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Fehrmann, Wilhelm Eduard Michael

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).

Fehre, Eduard Reinhold

Pastor Eduard Reinhold Fehre, son of Pastor Eduard Fehre & Charlotte Schilling, was born on 11 October 1834 in Jürgensburg in Kurland. He married on 30 July 1859 in Riga to Marie Margarethe Elisabeth Möller. She was born 12 November 1833 and died 18 December 1891. Pastor Fehre died on 31 October 1895 in Voronezh.

He studied theology in Dorpat (Estonia) and was ordained 26 July 1859.

He served the congregations in Tobolsk (1859-1863), Rosenberg (1864-1865), and Voronezh (1865-1895).

Fath, Jacob

Pastor Jacob Fath served Ebenezer German Congregational Church in Portland, Oregon, from 1901-1903. The records for the Pacific Conference of Congregational Churches do not indicate that he served other churches.

Falkenstein, Johannes

Father Johannes Falkenstein, son of Wilhelm Falkenstein & Anna Maria Distel, was born in 1885 (some sources record his birth in 1886) in the Volga German colony of Schuck.

He studied theology at the Catholic Seminary in Saratov and was ordained in 1912. 

He served the Catholic congregations in the following colonies:

Marienburg (1913-1917)
Marienberg (1914-1918)
Herzog (1918-1928)
Josefstal (1928-1931)

Erbes, Johannes

The Rev. Johannes Erbes, son of Johann Erbes and Christina Elisabeth Kurz, was born 27 March 1869 [some sources record 1868] in Dönhof and died 26 February 1932 Semipalatinsk.

Pastor Erbes was married first to Rosalie Lohrer from the Crimea.

He married on 18 May 1918 to his second wife, Elisabeth Grasmück, from Lauwe.

He studied theology at the University of Dorpat (Estonia) and was ordained on 10 May 1901 in the Volga German colony of Krasnoyar. He served as vicar in Krasnoyar in 1901, and then served the congregation in Kukkus from 1902 to 1930.

Engelhardt, Woldemar

The Rev. Baron Woldemar Engelhardt was born 17 May 1872 in Dünaburg in Kurland. He died 21 January 1937 in Schwerin (Germany). He served in Petrovsk (1900-1903), Samara (1903-1910), Helenendorf (Caucasus) (1910-1926). He then moved to Holzandorf in Mecklenburg (Germany).

Eichhorn, Eduard Hermann

The Rev. Eduard Hermann Eichhorn, son of Jakob Eichhorn & Elisabeth Leonhard, was born 2 December 1882 in the Volga German colony of Holstein.

He attended secondary school in Kamyshin. He studied first physics and mathematics, then theology at the University of Dorpat (Estonia).  He was ordained in 1917 in Moscow and served in Messer from 1917-1929 (during this time, he was the only Lutheran pastor on the Bergseite). In 1930, he resigned his position, but was reinstated in 1932. In 1933, he was arrested and exiled.

His fate is unknown.

Eberle, Leonhard

Father Leonhard Eberle was born 28 October 1870 in Rastadt, and is believed to have died in 1931 in Arkhangelsk.

He studied theology at the Catholic Seminary in Saratov and was ordained in 1897. From 7 December 1897 to 12 October 1912, he served the parish of Schönfeld. He served the Kamenka Parish from 6 December 1912 to 1928.

Dsirne, Friedrich Wilhelm

Friedrich Wilhelm Dsirne was born 5 May 1835 at Salis, Latvia. He was the son of David Dsirne, a parochial teacher, and Lise. He died 4 September 1872 of cholera in Atkarsk. He was married to Wilhelmine Alwine Kordes on 9 August 1861 in Dorpat, Estonia. She was born 14 September 1839 in Werro, Latvia, the daughter of architects Ferdinand Kordes and Alwine Lütten. She died 19 April 1928 in Reval, Estonia.

Dsirne, Christian David

The Rev. Christian David Dsirne, son of David & Lise Dsirne, was born 2 March 1829 in Salis near Baltikum (Latvia). He died on 24 February 1896 in Ronneburg (Latvia). He was married on 17 November 1869 in Dorpat to Julia Maria Oettel. She had been born on 17 November 1842 and died in 1911 in Dorpat.