Celebrating Wedding Anniversary

I would like to thank GTC and the GEL Communications and Publications deprtment for putting on the Writers Workshop for the students. Special thanks to Bishop Rev Dr. Hemrom and Rev Bage and Golden K. for hard work to make this happen. I think the students were challenged and stretched.  Also thank you for the opportunity to tell a bit of the story that I am writing on Doris and Ferdinand Hahn. They were married at the church here in Ranchi on 8 December 1871. 

​Here is the power point presentation I gave.

These pictures are from the time of the wedding (approximately) This is a picture of the big bungalow before the memorial stone was erected in 1895

I told the students all that stands of the original seminary building is the wall face where the two big windows once were, and three of the side pillars. One student guessed right where the building had stood, next to where the Gossner High School now stands.

I ended by showing them my family tree and asked how many of them had done a family tree like this of five generations. Only one had. I encouraged them to ask their family.  Perhaps dates won't be remembered, especially for family members that weren't Christians with no birth and baptismal records. Still they can get an approximation by asking was it before or after the big war I or II; before or after Independence in 1947, or before or after the Mutiny of 1857.

They didn't have any questions afterwards. After three days I think their brains were tired, but in general they are very reserved and questions and comments come freely only after they are comfortable with you and not in a large group.

One Oraon young woman asked if this was the same man who wrote the Kurukh grammar. Yes! She was so happy to learn, since her family speaks Kuurukh.
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