The Thiel Family in South Africa
The aim of this blog is to share information about descendants of Gustav Thiel.
1825 – 1907
We will attempt to give recognition to those family members who contributed to collection of the data.
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Hermann Gustav Thiel’s role in Boer Prisoner of War Management on Morgans Island, Bermuda
Hermann Gustav Thiel was elected as Line Captain of Line G even though he was only 22 years old at the time.
A cartoon about the Anglo-Boer War
From the Memorial Album of Hermann Gustav Thiel. A cartoon about the Anglo-Boer War copied from Punch Almanack of 1902.
A map of the Bermuda Islands – drawn by Hermann Thiel
Hermann Thiel, the young German who ended up as a Boer Prisoner of War and living in a tent on a small, barren island in the Great Sound of the Bermuda archipelago, managed to get the equipment together to prepare an excellent hand-drawn map of the Bermuda islands.