Christian Hermann Rudolf Gustav Ferdinand Weyland (pronounced Wyland) was born to George and Henriette (nee. Kuechle) Weyland in Celle, Prussia (presently in the Hanover province of Germany). When Ferdinand was 3 1/2 years old, his parents brought him back to their home in Milwaukee.He went to college at Concordia. In 1905 he went to a seminary in Germany to specialize in Semitic languages. In 1907 he continued his education at the seminary of the Wisconsin Synod in Wauwatosa. There he studied under the famous professors of the Wauwatosa theology: Hoenecke, Schaller, Koehler, and Pieper.
Ferdinand graduated in 1910 and received a call to be a "missionary-at-large for Forest County, part of Marinette, Florence, Oneida, and Langlade counties." On July 18th he married Helen Oppenheimer, a Jew converted to Christianity, whom he had met on his return voyage from Germany.
Seven days later, on July 25th, Ferdinand was ordained and installed at St. Paul.
For the next four years, Ferdinand and Helen would be blessed each year with an new addition to their family. His eldest son, Ferdinand R. Weyland, was born in Crandon. He followed his father's footsteps into the public ministry.
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