I whanau a Otto Fredrik Gideon Sundback i te pāmu Sonarp i Ödestugu Parish, i Jönköping County, Småland, Sweden. Ko ia te tama a Jonas Otto Magnusson Sundback, he kaiahuwhenua whai hua, me tana wahine a Kristina Karolina Klasdotter. I muri i ana akoranga i Sweden, ka neke a Sundback ki Tiamana, i reira ia i ako ai i te kura hangarau i Bingen am Rhein. I te tau 1903, ka haere a Sundback ki tana whakamātautau miihini. I te tau 1905, ka heke ia ki te United States. Pātai: I tehea tau i puta a Sundback i te kura i Bingen am Rhein?
Ko te tau 1903