"General Conferenz in Hongkong 1912. "
Item Details
Title:
"General Conferenz in Hongkong 1912. "
Alternate title:
"General Conference in Hong Kong 1912."
Description
Names
Creator:
Walter, Georg Ernst (Mr)Name: Walter, Georg Ernst (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1955
Date of Birth: 19.11.1886
Date of Death: 07.01.1975
Biography: Walter was held captured by communist troops (17.08.1929-11.12.1930). He returned from China in 1931 and was then a city missioner in Zürich (1933-1940) and a pastor in Winterthur (1940-1956). From 1946 to 1948 he was in China again.
Profession: curate (Pfarrvikar)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
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Dates
Date early:
04.03.1912
Proper date:
04.03.1912
Acquisition year:
1912
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Asia {continent}: China {modern state}: Hong Kong (Xianggang) Special Administrative Region {province}: Hong Kong, general {place}
People:
Subject
Keywords:
doctor m, communication, group, religion and philosophy (general), Christianity, missionary m
Individuals:
Bay, Hermann (Mr)Name: Bay, Hermann (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1745
Date of Birth: 04.11.1884
Date of Death: 05.01.1925
Biography: Bay went to China as a doctor. BV ("List of the Brethren") says that he was a medical student in Basel and Bern from 1904 but does not indicate when he qualified.
Profession: medical student (stud. med.)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Need more information?, Giess, Heinrich (Mr)Name: Giess, Heinrich (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1228
Date of Birth: 06.10.1868
Date of Death: 24.10.1944
Profession: farmer (Bauer)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Giess-Germiquet, Helene (Mrs)
Need more information?, Gohl, Ernst (Mr)Name: Gohl, Ernst (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1449
Date of Birth: 27.10.1875
Date of Death: 23.09.1960
Biography: After his return from China Gohl was a travelling secretary of the Basel Mission in Germany until his pension in 1947.
Profession: gardener (Gärtner)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Need more information?, Kiehlnecker, Karl (Mr)Name: Kiehlnecker, Karl (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1657
Date of Birth: 13.10.1883
Date of Death: 13.02.1937
Biography: After his return from Sabah Kiehlnecker was a city missioner in Ulm (1932-1937).
Profession: carpenter (Schreiner)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}, Mission area: Sabah {mission area}
Need more information?, Kilpper, Gotthilf Christian (Mr)Name: Kilpper, Gotthilf Christian (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1734
Date of Birth: 27.08.1884
Date of Death: 20.09.1956
Biography: Kilpper was held captured by communist robbers (17.08.1929-09.02.1930).
Profession: turner (Dreher)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Need more information?, Krüger, Georg Heinrich Ernst (Mr)Name: Krüger, Georg Heinrich Ernst (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1419
Date of Birth: 08.12.1874
Date of Death: 16.05.1936
Biography: In 1914 Krüger moved from China directly to the USA to work for the German Evangelical Synod.
Profession: lithographer (Lithograph)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}, Mission area: USA {mission area}
Need more information?, Lohss (Mr), Maier, S. (Mr), Maisch, Wilhelm Friedrich (Mr)Name: Maisch, Wilhelm Friedrich (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1507
Date of Birth: 13.01.1878
Date of Death: 25.06.1924
Biography: There is a 35 p. manuscript written by Maisch in the Basel Mission archive giving advice on the use of his negatives as coloured slides and descriptions of the contents of the pictures.
Profession: carpenter (Schreiner)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Need more information?, Neubacher, Matthias (Mr)Name: Neubacher, Matthias (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1498
Date of Birth: 06.07.1873
Date of Death: 15.05.1957
Profession: farmer (Bauer)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Need more information?, Oehler, Wilhelm (Mr)Name: Oehler, Wilhelm (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1786
Date of Birth: 04.06.1877
Date of Death: 20.03.1966
Biography: Oehler went to Palestine before entering the Basel Mission (1903 - 04). Doctorate in philosophy (1904) and in theology (1926). University teacher for missionary sciences at the University of Tübingen (1920-1926). BM inspector for China (1926 - 32).
Profession: student of theology (cand. theol.)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}, Mission area: Palestine {mission area}
Need more information?, Schoch (Mr)Name: Schoch (Mr)
Biography: Unclear whether Schoch, Karl (Mr) or Schoch, Viktor (Mr) is meant.
Need more information?, Schoch, Karl (Mr)Name: Schoch, Karl (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1563
Date of Birth: 14.06.1879
Date of Death: 03.09.1967
Profession: bookbinder (Buchbinder)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Need more information?, Schüle, Paul Julius (Mr)Name: Schüle, Paul Julius (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1362
Date of Birth: 20.02.1873
Date of Death: 22.02.1943
Biography: Internment from 1916 to 1919. Deputy pastor in Switzerland from 1921 to 1923.
Profession: baker (Bäcker)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}, Mission area: Sabah {mission area}
Need more information?, Schultze, Otto Karl Eduard (Mr)Name: Schultze, Otto Karl Eduard (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 0987
Date of Birth: 25.03.1857
Date of Death: 23.03.1930
Profession: gardener (Gärtner)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: [leer] N
Need more information?, Sikemeier, Wilhelm (Mr)Name: Sikemeier, Wilhelm (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1618
Date of Birth: 30.11.1879
Date of Death: 30.11.1958
Biography: After his return from China Sikemeier was a secondary school teacher in Basel until 1959.
Profession: teacher (Lehrer)
Relationships: Bruder/Schwester von: Sikemeier, Eduard (Mr), Tochter/Sohn von: Sikemeier, Wilhelm Everadus (Mr)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Need more information?, Vortisch, Hermann (Mr)Name: Vortisch, Hermann (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1674
Date of Birth: 18.06.1874
Date of Death: 02.05.1944
Biography: After his return from China Vortisch worked as a doctor (1914-1928) and as an editor of mission publications (1928-1937).
Profession: doctor (Dr. med.)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}, Mission area: China {mission area}, Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Walter, Georg Ernst (Mr)Name: Walter, Georg Ernst (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1955
Date of Birth: 19.11.1886
Date of Death: 07.01.1975
Biography: Walter was held captured by communist troops (17.08.1929-11.12.1930). He returned from China in 1931 and was then a city missioner in Zürich (1933-1940) and a pastor in Winterthur (1940-1956). From 1946 to 1948 he was in China again.
Profession: curate (Pfarrvikar)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
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Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 10.2cm x 7.5cm
[Condition]: medium
[Type of support]: cardboard
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
Identifier
Reference:
A-30.01.043
Citation:
Reference: BMA A-30.01.043
Title: "General Conferenz in Hongkong 1912. "
Creator: Walter, Georg Ernst (Mr)
Date: 1912

Walter, Georg Ernst (Mr), “General Conferenz in Hongkong 1912. ,” BMArchives, accessed July 28, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/50074.
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