"Missionsgeschwister in Fumban (Kamerun). Von links nach rechts stehend: Br. Kirchner, Kühnle, Boger, Billmann, Schwarz, Dr. Müller, Frl. Wuhrmann, Vielhauer, Geprägs, Göhring, Lewerenz, Hohner, F. Spellenberg. Sitzend: Frau Schwartz, Frau Göhring, Frl. Föll. "
Item Details
Title:
"Missionsgeschwister in Fumban (Kamerun). Von links nach rechts stehend: Br. Kirchner, Kühnle, Boger, Billmann, Schwarz, Dr. Müller, Frl. Wuhrmann, Vielhauer, Geprägs, Göhring, Lewerenz, Hohner, F. Spellenberg. Sitzend: Frau Schwartz, Frau Göhring, Frl. Föll. "
Alternate title:
"The missionaries in Fumban (Cameroon). From l to r standing: Kirchner, Kühnle, Boger, Billmann, Schwarz, Dr Müller, Miss Wuhrmann, Vielhauer, Geprägs, Göhring, Lewerenz, Hohner, F. Spellenberg. Seated: Mrs Schwartz, Mrs Göhring, Miss Föll."
Description
Names
Dates
Date early:
1914
Proper date:
1914
Acquisition year:
after 1914
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Cameroon {modern state}: Cameroon {traditional state}: Bamum {traditional state}[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Cameroon {modern state}: Western Province {province}: Bamum {region}: Foumban {place}
People:
Subject
Keywords:
child, baby, doctor m, communication, group, men's wear, religion and philosophy (general), Christianity, missionary f, missionary m, nurse, woman, women's wear Individuals:
Billmann, Heinrich (Mr)Name: Billmann, Heinrich (Mr)Basel mission membership number: 1709
Date of Birth: 04.09.1883
Date of Death: 20.03.1964
Biography: Internment 1916 - 1919.
Profession: draughtsman (Maschinenzeichner)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Need more information?, Boger, Friedrich Karl (Mr)Name: Boger, Friedrich Karl (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1790
Date of Birth: 24.09.1884
Date of Death: 19.01.1942
Biography: Internment 1915 - 1919.
Profession: mechanic (Mechaniker)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Boger-Breuninger, Helene (Mrs)
Need more information?, Föll, Mina (Ms)Name: Föll, Mina (Ms)
Basel mission membership number: SV 0107
Date of Birth: 21.12.1884
Date of Death: 29.12.1939
Profession: nursemaid (Kindermädchen)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}, Mission area: Kalimantan {mission area}
Need more information?, Geprägs, Christoph (Mr)Name: Geprägs, Christoph (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1570
Date of Birth: 25.05.1880
Date of Death: 16.10.1918
Biography: Internment 1915 - 1916.
Profession: carpenter (Zimmermann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Geprägs-Merkle, Anna (Mrs)
Need more information?, Göhring, Martin (Mr)Name: Göhring, Martin (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1305
Date of Birth: 20.01.1871
Date of Death: 26.04.1959
Profession: farmer (Bauer)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Göhring-Kalmbach, Margarethe (Mrs)
Need more information?, Göhring-Kalmbach, Margarethe (Mrs)Name: Göhring-Kalmbach, Margarethe (Mrs)
Basel mission membership number: SV 0046
Date of Birth: 08.04.1876
Date of Death: 16.10.1939
Biography: Started in Cameroon as missionary in her own right before marrying Marin Göhring.
Profession: housekeeper; nurse (Nähen; Kochen; Haushalt; Krankenpflege)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Göhring, Martin (Mr)
Need more information?, Hohner, Matthias (Mr)Name: Hohner, Matthias (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1523
Date of Birth: 11.03.1875
Date of Death: 14.05.1975
Biography: Internment from 1915 - 1918. From the famous family of Hohner in Trossingen, which already at the end of the 19th century was producing factory-made hand- and mouth-organis.
Profession: mouth-organ maker (Mundharmonikamacher)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Need more information?, Kirchner, Adolf (Mr)Name: Kirchner, Adolf (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1378
Date of Birth: 17.02.1873
Date of Death: 03.12.1939
Biography: Internment from 1914 to 1917.
Profession: glazier (Glaser)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Kühnle, Ernst (Mr)Name: Kühnle, Ernst (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1819
Date of Birth: 12.03.1887
Date of Death: 15.01.1959
Biography: Internment 1916 - 1919.
