"Missions-Geschw. mit ihren Hausknaben in Bomono. Feeser, Köster, Trautwein, Gehr, Gesch. Hoffmann, Stakl [sic], Spellenberg, G., Walker. "
Item Details
Title:
"Missions-Geschw. mit ihren Hausknaben in Bomono. Feeser, Köster, Trautwein, Gehr, Gesch. Hoffmann, Stakl [sic], Spellenberg, G., Walker. "
Alternate title:
"Misionaries with their house-boys in Bomono. Feeser, Köster, Trautwein, Gehr, Hoffmanns, Stakl [sic], G. Spellenberg, Walker."
Description
Names
Creator:
Leimenstoll, Johannes Immanuel (Mr)Name: Leimenstoll, Johannes Immanuel (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1578
Date of Birth: 30.08.1873
Date of Death: 21.03.1940
Biography: Portrait No QS-30.001.1052.01 gives "Reichenbach" as place of birth, BV ("List of the Brethren") "Göppingen" and FR ("Family Register") gives "Reichenbach" as place of origin.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
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Dates
Date early:
01.01.1903
Date late:
31.12.1904
Proper date:
01.01.1903-31.12.1904
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Cameroon {modern state}: Littoral {province}: Bomono {place}
[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Cameroon {modern state}: Littoral {province}: Douala {place}: Bonaberi {place}
People:
Subject
Keywords:
box, chair, domestic servant m, communication, group, religion and philosophy (general), Christianity, missionary f, missionary m
Individuals:
Feeser, Hermann (Mr)Name: Feeser, Hermann (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1666
Date of Birth: 30.12.1883
Date of Death: 23.11.1971
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Need more information?, Gehr, Christian Otto (Mr)Name: Gehr, Christian Otto (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1420
Date of Birth: 11.01.1875
Date of Death: 11.12.1946
Biography: Internment in Cameroon and England 1914 - 1915.
Profession: taylor (Schneider)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Need more information?, Hoffmann, Georg Max Alfred (Mr)Name: Hoffmann, Georg Max Alfred (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1544
Date of Birth: 15.10.1874
Date of Death: 15.09.1961
Biography: Internment in Cameroon (1914 - 1915) and England (1915 - 1918). He worked for the African Fruit Company in Cameroon from 1926 - 1933.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Hoffmann-Müller, Hulda (Mrs)
Need more information?, Hoffmann-Müller, Hulda (Mrs)Name: Hoffmann-Müller, Hulda (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 21.12.1817
Date of Death: 30.12.1948
Biography: Contradictory data in the BV ("List of the Brethren"): Above date of death 30.12.1948 is an annotation saying 28.?12.1948. Mrs Hoffmann was formerly married to Kobel, Ferdinand (Mr).
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Hoffmann, Georg Max Alfred (Mr)
Need more information?, Köster, Heinrich Friedrich (Mr)Name: Köster, Heinrich Friedrich (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1668
Date of Birth: 31.03.1871
Date of Death: 25.03.1960
Biography: Portrait no QS-30.001.1118 gives as first name "Heinrich", BV ("List of the Brethren") "Heinrich Friedrich". Internment 1915 - 1916.
Profession: constructional technician (Bautechniker)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Need more information?, Leimenstoll, Johannes Immanuel (Mr)Name: Leimenstoll, Johannes Immanuel (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1578
Date of Birth: 30.08.1873
Date of Death: 21.03.1940
Biography: Portrait No QS-30.001.1052.01 gives "Reichenbach" as place of birth, BV ("List of the Brethren") "Göppingen" and FR ("Family Register") gives "Reichenbach" as place of origin.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Need more information?, Spellenberg, Gottlieb Friedrich (Mr)Name: Spellenberg, Gottlieb Friedrich (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1323
Date of Birth: 09.03.1870
Date of Death: 04.05.1925
Profession: bookbinder (Buchbinder)
Relationships: Bruder/Schwester von: Spellenberg, Friedrich Matthias Daniel (Mr)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Need more information?, Stakl (Mr), Trautwein, Wilhelm (Mr)Name: Trautwein, Wilhelm (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1609
Date of Birth: 27.04.1869
Date of Death: 27.05.1956
Profession: locksmith (Schlosser)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Need more information?, Walker, Gottlob (Mr)Name: Walker, Gottlob (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1208
Date of Birth: 25.01.1865
Date of Death: 12.02.1929
Biography: Place of origin (Heimatort) as citizen of the German empire not given in BV ("List of the Brethren"), later he was given citizenship in Uetikon, Switzerland, where he founded and managed a mental home called "Bergheim".
Profession: blacksmith (Schmied)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
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Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 11.7cm x 17cm
[Condition]: good
[Type of support]: cardboard
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
Identifier
Reference:
E-30.08.020
Citation:
Reference: BMA E-30.08.020
Title: "Missions-Geschw. mit ihren Hausknaben in Bomono. Feeser, Köster, Trautwein, Gehr, Gesch. Hoffmann, Stakl [sic], Spellenberg, G., Walker. "
Creator: Leimenstoll, Johannes Immanuel (Mr)
Date: 01.01.1903-31.12.1904

Leimenstoll, Johannes Immanuel (Mr), “Missions-Geschw. mit ihren Hausknaben in Bomono. Feeser, Köster, Trautwein, Gehr, Gesch. Hoffmann, Stakl [sic], Spellenberg, G., Walker. ,” BMArchives, accessed April 5, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/59094.
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