"Missionsgeschwister in Kamerun. Gantenbein u. Frau, Witwer u. Frau, Greule, Wahl, G. Spellenberg. Rosa. "
Item Details
Title:
"Missionsgeschwister in Kamerun. Gantenbein u. Frau, Witwer u. Frau, Greule, Wahl, G. Spellenberg. Rosa. "
Alternate title:
"Missionaries in Cameroon: Rev. & Mrs Gantenbein, Rev. & Mrs Wittwer, Greule, G. Spellenberg, Rosa."
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:
01.01.1900
Date late:
31.12.1903
Proper date:
01.01.1900-31.12.1903
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Cameroon {modern state}
People:
Subject
Keywords:
banana, chair, child, communication, group, religion and philosophy (general), Christianity, missionary f, missionary m, table, tablecloth, veranda, craft production, wickerwork
Individuals:
Gantenbein, Bartholome (Mr)Name: Gantenbein, Bartholome (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1330
Date of Birth: 15.06.1871
Date of Death: 28.05.1927
Profession: farmer (Bauer)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Gantenbein-Montigel, Regina Dorothea (Mrs)
Need more information?, Gantenbein-Montigel, Regina Dorothea (Mrs)Name: Gantenbein-Montigel, Regina Dorothea (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 03.10.1873
Date of Death: 12.03.1967
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Gantenbein, Bartholome (Mr)
Need more information?, Greule, Jakob (Mr)Name: Greule, Jakob (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1394
Date of Birth: 05.08.1873
Date of Death: 10.11.1947
Profession: gardener (Gärtner)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Greule-Häfliger, Bertha (Mrs)
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?, Rosa (child), 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?, Wahl, Johannes (Mr)Name: Wahl, Johannes (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1423
Date of Birth: 07.04.1875
Date of Death: 08.01.1953
Profession: shoemaker (Schuhmacher)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Need more information?, Wittwer, Karl (Mr)Name: Wittwer, Karl (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1206
Date of Birth: 10.05.1864
Date of Death: 19.11.1940
Biography: After his first wife's death Karl Wittwer married (1904) Maria Rosa Lüthi.
Profession: farmer (Bauer)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Wittwer-Müller, Luise Bertha (Mrs)
Need more information?, Wittwer-Müller, Luise Bertha (Mrs)Name: Wittwer-Müller, Luise Bertha (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 27.03.1868
Date of Death: 15.09.1903
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Wittwer, Karl (Mr)
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Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 11.4cm x 16.6cm
[Condition]: medium
[Type of support]: cardboard
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, collodion
Identifier
Reference:
E-30.35.015
Citation:
Reference: BMA E-30.35.015
Title: "Missionsgeschwister in Kamerun. Gantenbein u. Frau, Witwer u. Frau, Greule, Wahl, G. Spellenberg. Rosa. "
Creator: Leimenstoll, Johannes Immanuel (Mr)
Date: 01.01.1900-31.12.1903

Leimenstoll, Johannes Immanuel (Mr), “Missionsgeschwister in Kamerun. Gantenbein u. Frau, Witwer u. Frau, Greule, Wahl, G. Spellenberg. Rosa. ,” BMArchives, accessed April 7, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/60090.
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