8 3 0 ▁– 1 8 9 2 ), ▁from ▁Le ▁Loc le ▁in ▁Ne uch ât el . ▁ ▁Fritz ▁Ram se yer ' s ▁pat ernal ▁grand par ents ▁were ▁David ▁Ludwig ▁Ram se yer ▁and ▁Su z anne ▁Mar quer ite ▁Guer ne , ▁both ▁of ▁Bern . ▁ ▁Ras me yer ▁had ▁seven ▁sib lings , ▁including ▁Emma ▁Al ine ▁F ie chter ; ▁Reyn old ▁Ram se yer ; ▁Hermann ▁Ram se yer ; ▁Ach illes ▁Ad olph ▁Ram se yer ; ▁El ina ▁Georg ina ▁Ram se yer ▁and ▁L ise ▁Ram se yer . ▁▁ ▁At ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁eigh teen , ▁he ▁studied ▁German ▁at ▁a ▁college ▁where ▁he ▁became ▁interested ▁in ▁mission ary ▁work ▁and ▁was ▁involved ▁in ▁a ▁Christian ▁Youth ▁Group , ▁before ▁comple ting ▁his ▁mand atory ▁military ▁service . ▁T aking ▁after ▁his ▁father ▁who ▁was ▁a ▁building ▁contract or , ▁Ram se yer ▁trained ▁as ▁a ▁builder ▁and ▁a ▁m ason ▁in ▁his ▁h omet own . ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 1 , ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁twenty - one ▁years ▁old , ▁he ▁proceeded ▁to ▁the ▁Bas el ▁Mission ▁Sem inary ▁in ▁Bas el , ▁Switzerland ▁to ▁train ▁as ▁a ▁mission ▁technical ▁staff . ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 4 , ▁Fritz ▁Ram se yer ▁arrived ▁on ▁the ▁Gold ▁Coast ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁to ▁assist ▁the ▁mission ▁in ▁its ▁struct ural ▁work , ▁comple ting ▁the ▁construction ▁of ▁the ▁Bas el ▁Mission ▁Sem inary ▁buildings ▁at ▁Ak rop