GERMAN LEGION MERCENARIES
who migrated from England to the Eastern Cape in 1856 and 1857
who married English women either in England or aboard ship
Transcribed by Robin Griffiths
| Husband's Last Name | Husband's First Name | Wife's Last Name | Wife's First Name | Married at/aboard | on Date |
| Ackermann | Louis | Ham | Jemima | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Asn | Carl | Day | Maria | at Colchester | 18 Aug 1856 |
| Berger | Wilhelm | Bembsam (Benson) | Mary | at Colchester | 19 Oct 1856 |
| Berlin | Johann | King | Elizabeth | at Colchester | 21 Sep 1856 |
| Bernhardt | August | Davis | Sarah | at Gosport | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Billstein | Georg | Gay | Elisa | aboard Vulcan | 31 Jan 1857 |
| Blenger | Heinrich | Parish | Sarah | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Bomm | Cornelius | Crimpton | Isabella | at Colchester | 19 Oct 1856 |
| Borrmann | Hermann | Michaelson | Anna | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Brunnert | Johann | Bonacker | Carolina | at Gosport | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Castorf | George | Morton | Emma | at Colchester | 31 Oct 1856 |
| Decker | August | Morton | Mary | at Colchester | 30 Oct 1856 |
| Delhai | Louis | Bonnet | Elizabeth | aboard Britannia | 9 Nov 1856 |
| Ehm | Peter | Simons | Louisa | aboard Covenanter | 15 Jan 1857 |
| Ehrich | Anton | Williamson | Sarah | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Engel | Carl | Hine | Elizabeth | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Erk | Bernhardt | Stone | Clara | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Espritt | Adolph | Gall | Sarah | at Colchester | 19 Oct 1856 |
| Falkenstein | Otto | Jasley | Catherine | at Colchester | 19 Oct 1856 |
| Fischon | August | Gall | Elizabeth | at Colchester | 19 Oct 1856 |
| Fricke | Carl | Klingworth | Elizabeth | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Gastorf | Adolph | Wade | Miranda | at Colchester | 19 Oct 1856 |
| Gauer | Peter | Goberson | Sarah | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Gebels | Heinrich | Jeffrey | Sarah | at Folkestone | 16 Oct 1856 |
| Gebert (Gevert) | Otto | Macdonald | Anna | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Gerkens | Johannes | Clark | Emma | at Wooldridge | 20 Apr 1857 |
| Gerkens | Otto | Clurk (Clerk) | Emma | at Wooldridge | 20 Apr 1857 |
| Görtz | Friedrich | Hall | Mary Anne | at Colchester | 14 Oct 1856 |
| Goslich | Franz | Bradley | Harriet | at Hythe | 20 Oct 1856 |
| Graef | Herrmann | Brown | Anna | at Gosport | 15 Nov 1856 |
| Grossman | Peter | Goldin | Louisa | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Guillaume | Joseph | Bagg | Marie | at Colchester | 9 Nov 1856 |
| Hacker | Wilhelm | Egmont | Sarah | at Colchester | 9 Nov 1856 |
| Hahn | Carl | Pudgey | Elizabeth | aboard Britannia | 10 Nov 1856 |
| Hartenstein | Carl | Breybrook | Mary Anne | at Colchester | 8 Sep 1856 |
| Heine | August | Heres (Herries) | Sarah | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Hellwig | Wilhelm | Coffin | Mary | aboard Britannia | 14 Nov 1856 |
| Herbst | August | Nurse | Sarah | at Colchester | 19 Nov 1856 |
| Hermannsen | Peter | Mourne | Bridget | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Hinze | Heinrich | Pledge | Anna | aboard Covenanter | 24 Nov 1856 |
| Hoffman | Carl | John | Fanny | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Holborn | Fredrich | Tandell | Emma | at Colchester | 17 Oct 1856 |
| Hoppe | Ernst | Houerd (Howard) | Sarah | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Hoslar | Jean | Smith | Mary | aboard Britannia | 9 Nov 1856 |
| Istell | Carl | Fanton | Eliza | at Wooldridge | 22 Apr 1857 |
| Just | August | Verecker | Emma | at Colchester | 18 Oct 1856 |
| Kayser | Franz | Houns | Mary | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Kehl | Joseph | Benson | Anna | aboard Covenanter | 21 Jan 1857 |
| Kehrt | Jacob | Mills | Jenny | at Colchester | 19 Oct 1856 |
| Koch | Carl | Adams | Adelaide | at Colchester | 19 Oct 1856 |
| Kühn | Christoph | Popp | Eliza | at Gosport | 29 Oct 1856 |
| Kunze | Rudolph | Smith | Caroline | at Colchester | 19 Oct 1856 |
| Kutscher | Herrman | Jerman | Jane | aboard Britannia | 12 Sep 1856 |
| Lachem | Wilhelm | Jossin | Sarah | at Portsmouth | 11 Nov 1856 |
| Leichterkost | John | Loughlin | Mary | at Gosport | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Lempke | Carl | Wright | Fanny | at Colchester | 1 Nov 1856 |
| Ludwig | August | Bacon | Charlotte | at Colchester | 19 Oct 1856 |
