Otto A. Lange (1853 - 1944)

Born 12 Nov 1853 in Pommern, Cochem, Rhineland, Prussia, Germany [uncertain]

Husband of Elizabeth (Mertz) Lange — married 24 Apr 1879 in Cincinnati, Ohio

Descendants

Died 25 Feb 1944 at age 90 in Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Otto was born in 1853 in Germany (Prussia), the son of William Lange and Caroline Schumacher. He immigrated to the US in 1853 with his parents. Otto married, in 1879, to Elizabeth Mertz, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He passed away in 1944 and is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan.

Obituary for Otto A. Lange, Saginaw News, 26 Feb 1944.^[1]

PIONEER DIES: Otto A. Lange, 90, pioneer Saginaw resident, died Friday at the Grandville home of his son, Carl W. Lange. He came here with his parents in 1853, his father clearing a wooded area at the northwest corner of Cass and Oakley to establish the homestead.

Mr. Lange attended the Lutheran church and public schools here, later following his trade as a sheetmetal worker. He married Eliza Mertz April 24, 1879, in Cincinnati, a few years later returning to Saginaw, where he was active at his work until retirement at the age of 75. He leaves three children, Mrs. Walter A. Leesch of Saginaw, Carl A. Lange of Grandville and Mrs. Floyd W. Hershey of Detroit; three brothers, Emil of Sault Ste. Marie, Charles T. of Saginaw and Rudolph of Prudenville; 13 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

The funeral will take place at 2pm Monday at the Case chapel, Rev. Andrew H. Killmer will officiate and burial will be in Forrest Lawn. Mr. Lange may be seen at the Case chapel from tonight until the time of the service.

Census

1930 US Federal Census. Michigan, Saginaw, Saginaw.

• Otto T Lange (Head) - 76, b. Germany, widowed
• Carl W Lange (Son) - 36, b. Michigan
• Vera Lange (Daughter-in-law) - 32, b. Michigan
• Verna Lange (Granddaughter) - 9, b. Michigan
• Jack Lange (Grandson) - 8, b. Michigan
• Leo Lange (Grandson) - 4, b. Michigan
• Hugo E Krebs (Lodger) - 57, b. Michigan

Sources

1. ↑ Obituary for Otto A. Lange, Saginaw News, 26 Feb 1944.

• 1870 US Federal Census. Michigan, Saginaw, Saginaw City ward 2. Page: 39; Household ID: 317. (See William Lange - Census.)
• 1930 US Federal Census. Michigan, Saginaw, Saginaw. ED: 30; Sheet: 1a. familysearch.org (See Census.)
• 1940 US Federal Census. Michigan, Kent, Wyoming Township. District: 41-53; Sheet: 5a. (See Carl Lange - Census.)
• Otto A. Lange on findagrave.com