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Oscar Arnold (Sonnie) Sonneman (1881–1963)

Oscar Arnold (Sonnie) Sonneman

Oscar Arnold (Sonnie) Sonneman (1881-1963) blacksmith, miner, trade union official, sportsman  Birth: 5 June 1881 at Allens Creek, Kapunda, South Australia, son of Otto Franz Sonnemann (or Sonneman) (c.1854-1888), engine driver, previously a shoemaker, born in Germany, and Cristiane Karoline Ernestine, née Schmidt or Fichtner (1858-1920). Both parents had been born in Prussia [Germany]. Marriages: (1) 12 March 1903 at Mt Morgans, Western Australia, with Methodist forms, to Maude Jane Pook Boundy...

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