| Marmitzky | Adolph | Ponter | Elizabeth | aboard Britannia | 10 Nov 1856 |
| Meth | Franz | Smith | Frances | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Millaer | Carl | Howard | Anna | at Gosport | 2 Oct 1856 |
| Mohlâu | Charles | Starling | Carolina | at Colchester | 11 Oct 1856 |
| Mohlâu | Christian | Wade | Emma | at Colchester | 11 Oct 1856 |
| Möller | Christian | Fuller | Mary Anne | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Moritz | Max | Jordan | Rosa | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Mulder | Carl | Ward | Anna | at Gosport | 2 Oct 1856 |
| Muller | Jacob | Church | Charlotte | aboard Britannia | 8 Nov 1856 |
| Muller | Johann | Cook | Jane | at Fort Murray | 25 Mar 1857 |
| Muller | Wilhelm | Clements | Elizabeth | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Müller | Jacob | Pulters | Ellen | aboard Britannia | 8 Nov 1856 |
| Nicolay | Carl | Brown | Charlotte | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Olesch | Wilhelm | Willowby | Mary Anne | at Colchester | 16 Oct 1856 |
| Ossenfeldt | Friedrich | Terrington | Louisa | at Colchester | 1 Nov 1856 |
| Petry | Johann | Williams | Mary | at Gosport | 6 Nov 1856 |
| Plath | Franz | Emlock | Sarah | at Colchester | 19 Oct 1856 |
| Ploetz | Heinrich | Joyce | Maria | at Colchester | 2 Nov 1856 |
| Priess | Friedrich | Simon | Anna | at Colchester | 19 Oct 1856 |
| Randekant | Louis | Bolter | Rose | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Richterman | Wilhelm | Pesson | Mary Anne | at Colchester | 3 Oct 1856 |
| Rolffs | Claus | Berry | Margaret(ha) | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Roske | Gustav | White | Anna | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Rossman | Samuel | Cole | Mary | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Rossman | Wilhelm | Dole | Mary | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Ruppert | Johann | Erowsby | Emma | at Colchester | 19 Oct 1856 |
| Rush | August | Smith | Anna | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Schaumburger | Friedrich | Ferry | Emma | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Schellings | Johann | Brey (Bray) | Martha | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Schlette | Heinrich | Rudlen | Sarah | at Colchester | 19 Oct 1856 |
| Schmelzer | August | Wards | Lissy (Lizzie) | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Schmidt | August | Resson | Ellen | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Schmidt | Franz | Chapman(n) | Lucy | aboard Britannia | 18 Nov 1856 |
| Schmidt | Johann | Pesson | Ellen | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Schwachmeyer | Friedrich | Battie | Henriette | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Schwartzel | Johannes | Wright | Emma | at Colchester | 18 Oct 1856 |
| Schweizer | Constantin | McClure | Eliza | at Gosport | 21 Oct 1856 |
| Seebauer | Carl | Taylor | Emily | at Colchester | 19 Oct 1856 |
| Siebert | Herman | Rumsey (Ramsey) | Mary Anne | at Colchester | 19 Oct 1856 |
| Siegert | Carl | Stone | Anne | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Sworonech (Scovroneck) | Felix | Kettle (Ketter) | Emilie(y) | at Colchester | 11 Nov 1856 |
| Ternus | Georg | Winter | Maria | at Colchester | 18 Oct 1856 |
| Thewis | Carl | Tay | Helene | aboard Britannia | 10 Nov 1856 |
| van Huffel | Benno | Wilson | Emma | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Vogt | Rudolph | Symonds | Elizabeth | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| von der Decken | Adolph | Eustace | Emma | at Colchester | 17 Nov 1856 |
| Waterhöfer | Wilhelm | Bacon | Emma | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Weber | Heinrich | Baker | Enna (Emma) | at Colchester | 25 Sep 1856 |
| Weibert | Frederich | Clemens | Rosa | at Colchester | 19 Oct 1856 |
| Werner | Gustav | Burton | Hannah | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Wiede | Franz | Vains (Vainz) | Mary Ann | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Wilkins | Wilhelm | Stanly (Stanley) | Sarah | at Colchester | 19 Oct 1856 |
| Wittovsky | Alexander | Condy | Harriet | aboard Covenanter | 30 Nov 1856 |
| Witzakowitz | Carl | Jones | Louisa | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Wollenschläger | Johann | Rudlen | Johanna | at Colchester | 19 Oct 1856 |
| Zeitz | Carl | Hine | Caroline | aboard Britannia | 16 Nov 1856 |
| Zeller | Wilhelm | Day | Saiel (Sally) | aboard Britannia | 10 Nov 1856 |
| Zimmerman | Carl | Jarlin | Elizabeth | at Colchester | 3 Nov 1856 |