Christian Friedrich August Sanft

• Surname Sanft
• First name(s) August
• Date of birth 24/11/1822
• Sex Male

Biography Male, born 24/11/1822 in Pyritz Altstadt, the son of Samuel Sanft and Caroline Klix. In Germany he was a baker, and in Tonga, a trader. He arrived in Nuku’alofa in 1855, and, after a few years there, leased some land fronting the harbour in Neiafu, Vava’u, where he established a business importing goods from Germany and exporting copra, bananas, vanilla and cotton to Hamburg. His most important partner in this enterprise was Godeffroy & Sohn. He invited Sophie Dörner, from Freiburg im Breisgau, to come to Vava’u, and they were married on her arrival in 1864. They had four sons (two of whom died, with the remaining two sent to Germany for education). In 1872, eight nephews arrived in Tonga: Franz Karl, Friedrich Wilhelm, Otto Adolph and Friedrich Albert Sanft, as well as Karl Friedrich, Wilhelm, Gustav Fritz Emil and Emil Otto Wolfgramm, along with Hermann Karl Guttenbeil. His sister (Juliana Henrietta Sanft) married Fritz Karl Wolfgramm and his elder brother was Wilhelm Gottlieb Heinrich Sanft. Also known as Christian Friedrich August Sanft. (Fred Wolfgramm, Nuku'alofa; Carl Sanft, Nuku’alofa)