"Kayin. "
Item Details
Title:
"Kayin. "
Alternate title:
"Kayin."
Description
Names
Creator:
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}
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Dates
Date early:
01.01.1921
Date late:
31.12.1922
Proper date:
01.01.1921-31.12.1922
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Asia {continent}: China {modern state}: Guangdong {province}: Meixian {district}: Meixian {place}
People:
Subject
Keywords:
child, doctor m, communication, group, religion and philosophy (general), Christianity, missionary f, missionary m, nurse, teacher f
Individuals:
Bay, Heinrich Emanuel (child)Name: Bay, Heinrich Emanuel (child)
Date of Birth: 19.10.1921
Date of Death: 06.11.1976
Relationships: Tochter/Sohn von: Bay, Hermann (Mr)
Need more information?, Bay-Ziegler, Eugenia Paulina (Mrs)Name: Bay-Ziegler, Eugenia Paulina (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 09.06.1887
Biography: BV ("List of the Brethren") doesn't give the date of Mrs Bay's death.
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Relationships: Tochter/Sohn von: Ziegler, Heinrich (Mr), verheiratet mit: Bay, Hermann (Mr)
Need more information?, Bay, Gertrud Elisabeth (child)Name: Bay, Gertrud Elisabeth (child)
Date of Birth: 30.06.1915
Relationships: Tochter/Sohn von: Bay, Hermann (Mr)
Need more information?, Bay, Hedwig Johanna (child)Name: Bay, Hedwig Johanna (child)
Date of Birth: 01.12.1917
Relationships: Tochter/Sohn von: Bay, Hermann (Mr)
Need more information?, Bay, Helene Jenny (child)Name: Bay, Helene Jenny (child)
Date of Birth: 16.06.1919
Relationships: Tochter/Sohn von: Bay, Hermann (Mr)
Need more information?, 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?, Bay, Katharina Luise (child)Name: Bay, Katharina Luise (child)
Date of Birth: 27.10.1916
Relationships: Tochter/Sohn von: Bay, Hermann (Mr)
Need more information?, Bizer, Heinrich (Mr)Name: Bizer, Heinrich (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1864
Date of Birth: 24.10.1888
Date of Death: 04.03.1927
Profession: carpenter (Schreiner)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Need more information?, Fritz-Schenkel, Theodora Josefine (Mrs)Name: Fritz-Schenkel, Theodora Josefine (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 01.08.1885
Date of Death: 17.12.1928
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Relationships: Tochter/Sohn von: Schenkel, Rudolf (Mr), verheiratet mit: Fritz, Karl Gotthilf (Mr)
Need more information?, Fritz, Gudrun (child)Name: Fritz, Gudrun (child)
Relationships: Tochter/Sohn von: Fritz, Christian Gottlieb (Mr)
Need more information?, Gmünder, Hanna (Ms)Name: Gmünder, Hanna (Ms)
Basel mission membership number: SV 0150
Date of Birth: 12.10.1892
Date of Death: 09.01.1981
Profession: needlework teacher (Arbeitslehrerin)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Need more information?, Hersperger, Karl Ernst (Mr)Name: Hersperger, Karl Ernst (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2207
Date of Birth: 28.04.1898
Date of Death: 04.01.1979
Biography: After 1929 Hersperger worked as a teacher again in Switzerland.
Profession: teacher (Lehrer)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Hersperger-Meyer, Bertina (Mrs)
Need more information?, Lüscher, Marie (Ms)Name: Lüscher, Marie (Ms)
Basel mission membership number: SV 0151
Date of Birth: 23.08.1886
Date of Death: 10.04.1957
Biography: Ms Lüscher married Bizer after the only photograph she is on was taken.
Profession: nurse (Krankenschwester)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Bizer, Heinrich (Mr)
Need more information?, Maurer-Ziegler, Emma Valeria (Mrs)Name: Maurer-Ziegler, Emma Valeria (Mrs)
Basel mission membership number: SV 0096
Date of Birth: 14.01.1886
Date of Death: 30.11.1969
Biography: BV ("List of the Brethren") doesn't give the date of Ms Maurer's death. Contradictory data about her name: FR ("Family Register") gives Emma Valeria, SV ("List of the Sisters") Valerie. A.k.a. Ziegler, Valerie (Ms).
Relationships: Bruder/Schwester von: Ziegler, Heinrich (Mr), verheiratet mit: Maurer, Wilhelm Hermann (Mr)
Need more information?, Maurer, Wilhelm Hermann (Mr)Name: Maurer, Wilhelm Hermann (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1632
Date of Birth: 12.07.1882
Date of Death: 25.11.1951
Biography: Maurer was held captured by communist troops (31.10.1930 - 19.12.1930). From 1939 to 1949 he was a deputy pastor in Kornthal.
