Wolfgramm Roots

CHRISTIAN FREDRICH AUGUST SANFT left Prussia (Germany) at the age of 26 years old and traveled to Boston (USA) than to California for the California Gold Rush. He made a small fortune and than traveled onto Australia looking for more gold. He heard about the coconut oil in the islands, which in those days was almost as valuable as gold. He arrived in Tonga in 1864 at the age of 42. He than sent for SOPHIE DOERNER from Germany and they were married once she arrived Tonga. CHRISTIAN was the only one of his brother’s and sister to come to Tonga.

In early 1872 (abt 10 years later), eight of his nephews arrived and a 2nd cousin (Herman Guttenbeil) came to Tonga. There were 4 nephews from his older brother WILHELM GOTTLIEB HEINRICH SANFT who married CHRISTINE CAROLINE GUERR. The 4 out of their 10 children who were sent to Tonga were: their 3rd child: FRANZ CARL (FALANISI) SANFT, their 4th child: FREDRICH WILHELM ALBERT (‘ALIPATE) SANFT, their 5th child: OTTO ADOLF (‘ALOFI) SANFT, and their 9th child: FREDERICH WILHELM ALBERT (OTO) SANFT). CHRISTIAN also had 4 nephews from his older sister CAROLINE JULIANA HENRIETTA SANFT who married FRITZ KARL WOLFGRAMM. The 4 out of their 8 children who were sent to Tonga were: their 1st child: KARL FREDRICH (‘EFALAME) WOLFGRAMM, their 2nd child: WILHELM (VILIAMI) WOLFGRAMM, their 3rd child: GUSTAV FRITZ EMIL (LUI) WOLFGRAMM, and their youngest the 8th child: EMIL OTTO (OTO KOLOA) FRIEDRICH WOLFGRAMM. They ranged in ages from 29 years old to 16 years old at the time they arrived in Tonga in 1872.

About the year 1885 (abt another 10 years later), another set of Wolfgramm brothers arrived in Tonga. FRITZ KARL WOLFGRAMM (who married CAROLINE JULIANA HENRIETTA SANFT) had a younger brother AUGUST LUDWIG WOLFGRAMM who married CAROLINE FRITZ. They sent 3 out of their 15 children to Tonga. They were thier 5th child: FREDRICH GUSTAV LUDWIG WOLFGRAMM(Feleti), their 11th child: OTTO FRANZ WOLFGRAMM('Oto) and their 13th child: CHRISTIAN LUDWIG HERMAN WOLFGRAMM(Hamani Mataika).