Relatives
Georg's sister, Annette Adelaide Christine Carstensen, was the mother of Sir Robert Hay-Drummond-Hay, whose second wife Grace Marguerite Hay Drummond-Hay was the first woman to travel airborne from Europe to the US as well as the first woman to circumnavigate the globe in the air. Both of these were achieved aboard a Zeppelin.
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| Name | Carstensen, Georg |
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| Date of birth | 31 August 1812 |
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| Date of death | 4 January 1857 |
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