"Generalkonferrenz 1898 in Akropong. Goldküste. "
Item Details
Title:
"Generalkonferrenz 1898 in Akropong. Goldküste. "
Alternate title:
"General Missionaries' Conference 1898 in Akropong."
Description
Names
Dates
Date early:
1898
Proper date:
1898
Acquisition year:
before 1902
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Ghana {modern state}: Ghana {traditional states}: Akwapim {traditional state}: Aburi {place}: Aburi-Akropong {mission district}: Akropong {place}
People:
Subject
Keywords:
communication, conference, group, craft production, mat, religion and philosophy (general), Christianity, mission station, mission trader m, missionary m, wickerwork
Individuals:
Brugger, Traugott (Mr)Name: Brugger, Traugott (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1388
Date of Birth: 23.09.1870
Date of Death: 11.12.1954
Biography: Basler Missions-Handelsgesellschaft / Basel Mission Trading Company. From 1921 to 1936 Brugger worked for the UTC in Basel. His name was sometimes also spelt 'Brucker'.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Relationships: Bruder/Schwester von: Brugger, Hanna (Ms), verheiratet mit: Brugger-Iseli, Hanna Clara (Mrs)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
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?, Duisberg, August Wilhelm (Mr)Name: Duisberg, August Wilhelm (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1201
Date of Birth: 06.08.1837
Date of Death: 23.07.1916
Biography: Basel Mission Trading Company. Duisberg had been a missionary for the Pilgrim Mission in Khartum from 1864 to 1870. Before he entered the BM he had also worked in Jerusalem. After his return from Ghana D. was in the BM administration until 1916.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Duisberg-von Jaminet, Amalie (Mrs)
Need more information?, Fischer, Gottfried (Mr)Name: Fischer, Gottfried (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1253
Date of Birth: 20.06.1869
Date of Death: 24.05.1953
Profession: winegrower (Weingärtner)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: [leer] N
Need more information?, Furrer, Rudolf (Mr)Name: Furrer, Rudolf (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 0873
Date of Birth: 06.03.1850
Date of Death: 26.01.1905
Biography: Twice married, to Elisabeth Furrer-Egli, and Lena Furrer-Deck (q.v.)
Profession: farmer; weaver (Bauer; Weber)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Furrer-Deck, Lena (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?, Gsell, Ludwig Albert (Mr)Name: Gsell, Ludwig Albert (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1387
Date of Birth: 31.07.1874
Date of Death: 19.04.1954
Biography: After his return from Ghana Gsell was a Basel Mission travelling secretary from 1908 to 1917 and a pastor from 1917 to 1934.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Gsell-Zinsstag, Mary (Mrs)
Need more information?, Henrici, Adolf Anton (Mr)Name: Henrici, Adolf Anton (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1372
Date of Birth: 19.11.1871
Date of Death: 18.05.1953
Biography: After his return from Ghana Henrici was an assistant pastor in Baden until 1934.
Profession: secondary school pupil (Gymnasiast)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Isliker, Jakob (Mr)Name: Isliker, Jakob (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1142
Date of Birth: 09.10.1860
Date of Death: 18.08.1920
Biography: Isliker was sent to Ghana as an agricultural worker. Dismissed 1887 and hired instead as paid employee in 1891. 1896 given status of a missionary, dismissed again 1900. Worked in Ghana as a building contractor from 1900.
Profession: farmer (Bauer)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Jäger, Gotthilf (Mr)Name: Jäger, Gotthilf (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1087
Date of Birth: 19.03.1860
Date of Death: 25.08.1934
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Jäger-Keller, Pauline Friederike (Mrs)
Need more information?, Josenhans, Gottlob (Mr)Name: Josenhans, Gottlob (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1106
Date of Birth: 21.07.1861
Date of Death: 30.11.1941
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Josenhans-Riehm, Theodora (Mrs)
Need more information?, Kölle, Christian (Mr)Name: Kölle, Christian (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1147
Date of Birth: 08.02.1864
Date of Death: 28.02.1936
Biography: From 1915 to 1931 Christian Kölle was a commercial-school teacher in Calw. After 1931he revised missionary Schopf's Gâ dictionary.
