born in Aix-la-Chapelle, Rhenish, Prussia.
cremated at Loudon Park.
As a young man, he evinced a decided talent for music, which was encouraged and promoted by his parents, themselves devoted to the divine art.After instruction by the best masters in his native city, his father took him to the renowned Mendelssohn in 1845, who advised his being sent to the Conservatory of Music. But , owing to the death of his father in 1847, his mother changed his destination to the Conservatory of Music at Brussels. Making rapid progress, he soon took high position in his classes for composition of music for piano and organ and so proficient in the latter instrument that the famous organist , Prof. I. Lemmeus appointed him his assistant. His mother with all the children migrated to America, Otto following her. He arrived in New York, from whence he came directly to Baltimore in 1851. Then being taken with " California Fever" he sought his fortune in the gold fields. Carried to the gold mines, he spent time digging for gold , acting as a merchant and being a musician. While in San Francisco , he was organist for the Catholic cathedral on Vallejo Street; of the Rev Dr. Scott's church on Bush Street; and lastly Bishop Kipp's Protestant Episcopal Church or Rowell Street. Being drawn back east by his mother, he returned to Baltimore in Feb 1858, making it his home. During the war, he was in charge of the music of all the great charity engagement's . " Wednesday Evening at Suto's " have a history of music, entertainment and pleasure long being cherished by the best people in Baltimore evolving into the "Wednesday Club"

DEATH OF OTTO SUTRO: Complications that Followed a Surgical Operation MUSICIAN, MINER, MERCHANT Sketch, of a Career that "Was Full of Interest He Taught Music, Dug for Gold, Kept Store and Gave Concerts In California in the Early '50's--Bachelor Gatherings Out of which Grew the Wednesday Club--Founder of the Oratorio Society and Its Ardent Promoter-The Sun (1837-1991); Baltimore, Md. [Baltimore, Md]20 Jan 1896