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Name Rev. Christian F. Sund64,65
Birth 5 Nov 1857, Behrenwalde, Pomerania64,2,65
Death 22 Nov 195164,65
Burial 26 Nov 1951, Riga Cem, Riga Twp65,46
Occupation Lutheran pastor65
Religion Lutheran65
Father Philipp Sund (ca1817-1871)
Mother Mary Ortmann (ca1825-1865)
Misc. Notes
Moved to Berlin in 1874, where he worked at several different jobs until emigrating to America in 1881. Sailed on the ship Silesia, arriving in New York on November 28. Went to Toledo, Ohio, where he stayed first with a cousin, Anna Boehk. Soon after he went to Ottawa Lake to live with the Pepper family, on whose farm he worked. Began seminary studies in December 1882 and was ordained in July 1885. Served several churches in Wisconsin until moving to Riga in 1914 and then to Archbold, Ohio, in 1918.65
Spouses
1 Mary Pepper
Birth 2 Aug 1867, Ottawa Lake, Monroe Co, Michigan64
Death 28 Sep 194364,65
Burial Riga Cem, Riga Twp65
Father Christian Pepper (1824-1887)
Mother Friedericke Caroline Kumerow (1836-1898)
Marriage 8 Oct 1885, prob. Ottawa Lake64,65
Children Sigmund (Died as Infant) (1886-1886)
Walter (1888-1971)
Ernst (Died as Infant) (1889-1890)
Ernst J. (1894-1977)
Winfried Erwin (1901-1999)
Last Modified 28 Feb 1998 Created 9 Dec 2005 by Reunion for Macintosh

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