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Fehrmann, Wilhelm Eduard Michael

Profession
Clergy
Biography

The Rev. Wilhelm Eduard Michael Fehrmann, son of The Rev. Alexander Fehrmann & Amalie Stahl, was born on 5 May 1864 in Moscow and died on 4 April 1924 in St. Petersburg.

He was married twice, first on 11 June 1895 in Saratov to Gertrude Bonwetsch (born on 26 June 1873 in Saratov; died 18 May 1896 in Sarepta) and second on 18 August 1898 in St. Petersburg to Ingeborg Hedwig Ripke (born 1 February 1874 in Tammerfors, Finland; died after 1939).

He studied theology at the University of Dorpat [Estonia] and was ordained on 30 December 1890. He served the Lutheran Church of Peter & Paul in Moscow (1891-1894) and the Lutheran congregation in Sarepta (1894-1905).

He then served the Castle Church (Schloßkirche) in Oranienbaum in 1916 and worked for the colonial government in Novogorod from 1918-1920. From 1920-1922, he was at the Church of St. Peter in St. Petersburg.

Source(s)

- Fehrmann Wilhelm Eduard Michael (wolgadeutsche.ru) [Online]
- Schnurr, Joseph. Die Kirchen und das religiöse Leben der Russlanddeutschen – Evangelischer Teil (Stuttgart: AER Verlag Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Rußland, 1978): 134, 184.

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Pastor Wilhelm Eduard Michael Fehrmann.
Source: wolgadeutsche.ru