peter Godeffroy Arrival
Death? 14 Aug 1940 Karg's Post, Mount Currie

(Research):NAAIRS DEPOT SA Library, Cape Town TYPE Manuscript REFERENCE MSB286 DESCRIPTION August Kumm Collection. STARTING 1879 ENDING 0000 REMARKS Donated by: Mrs. A Karg, Oranjezicht, 1975; 1 unit, MSS, printed. SUMMARY August Kumm, born 1847? Corporal, 2nd Battalion, Cape Mounted Riflemen, 1870-79. + Discharge documents.

References
  1. Web site
    Labyrinth of East London Lore, The German Settlers Database <http://www.k nowledge4africa.co.za/eastlondon/german006.htm#b> Dr Keith Tankard E-mail : [knowledge4africa.com].
  2. Web site
    Labyrinth of East London Lore, The German Settlers Database <http://www.knowledge4africa.co.za/eastlondon/german-k.htm#47> Dr Keith Tankard E-mail : [knowledge4africa.com].
  3. Web site
    Labyrinth of East London Lore, The German Settlers Database <http://www.knowledge4africa.co.za/eastlondon/german006.htm#k> Dr Keith Tankard E-mail : [knowledge4africa.com].
  4. Web site
    The Kaffraria Germans <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/meadows/7589/caffraria_en.html> "Ship's Passenger Lists Hamburg-South Africa" 'Peter Godeffroy' end of September 1858.

    Kumm, Ferdinand, Arbeitsmann (47), Trampke (Pr.), mit Frau Wilhelmine (37) und Ernestine (12), August (11) Carl (9) Friederike (8), Ferdinand (5), Emilie (3): Wilhelmine (unter 1).

  5. Arrived in South Africa aged 11years from Trampke, Pommerania on board the ship Peter Godeffroy.
    Left Hamburg
  6. Five children died en route. The ship carried a total of 275 people (54 families).
  7. With parents.
  8. Travelled with parents, Ferdinand and Wilhelmine.