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Surnames: Cannell/Connell/Schilling
Classification: Query
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My family always spelled it Connell.
William Connell, I notice it is spelled Cannell, was born my guess around ,1841-1842,
Holstein Danemark, Germany
He married:
Henrietta Augusta Schilliing October 6th 1860
that was the date of the certificate
The date of the contract was September 20th 1860
It states his father and mother to be William Cannell Anna Cannell
They had one son my grandfather William Robert Connell
From The State Historical society:
He enlisted August 14,18 62 Private, 19 years old, butcher
C, 8th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry
Discharged August 2, 1865
Died April 12, 1868 this took place in Fall Creek, Wisconsin, Eau Claire, County.
Sincerely,
Shirley Aaron