"Insp. Schreiber mit Missionsgeschwistern. "
Item Details
Title:
"Insp. Schreiber mit Missionsgeschwistern. "
Alternate title:
"Inspector Schreiber with a group of missionaries."
Description
Names
Creator:
Fisch, Rudolf (Mr)Name: Fisch, Rudolf (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 0985
Date of Birth: 19.11.1856
Date of Death: 02.12.1946
Biography: Fisch went to Ghana as a qualified medical doctor,though not entitled to practice in Switzerland. He was a medical student at the University of Basel from 1880 to 1884. After his return he was a preacher for free church congregations.
Profession: saddler (Sattler)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Fisch-Schneider, Emma Katharina (Mrs)
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Dates
Date early:
27.02.1902
Proper date:
27.02.1902
Acquisition year:
1908
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Ghana {modern state}: Ghana {traditional states}: Akwapim {traditional state}: Aburi {place}
People:
Subject
Keywords:
child, baby, girl, communication, group, hat, inspector m, men's wear, religion and philosophy (general), Christianity, missionary f, missionary m, woman, women's wear
Individuals:
Bremen MissionName: Bremen Mission
Biography: The proper German version of the name given above is "Bremer Mission". The organisation is also known as the North German Mission.
Need more information?, Brugger, Hanna (Ms)Name: Brugger, Hanna (Ms)
Basel mission membership number: SV 0032
Date of Birth: 13.07.1861
Date of Death: 29.03.1927
Biography: Her name was also spelt 'Brucker'. (PST).
Profession: teacher (Lehrerin)
Relationships: Bruder/Schwester von: Brugger, Traugott (Mr), Tochter/Sohn von: [leer] N
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Bürgi, Ernst (Mr)Name: Bürgi, Ernst (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1342
Date of Birth: 01.07.1859
Date of Death: 20.03.1925
Biography: Bremen Mission. BV ("List of the Brethren") confirms that he left the Basel Mission in 1879 and went to Togo with the Bremen Mission until 1921. I.e. as a Swiss national he was allowed to remain in Togo though the war period.
Profession: student of theology (Seminarist)
Geographic references: Mission area: Togo {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Bürgi-Wachter, Frieda (Mrs)
Need more information?, Deuber, Arnold (Mr)Name: Deuber, Arnold (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1242
Date of Birth: 18.10.1867
Date of Death: 19.10.1930
Biography: After his return from Ghana Deuber was a pastor in Marthalen, Switzerland.
Profession: farmer (Bauer)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Deuber-Noz, Maria (Mrs)
Need more information?, Fisch, Lydia (child)Name: Fisch, Lydia (child)
Date of Birth: 12.11.1897
Relationships: Tochter/Sohn von: Fisch, Rudolf (Mr)
Need more information?, Fisch, Rudolf (Mr)Name: Fisch, Rudolf (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 0985
Date of Birth: 19.11.1856
Date of Death: 02.12.1946
Biography: Fisch went to Ghana as a qualified medical doctor,though not entitled to practice in Switzerland. He was a medical student at the University of Basel from 1880 to 1884. After his return he was a preacher for free church congregations.
Profession: saddler (Sattler)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Fisch-Schneider, Emma Katharina (Mrs)
Need more information?, Fisch-Schneider, Emma Katharina (Mrs)Name: Fisch-Schneider, Emma Katharina (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 22.03.1859
Date of Death: 27.09.1948
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Fisch, Rudolf (Mr)
Need more information?, Groh, Balthasar* (child)Name: Groh, Balthasar* (child)
Relationships: Tochter/Sohn von: Groh, Balthasar (Mr)
Need more information?, Groh, Balthasar (Mr)Name: Groh, Balthasar (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1107
Date of Birth: 18.12.1861
Date of Death: 07.06.1935
Biography: After his return from Ghana Groh was an assistant pastor in the Protestant Church in Hessen.
Profession: farmer (Bauer)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Groh-Wenger, Martha (Mrs)
Need more information?, Groh-Wenger, Martha (Mrs)Name: Groh-Wenger, Martha (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 12.10.1870
Date of Death: 12.07.1959
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Groh, Balthasar (Mr)
Need more information?, Schreiber (Mr)Name: Schreiber (Mr)
Biography: Inspector of the Bremen Mission.
Need more information?, Schweizer, Karl Julius (Mr)Name: Schweizer, Karl Julius (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1250
Date of Birth: 28.11.1868
Date of Death: 21.02.1951
Biography: From 1904 to 1921 Schweizer was a publisher for mission publications in Twi and from 1921 until 1927 he was a teacher for Latin and Greek in the Mission Seminary in Basel.
Profession: mechanic (Mechaniker)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Bürgi-Wachter, Frieda (Mrs)Name: Bürgi-Wachter, Frieda (Mrs)
Date of Death: 27.03.1958
Biography: Second wife of Bürgi, Ernst (Mr).
Geographic references: Mission area: Togo {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Bürgi, Ernst (Mr)
Need more information?, Deuber-Noz, Maria (Mrs)Name: Deuber-Noz, Maria (Mrs)
Basel mission membership number: SV 0039
Date of Birth: 27.11.1869
Date of Death: 28.01.1950
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Deuber, Arnold (Mr)
Need more information?, Schweizer-Kunz, Marie (Mrs)Name: Schweizer-Kunz, Marie (Mrs)
Basel mission membership number: SV 0036
Date of Birth: 25.02.1864
Date of Death: 29.01.1928
Profession: teacher
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Schweizer, Karl Julius (Mr)
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Relationships
[Same image]: D-30.09.018
[Same image]: QD-30.031.0028
[Same image]: QD-32.008.8174
Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 7.6cm x 11.4cm
[Condition]: medium
[Type of support]: cardboard
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, collodion
Identifier
Reference:
D-30.09.017
Citation:
Reference: BMA D-30.09.017
Title: "Insp. Schreiber mit Missionsgeschwistern. "
Creator: Fisch, Rudolf (Mr)
Date: 1908

Fisch, Rudolf (Mr), “Insp. Schreiber mit Missionsgeschwistern. ,” BMArchives, accessed May 1, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/56348.
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