Reverand Ferdinand was also listed as a pastor for the Lutheran St. John's English Lutheran Academy in Wilkes-Barre. Henry Ernst IV wrote: Ferdinand became a Lutheran clergyman. Had a church in Brooklyn for many years and then became executive director of the Lutheran Missionary Society with headquarters in New York City."
Ferdinand's career was found on the web and reads as follows: "BUERMEYER, FERDINAND FREDERIC, b. New York City, Apr. 13, 1846; s. Ernst Henry and Louisa Margaret Buermeyer; Hartwick Sem.; Phila. Sem., 1871; D.D., Hartwick Sem., 1903; ord. Min. Pa., 1871; m. Hannah E. Ladd, 1887; pastor, St. John's, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., 1871-82; Epiphany, New York City, 1882-91; Trinity, New Holland, Pa., 1891-99; Shillington-Edison, Pa., 1902-09; city missionary, New York Inner Miss. Soc., 1910-23; city missionary emeritus, 1923 -; contr., The Lutheran, Lutheran Church Review; one of editors, G. C. Sunday School Book; address, Reading, Pa.
This too was found on the web: St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wilkes-Barre; organized in the "long room" in Music hall, November 3, 1872, by Rev. F. F. Buermeyer. A frame church edifice was erected in 1874 on the corner of Academy and Dana place, where Mr. Buermeyer held the first service, August 30, 1874. During 1891 a handsome rectory was built in the rear of the church on Dana place. The present membership is 255. The pastors have been Rev. F. F. Buermeyer, November 3, 1872, to April 9, 1882;
Ferdinand married Hannah E. (Ladd). Here's information on Hannah's lineage found on the web:
Samuel W. Ladd, who died in Reading, Pa., in 1864, was for some years engaged in a mercantile business in that city. He was born in November, 1840, in Connecticut, son of Stephen A. and Hannah (Kingsbury) Ladd, and a descendant of the English progenitor, who came from the mother country at an early day and settled in New England.
Stephen A. Ladd, father of Samuel W., was a farmer in Connecticut all of his life, and in that State he and his wife died. They were the parents of six children as follows: Annie, m. to Giles Meacham; Sarah, Sabrina, m. to a Stacey; Mary, who died single; John; and Samuel W. In religious belief the family were Congregationalists. Politically they were a family of Abolitionists, and were strongly allied with the Whig party, and later, on the organization of the Republican party, they were prominent in that organization's ranks.
Samuel W. Ladd was educated in Connecticut, and came to Reading, Pa., as the representative of an old and substantial Massachusetts insurance company. He was later engaged in the mercantile business, which he followed until 1864, when his death occurred. Mr. Ladd married Amanda Shalter, daughter of Francis B. and Hannah (Seidel) Shalter, and to them were born six children: Lillie m. to John B. Otto, of Williamsport; Charles R., deceased; Hannah E., m. to Rev. F. F. Buermeyer; Evelyn E., m. to Dr. Milton H. Valentine; Annie E., deceased; Lura, m. to. Dr. John W. Lowe. In religious belief Mr. Ladd was Lutheran, to which faith Mrs. Ladd, who survived him until Jan. 29, 1909, also adhered. In politics he was a stanch Republican.