Nulsen Family History — The Nulsen brothers, CAF, AB and FF, in Australia
This document covers what I have been able to find online about Clemens August Franz Nulsen, his brothers and his children until they left home. Susan Nulsen, March 2015 A brief snippet of history In 1714 the Prince-Elector of Hanover became also the King of England, George I. In 1803, about 30,000 French soldiers occupied Hanover. As a result of this, a great number of soldiers from Hanover eventually emigrated to Great Britain and fought with the British against Napoleon. In 1815, after the Battle of Waterloo, the Electorate of Hanover, of which the city of Hanover was the capital, was elevated to a kingdom. When Queen Victoria succeeded her uncle William IV in 1837, the throne of Hanover went to her father's younger brother, Ernest Augustus, a male. The kingdom was invaded and annexed by Prussia in 1866 and became a Prussian province. After the annexation, the people of Hanover opposed the Prussian regime, although the annexation was economically beneficial. I...