Profession: carpenter (Schreiner)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}, Mission area: Kalimantan {mission area}
Need more information?, Lewerenz, Eduard (Mr)Name: Lewerenz, Eduard (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1686
Date of Birth: 24.10.1882
Date of Death: 21.11.1963
Biography: Internment 1915 - 1916. Portrait Ref. no. 30.001.1296 gives "Lwerenz" as family name.
Profession: mechanic (Mechaniker)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Need more information?, Schwarz, Eugen (Mr)Name: Schwarz, Eugen (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1681
Date of Birth: 14.02.1882
Date of Death: 11.10.1959
Biography: Internment in England 1915 - 1919.
Profession: locksmith (Schlosser)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Need more information?, Schwarz-Vogel, Margaretha (Mrs)Name: Schwarz-Vogel, Margaretha (Mrs)
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Schwarz, Eugen (Mr)
Need more information?, Spellenberg, Friedrich Matthias Daniel (Mr)Name: Spellenberg, Friedrich Matthias Daniel (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1501
Date of Birth: 20.02.1876
Date of Death: 12.02.1931
Biography: Internment 1915 - 1919.
Profession: bookbinder (Buchbinder)
Relationships: Bruder/Schwester von: Spellenberg, Gottlieb Friedrich (Mr)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Need more information?, Vielhauer, G. Adolf (Mr)Name: Vielhauer, G. Adolf (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1776
Date of Birth: 20.08.1880
Date of Death: 24.01.1959
Biography: Internment 1915 - 1916. Once more in Cameroon 1926 - 1938.
Profession: student of theology (cand. theol.)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Need more information?, Wuhrmann, Anna (Ms)Name: Wuhrmann, Anna (Ms)
Basel mission membership number: SV 0105
Date of Birth: 28.11.1881
Date of Death: 20.04.1971
Biography: In 1923 Anna Wuhrmann married B. Rein. Mrs Irmann (Basel), a relative of Anna Wuhrmann, insisted on Zürich as her place of origin, SV ("List of the Sisters") gives Basel (16.8.98 adb).
Profession: teacher (Lehrerin)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Need more information?, Müller, Theodor [Ghana] (Mr)Name: Müller, Theodor [Ghana] (Mr)
Date of Birth: 31.07.1880
Date of Death: 17.12.1941
Profession: doctor
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
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Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 8.8cm x 10.8cm
[Condition]: good
[Special format]: postcard
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, collodion
[Condition]: good
[Special format]: postcard
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, collodion
Identifier
Reference:
E-30.28.025
Citation:
Reference: BMA E-30.28.025
Title: "Missionsgeschwister in Fumban (Kamerun). Von links nach rechts stehend: Br. Kirchner, Kühnle, Boger, Billmann, Schwarz, Dr. Müller, Frl. Wuhrmann, Vielhauer, Geprägs, Göhring, Lewerenz, Hohner, F. Spellenberg. Sitzend: Frau Schwartz, Frau Göhring, Frl. Föll. "
Creator: unknown
Date: after 1914
“Missionsgeschwister in Fumban (Kamerun). Von links nach rechts stehend: Br. Kirchner, Kühnle, Boger, Billmann, Schwarz, Dr. Müller, Frl. Wuhrmann, Vielhauer, Geprägs, Göhring, Lewerenz, Hohner, F. Spellenberg. Sitzend: Frau Schwartz, Frau Göhring, Frl. Föll. ,” BMArchives, accessed March 26, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/59663.
Title: "Missionsgeschwister in Fumban (Kamerun). Von links nach rechts stehend: Br. Kirchner, Kühnle, Boger, Billmann, Schwarz, Dr. Müller, Frl. Wuhrmann, Vielhauer, Geprägs, Göhring, Lewerenz, Hohner, F. Spellenberg. Sitzend: Frau Schwartz, Frau Göhring, Frl. Föll. "
Creator: unknown
Date: after 1914
“Missionsgeschwister in Fumban (Kamerun). Von links nach rechts stehend: Br. Kirchner, Kühnle, Boger, Billmann, Schwarz, Dr. Müller, Frl. Wuhrmann, Vielhauer, Geprägs, Göhring, Lewerenz, Hohner, F. Spellenberg. Sitzend: Frau Schwartz, Frau Göhring, Frl. Föll. ,” BMArchives, accessed March 26, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/59663.
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