"Fort in Kumase a.d. Goldküste. In diesem Fort fanden die Geschwister Ramseyer, Jost, Frau Haasis und Br. Weller Zuflucht während des Asanteaufstandes i. J. 1900. "
Item Details
Title:
"Fort in Kumase a.d. Goldküste. In diesem Fort fanden die Geschwister Ramseyer, Jost, Frau Haasis und Br. Weller Zuflucht während des Asanteaufstandes i. J. 1900. "
Alternate title:
"Kumase fort. Here the Ramseyers, the Josts, Mrs. Haasis and Mr. Weller took refuge during the Asante rebellion 1900."
Description
Names
Dates
Date early:
1900
Proper date:
1900
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Ghana {modern state}: Ghana {modern regions}: Ashanti {modern region}: Kumase {place}
People:
Subject
Keywords:
colonial war, pole, fortification, fort, refuge
Individuals:
Jost, Friedrich Adolf (Mr)Name: Jost, Friedrich Adolf (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1353
Date of Birth: 22.06.1871
Date of Death: 19.10.1942
Biography: Travelling secretary of the Basel Mission in Switzerland from 1918 to 1926. After his first wife , Elisabeth Jost-Brugger, died in 1907 he married Emma Jost-Raedelfinger in 1912.
Profession: saddler (Sattler)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: [leer] N
Need more information?, Jost-Brugger, Elisabeth (Mrs)Name: Jost-Brugger, Elisabeth (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 01.05.1873
Date of Death: 21.09.1907
Biography: First wife of Friedrich Adolf Jost.
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Jost, Friedrich Adolf (Mr)
Need more information?, Ramseyer, Friedrich August Louis (Mr)Name: Ramseyer, Friedrich August Louis (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 0627
Date of Birth: 07.10.1840
Date of Death: 06.08.1914
Biography: Ramseyer went to Ghana as a builder and was ordained there in 1875. From 1869 to 1874 he was held captured by the Asante together with J. Kühne. In August 1905 he went on a journey to New York and returned in June 1906.
Profession: builder (Baumeister)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Ramseyer-Bontems, Rosa Luise (Mrs)Name: Ramseyer-Bontems, Rosa Luise (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 07.07.1841
Date of Death: 09.04.1906
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Ramseyer, Friedrich August Louis (Mr)
Need more information?, Weller, Karl Christian (Mr)Name: Weller, Karl Christian (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1398
Date of Birth: 07.02.1874
Date of Death: 03.07.1900
Biography: His grave is in Akwaboso on the way from Kumase to the coast.
Profession: gardener (Gärtner)
Relationships: Bruder/Schwester von: Weller, Paul Heinrich (Mr)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Haasis-Leimenstoll, Amalie (Mrs)Name: Haasis-Leimenstoll, Amalie (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 14.12.1868
Date of Death: 29.08.1941
Relationships: Bruder/Schwester von: Vöhringer-Leimenstoll, Johanna (Mrs), verheiratet mit: Haasis, Jakob (Mr)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
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Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 9.8cm x 14.1cm
[Condition]: medium; retouched
[Type of support]: cardboard
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, collodion
Identifier
Reference:
D-30.18.010
Citation:
Reference: BMA D-30.18.010
Title: "Fort in Kumase a.d. Goldküste. In diesem Fort fanden die Geschwister Ramseyer, Jost, Frau Haasis und Br. Weller Zuflucht während des Asanteaufstandes i. J. 1900. "
Creator: unknown
Date: 1900

“Fort in Kumase a.d. Goldküste. In diesem Fort fanden die Geschwister Ramseyer, Jost, Frau Haasis und Br. Weller Zuflucht während des Asanteaufstandes i. J. 1900. ,” BMArchives, accessed April 19, 2024, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/56827.
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