Profession: carpenter (Schreiner)
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?, Martin, Gottfried (Mr)Name: Martin, Gottfried (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1176
Date of Birth: 18.08.1866
Date of Death: 08.11.1949
Biography: After his return from Ghana Martin was a deputy pastor for the Protestant Church of Württemberg (1914-1922) and a Mission Preacher for the Basel Mission in Württemberg (1922-1936).
Profession: baker (Bäcker)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Mohr, Adolf (Mr)Name: Mohr, Adolf (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 0849
Date of Birth: 20.01.1851
Date of Death: 27.01.1927
Biography: From 1906 to 1922 Mohr was an editor of mission publications (Missionsliterat) in several German cities.
Profession: mechanic (Mechanicus)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: Tochter/Sohn von: Mohr, Joseph Franz (Mr)
Need more information?, Mühlemann, Jakob (Mr)Name: Mühlemann, Jakob (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1329
Date of Birth: 08.06.1871
Date of Death: 26.10.1951
Biography: City Missioner in Zürich, Switzerland from 1899 to 1906. Pastor in Zürich from 1906 to 1939.
Profession: shoemaker (Schuhmacher)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Müller (Mr)Name: Müller (Mr)
Biography: Pastor ev. Afrika-Verein.
Need more information?, Obrecht, Leonhard (Mr)Name: Obrecht, Leonhard (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1207
Date of Birth: 10.07.1864
Date of Death: 13.02.1902
Profession: baker (Bäcker)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Ramseyer, Friedrich August Louis (Mr)Name: Ramseyer, Friedrich August Louis (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 0627
Date of Birth: 07.10.1840
Date of Death: 06.08.1914
Biography: Ramseyer went to Ghana as a builder and was ordained there in 1875. From 1869 to 1874 he was held captured by the Asante together with J. Kühne. In August 1905 he went on a journey to New York and returned in June 1906.
Profession: builder (Baumeister)
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?, 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?, Seeger, Johannes Michael (Mr)Name: Seeger, Johannes Michael (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 0930
Date of Birth: 11.10.1850
Date of Death: 09.03.1929
Biography: After his return from Ghana Seeger worked for the Evangelical Society in Stuttgart and for the Basel Mission.
Profession: carpenter (Schreiner)
Relationships: Bruder/Schwester von: Seeger, Matthäus (Mr)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Siegle, Wilhelm Gottlob (Mr)Name: Siegle, Wilhelm Gottlob (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1270
Date of Birth: 14.05.1868
Date of Death: 14.02.1935
Profession: winegrower (Weingärtner)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Weber, Georg (Mr)Name: Weber, Georg (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1062
Date of Birth: 04.01.1854
Date of Death: 09.02.1899
Profession: soap-maker (Seifensieder)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Zürcher, Gottfried (Mr)Name: Zürcher, Gottfried (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1205
Date of Birth: 06.08.1863
Date of Death: 23.04.1924
Biography: QS-30.001.0850 gives Lauperswyl as place of origin, BV gives Arch. In Ghana 1890-95, 1897-1902, 1904-07, 1908-12, 1914-18. Zürcher was then BM travelling secretary in Canton Bern. Married Louise Z-Spahn 1893, Marie Z-Frech 1905.
Profession: teacher (Lehrer)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Frech, Marie (Ms)
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[Same image]: D-30.20.012
[Same image]: QL-30.001.0022
[Same image]: QS-30.028.0052
Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 9.2cm x 15cm
[Condition]: medium
[Type of support]: cardboard
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, collodion
Identifier
Reference:
D-30.11.008
Citation:
Reference: BMA D-30.11.008
Title: "Generalkonferrenz 1898 in Akropong. Goldküste. "
Creator: unknown
Date: before 1902

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