George
Friedrich
Schilling von Canstatt
Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Schilling von Canstatt
and Friederica Juliana (Boenninghausen) Schilling von Canstatt
Brother of
Carl Friedrich Schilling von Canstatt
Husband of
Magdalena (Falkenhahn) Schilling von Canstatt
— married
28 Aug 1788 in New York City, NY
Descendants 
Father of
James Ernst Carl Schilling von Canstatt
Died
at age 81
in London, England
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Aug 2016
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Biography
George was a Royal Sardinian retired Lieutenant, and left Bremen August 30, 1787 on ship "Sarah" to go to America. The ship reached Philadelphia on November 9, 1787. He had letters of introduction to General George Washington and Dr. Franklin, Governor of Penn. He returned to France in 1790, then to Portsmouth, England in 1791, and to London in January 1792, where he taught drawing, painting , and architecture. In 1796 he was a teacher at "Deutch Akademy" of London. After 1807, he founded his own academy in London.
George and Magdalena had twelve children all born in London, except for the first which was born in New Jersey.
Sources
- Book updated by Frank Schilling Cummings, born July 24, 1894 in Chicago from original book in the old German script, "Family Description of the Family von Schilling" arranged by Carl Friedrich Schilling von Canstatt, born July 14, 1757.
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