Adam Oster

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Adam Oster
Personal details
Born
Adem Oster

Austria-Hungary
SpouseElisabetta Becker
Relations Louton family (descendants)
Children5
Occupation
  • Politician
  • businessman
  • society leader

Adam Oster (German : Adem Oster) was an Austro-Hungarian businessman, prominent in Velimirovac. He was a leading society man, believed to have held public office during the late 19th century. [1]

He first established a successful village store, and eventually owned land and other businesses. [2] He was described as the paragon example of a burgher. [3]

Oster married Elisabetta Becker, with whom he had five children, Adam Oster Jr., Fredrich, Margarethe, Theresa and Elisabetta. One of his grandsons, Adam Rettinger (1902 - 1921) was killed when a plane crashed his fishing boat at Belle Isle Park in Detroit, Michigan. [4]

Oster's descendants have had notable achievements in the fields of business, academia and religious leadership . [5]

References

  1. Croatian Public Archives - Adam Oster- Business
  2. Dokumenti o Adam Oster - Narodna knjižnica Velimirovac
  3. "Adam Oster". geni_family_tree. 2024-03-09. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  4. "Teenagers Drowned at River". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  5. Stewards of Grace Excerpts - Grams, Rollin G. (2010) Wipf and Stock.

This article is associated with the extended Louton, Hughes, Oster, Rettinger, Ernst and Grams family involved in ministry, business and academia.