Profession: lawyer's clerk (Notariatsgehilfe)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Need more information?, Mühleisen, Gertrud Frida (child)Name: Mühleisen, Gertrud Frida (child)
Date of Birth: 23.04.1921
Date of Death: 06.02.1953
Relationships: Tochter/Sohn von: Mühleisen, Heinrich (Mr)
Need more information?, Mühleisen-Dilger, Frida Emilie (Mrs)Name: Mühleisen-Dilger, Frida Emilie (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 09.10.1890
Date of Death: 28.10.1981
Relationships: Tochter/Sohn von: Dilger, Wilhelm (Mr), verheiratet mit: Mühleisen, Heinrich (Mr)
Need more information?, Mühleisen, Heinrich (Mr)Name: Mühleisen, Heinrich (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1794
Date of Birth: 05.08.1885
Date of Death: 10.11.1954
Biography: After his return from China Mühleisen moved to the USA as a pastor for the German Evangelical Synod.
Profession: mechanic (Mechaniker)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Need more information?, Schultheiss, Hermann* (child)Name: Schultheiss, Hermann* (child)
Relationships: Tochter/Sohn von: Schultheiss, Hermann (Mr)
Need more information?, Schultheiss-Schwyn, Karoline (Mrs)Name: Schultheiss-Schwyn, Karoline (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 28.08.1892
Date of Death: 05.10.1930
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Schultheiss, Hermann (Mr)
Need more information?, Schultheiss, Hermann (Mr)Name: Schultheiss, Hermann (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2111
Date of Birth: 05.11.1885
Date of Death: 20.04.1965
Profession: carpenter (Schreiner)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Need more information?, Sikemeier, Ernst Theodor (Mr)Name: Sikemeier, Ernst Theodor (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1813
Date of Birth: 27.12.1888
Date of Death: 31.10.1976
Biography: Sikemeier went to China as a medical doctor. After his return from China he worked as a doctor in a psychiatric hospital.
Profession: secondary school pupil (Gymnasiast)
Relationships: Bruder/Schwester von: Sikemeier, Wilhelm (Mr), Tochter/Sohn von: Sikemeier, Wilhelm Everadus (Mr)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Need more information?, Thurneysen, Elisabeth (Ms)Name: Thurneysen, Elisabeth (Ms)
Basel mission membership number: SV 0147
Date of Birth: 31.07.1887
Biography: A.k.a. Wyder-Thurneisen, Elisabeth (Mrs).
Profession: teacher (Lehrerin)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: [leer] N
Need more information?, Tillmann, Werner (Mr)Name: Tillmann, Werner (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2227
Date of Birth: 18.05.1895
Date of Death: 22.01.1982
Biography: After his return from China Tillmann was a secondary school teacher in Switzerland.
Profession: primary school teacher (Primarlehrer)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Need more information?, Zimmer, Hildegard (child)Name: Zimmer, Hildegard (child)
Relationships: Tochter/Sohn von: Zimmer, Julius (Mr)
Need more information?, Zimmer, Julius (Mr)Name: Zimmer, Julius (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1538
Date of Birth: 02.01.1880
Date of Death: 03.04.1959
Biography: Student of theology from 1898 to 1903.
Profession: secondary school pupil (Gymnasiast)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Zimmer-Morgenroth, Lily (Mrs)
Need more information?, Zimmer, Walter (child)Name: Zimmer, Walter (child)
Relationships: Tochter/Sohn von: Zimmer, Julius (Mr)
Need more information?, Sikemeier-Casparis, Barbara (Mrs)Name: Sikemeier-Casparis, Barbara (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 20.03.1893
Date of Death: 07.04.1968
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Sikemeier, Ernst Theodor (Mr)
Need more information?, Zimmer-Morgenroth, Lily (Mrs)Name: Zimmer-Morgenroth, Lily (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 04.07.1882
Date of Death: 30.01.1961
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Relationships: Tochter/Sohn von: Morgenroth, Georg (Mr), verheiratet mit: Zimmer, Julius (Mr)
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Relationships
Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 7.7cm x 10.5cm
[Condition]: medium
[Type of support]: cardboard
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
Identifier
Reference:
A-30.83.066
Citation:
Reference: BMA A-30.83.066
Title: "Kayin. "
Creator: Bay, Hermann (Mr)
Date: 01.01.1921-31.12.1922

Bay, Hermann (Mr), “Kayin. ,” BMArchives, accessed April 21, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/51984.
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