"Internierte Kamerun-Missionare in Jamaika mit Dr. Hoffmann, Sekretär des Weltbundes der C.V.J.M. u. Dr. Süss, Agogo (Goldk.). "
Item Details
Title:
"Internierte Kamerun-Missionare in Jamaika mit Dr. Hoffmann, Sekretär des Weltbundes der C.V.J.M. u. Dr. Süss, Agogo (Goldk.). "
Alternate title:
"Interned Cameroon missionaries in Jamaica with Dr Hoffmann, the Secretary of YMCA International, and with Dr Süss of Agogo (Gold Coast)."
Description
Names
Dates
Date early:
01.01.1939
Date late:
31.12.1941
Proper date:
01.01.1939-31.12.1941
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: America {continent}: Central America {subcontinent}: Jamaica {modern state}
People:
Subject
Keywords:
communication, group, internee m, men's wear, war
Individuals:
Binder, Gottlob Friedrich (Mr)Name: Binder, Gottlob Friedrich (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1529
Date of Birth: 16.11.1878
Date of Death: 02.07.1960
Profession: turner (Dreher)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Need more information?, Erne, Jakob (Mr)Name: Erne, Jakob (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1756
Date of Birth: 04.09.1883
Date of Death: 28.02.1967
Biography: Returned to Cameroon 1929 - 1940. Internment 1914 - 1915 and 1940 - 1946.
Profession: locksmith (Schlosser)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Need more information?, Funk, Rudolf (Mr)Name: Funk, Rudolf (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2448
Date of Birth: 04.03.1910
Biography: Date of death registered neither in BV ("List of the Brethren") nor in personal file. Photograph in personal file.
Profession: farmer (Landwirt)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Need more information?, Haller, Richard [Cameroon] (Mr)Name: Haller, Richard [Cameroon] (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2434
Date of Birth: 20.06.1906
Date of Death: 04.04.1987
Biography: Internment in Jamaica from 1940 until 1946.
Profession: builder (Baumeister)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Need more information?, Hoffmann, CorneliusName: Hoffmann, Cornelius
Basel mission membership number: 0694
Need more information?, Hungerbühler, Richard (Mr)Name: Hungerbühler, Richard (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2271
Date of Birth: 26.12.1903
Date of Death: 17.08.1967
Biography: Internment: 1940 - 1947.
Profession: mechanic (Mechaniker)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Hungerbühler-Gehrig, Lidy Elisabeth (Mrs)
Need more information?, Ittmann, Johannes (Mr)Name: Ittmann, Johannes (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1737
Date of Birth: 26.01.1885
Date of Death: 15.06.1963
Biography: Internment 1914 - 1915. Once more in Cameroon 1927 - 1939.
Profession: administrative clerk (Schreiber)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Ittmann-Weygandt, Hanna (Mrs)
Need more information?, Oberlechner, Adolf (Mr)Name: Oberlechner, Adolf (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2422
Date of Birth: 10.06.1907
Profession: wheelwright (Wagner)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Need more information?, Sippel, Johannes Adam Wilhelm (Mr)Name: Sippel, Johannes Adam Wilhelm (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2373
Date of Birth: 21.07.1907
Date of Death: 20.07.1990
Biography: Internment Nigeria 1940 - 1946.
Profession: carpenter (Schreiner)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Need more information?, Stöckle, Johannes (Mr)Name: Stöckle, Johannes (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2452
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Stöckle-Bender, Margreth
Need more information?, Süss, Karl (Mr), Tröster, Georg Heinrich (Mr)Name: Tröster, Georg Heinrich (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2398
Date of Birth: 23.02.1909
Biography: For his wife (marriage: 1940) see Emma Geisselhardt.
Profession: farmer (Landwirt)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: [leer] N
Need more information?, Uloth, Johannes (Mr)Name: Uloth, Johannes (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2300
Date of Birth: 10.10.1905
Date of Death: 25.03.1981
Biography: Uloth was interned in Jamaica during the Second World War.
Profession: locksmith (Schlosser)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Need more information?, Wöhr, Christian Paul (Mr)Name: Wöhr, Christian Paul (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2259
Date of Birth: 18.09.1900
Date of Death: 26.12.1987
Biography: Internment 1938.
Profession: farmer (Landwirt)
Geographic references: Mission area: British Cameroon {mission area}
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Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 10.8cm x 13cm
[Condition]: good
[Type of support]: cardboard
[Process]: print, letterpress halftone (HD)
Identifier
Reference:
E-30.91.021
Citation:
Reference: BMA E-30.91.021
Title: "Internierte Kamerun-Missionare in Jamaika mit Dr. Hoffmann, Sekretär des Weltbundes der C.V.J.M. u. Dr. Süss, Agogo (Goldk.). "
Creator: unknown
Date: 01.01.1939-31.12.1941

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