"Tschi Synode in Aburi im Januar 1909. "
Item Details
Title:
"Tschi Synode in Aburi im Januar 1909. "
Alternate title:
"Twi synod in Aburi, January 1909."
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:
January 1909
Proper date:
January 1909
Acquisition year:
1912
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Ghana {modern state}: Ghana {traditional states}: Akwapim {traditional state}: Aburi {place}
People:
Subject
Keywords:
communication, conference, religion and philosophy (general), Christianity, congregation, congregation member m, group, men's wear, missionary m, pastor m, synod, synod executive m
Individuals:
Bauer, Andreas (Mr)Name: Bauer, Andreas (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1130
Date of Birth: 04.02.1864
Date of Death: 13.03.1909
Biography: Bauer's first wife, Hanna Weiser, died 1898. For his second wife see Emma Bauer-Nothwang.
Profession: carpenter (Schreiner)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Bauer-Nothwang, Emma (Mrs)
Need more information?, Bellon, Immanuel (Mr)Name: Bellon, Immanuel (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1424
Date of Birth: 09.05.1875
Date of Death: 22.05.1956
Biography: From 1918 to 1922 Bellon worked as a assistant pastor in several churches in Southern Germany. He was in Ghana again from 1926 to 1934. - NB married twice, to Agnes Knapp and Magdalena Roser.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Relationships: Bruder/Schwester von: Zwar-Bellon, Martha (Mrs), Tochter/Sohn von: Bellon, Christian Friedrich (Mr)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Blocher, Jakob (Mr)Name: Blocher, Jakob (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1415
Date of Birth: 02.03.1874
Date of Death: 28.03.1948
Biography: Deputy pastor and travelling secretary of the Basel Mission in Strassbourg.
Profession: watchmaker (Uhrmacher)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Bürki, Rudolf (Mr)Name: Bürki, Rudolf (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1401
Date of Birth: 22.04.1874
Date of Death: 11.07.1951
Biography: Deputy pastor and travelling secretary of the Basel Mission in Switzerland from 1909 to 1940.
Profession: gardener (Gärtner)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Bürki-Cretegny, Elise (Mrs)
Need more information?, Epting-Baumann, Karl (Mr)Name: Epting-Baumann, Karl (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1448 / LV 0290
Date of Birth: 19.10.1875
Date of Death: 19.08.1955
Biography: On the staff of the Mission's travelling exhibitions from 1909 to 1911. Warden of the Mission House Basel 1911-1948.
Profession: carpenter (Schreiner)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Epting-Baumann, Johanna (Mrs)
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?, 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?, Kugler, Gotthold Leonh. (Mr)Name: Kugler, Gotthold Leonh. (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1620
Date of Birth: 03.06.1880
Date of Death: 23.10.1951
Profession: typesetter (Schriftsetzer)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Lädrach, Otto (Mr)Name: Lädrach, Otto (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1427
Date of Birth: 21.07.1875
Date of Death: 23.05.1949
Profession: secondary school pupil (Gymnasiast)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Maue, Ludwig (Mr)Name: Maue, Ludwig (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1469
Date of Birth: 18.05.1874
Date of Death: 24.08.1943
Biography: Internment from 1917 to 1918. Travelling secretary of the Basel Mission and deputy pastor from 1918 to 1939.
Profession: wheelwright (Wagner)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Nothwang, Erwin (Mr)Name: Nothwang, Erwin (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1445
Date of Birth: 16.07.1875
Date of Death: 16.12.1965
Biography: Internment from 1917 to 1918. Deputy pastor from 1918 to 1943.
Profession: typesetter (Schriftsetzer)
Relationships: Bruder/Schwester von: Nothwang, Emil (Mr)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Rottmann, Wilhelm Jacob (Mr)Name: Rottmann, Wilhelm Jacob (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1102
Date of Birth: 09.09.1859
Date of Death: 03.07.1917
Biography: From 1912 to 1916 Rottmann was a travelling secretary of the Basel Mission in Germany.
Profession: teacher (Lehrer)
Relationships: Bruder/Schwester von: Rottmann, Gottlob Samuel (Mr), Tochter/Sohn von: Rottmann, Hermann Ludwig (Mr)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Schimming, Otto (Mr)Name: Schimming, Otto (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1361
Date of Birth: 26.08.1872
Date of Death: 12.10.1946
Biography: Internment from 1916 to 1917. Travelling secretary of the Basel Mission from 1918 to 1920 and from 1925 to 1927. Commercial clerk from 1920 to 1922. City missioner in Stuttgart from 1922 to 1925 and from 1930 to 1936.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}, Mission area: Togo {mission area}
Need more information?, Schmid, Andreas (Mr)Name: Schmid, Andreas (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1213
Date of Birth: 07.03.1865
Date of Death: 30.01.1940
Biography: After his return Schmid was a deputy pastor in the Protestant Church of Württemberg until 1920.
Profession: weaver (Trikotweber)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
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Relationships
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Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 11.6cm x 16.9cm
[Type of support]: cardboard
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, collodion
Identifier
Reference:
D-30.09.022
Citation:
Reference: BMA D-30.09.022
Title: "Tschi Synode in Aburi im Januar 1909. "
Creator: Fisch, Rudolf (Mr)
Date: 1912

Fisch, Rudolf (Mr), “Tschi Synode in Aburi im Januar 1909. ,” BMArchives, accessed May 1, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/56353.
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