The Rev. Gustav Adolf Thomson, son of Gustav Thomson & Henriette Breyer, was born 29 July 1857 in Audern, Livland (Latvia). After completing a gymnasium education in Pernau, he studied theology at the University of Dorpat and was ordained on 23 January 1883.
He served the Lutheran congregations in Gnadentau (from 1883-1888) and Saratov (from 1888 until his death in 1913). He also served as the Provost of the Lutheran congregations on the Wiesenseite from 1892 to 1913.
He died 6 April 1913 in Saratov.
- Schnurr, Joseph. Die Kirchen und das religiöse Leben der Russlanddeutschen – Evangelischer Teil (Stuttgart: AER Verlag Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Rußland, 1978): 175.
- Thomson Gustav Adolf (wolgadeutsche.ru) [Online]
Pastor Gustav Adolf Thomson.
Source: Estonian State Archive via wolgadeutsche.ru