navigation | home family card | index | surnames | contact Person Sheet Name Gertrude Otto Birth 1 May 1843, Kursk, Russia Death 1888, Gothenburg, Nebraska Occupation Housekeeper at the seminary (before marriage), homemaker Religion Lutheran Father (Unknown) Otto Spouses 1 Carl Emil Wiederaenders Birth 8 Apr 1841, Annaberg, Saxony Death 12 Feb 1923, Lake Oswego, Oregon Occupation Lutheran pastor Religion Lutheran Father Carl Gottlob Wiederaenders (1787-1855) Mother Johanne Dorothea Eleonore Wenzel (1805-1877) Marriage 1869 Children Emil Ferdinand Sigmund (1870-1928) Lydia Olga Nancy Elizabeth (1872-1959) Otto Carl Reinhardt (1873-1953) Gustav Gottfried Leonhardt (1875-1955) Carl Bernhardt Friedrich (1878-1952) Bernhardt Conrad Johannes (1880-1961) Martin August Friedrich (1882-1954) Hannah Ella Wilhelmina Tjede (1884-1960) Ernst Emil Otto (1887-1970) Notes for Gertrude von Otto Gertrude᾿s father was a Lutheran pastor who went to Russia to organize a congregation for the German people who had settled there at the invitation of the Russian government. When her family moved to Russia, Gertrude decided to go to America instead with a girlfriend. She worked as an assistant housekeeper at Wartburg Seminary in St. Sebald, Iowa, where she met Emil. Gerturde met the many challenges of her pioneer life and her role as a pastor’s wife. She contracted tuberculosis while carrying her youngest child, and died just months after his birth. Created 17 Jan 2006 using Reunion for Macintosh Last modified 31 Dec 2005 [ return to family card] navigation | home family card | index | surnames | contact