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Schmunk, Tobias

Tobias Schmunk was born 23 May 1893 in the German village of Ruhetal in the Rostov District of southern Russia. His family had relocated there from the Volga German colony of Dobrinka.

He studied theology at the University of Dorpat (today in Estonia) and was ordained in 1921.

Pastor Schmunk had married in 1917 to Rosalie Scholl (who was from the Black Sea colonies). They immigrated to the United States, arriving on 13 May 1922 in New York City aboard the SS Reliance.