"Ordination des Pfarrers Kwafo in Kumase. "
Item Details
Title:
"Ordination des Pfarrers Kwafo in Kumase. "
Alternate title:
"Pastor Kwafo's ordination in Kumase."
Description
Names
Creator:
Lipps, Adolf (Mr)Name: Lipps, Adolf (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1527
Date of Birth: 13.02.1878
Date of Death: 14.08.1941
Biography: Internment from 1917 to 1918. Deputy pastor in Württemberg after 1918. BV ("List of the Brethren") doesn't mention the year of his pension. Worked as monitor in Basel Mission.
Profession: case-maker (Etuisarbeiter)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
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Basel mission membership number: 1527
Date of Birth: 13.02.1878
Date of Death: 14.08.1941
Biography: Internment from 1917 to 1918. Deputy pastor in Württemberg after 1918. BV ("List of the Brethren") doesn't mention the year of his pension. Worked as monitor in Basel Mission.
Profession: case-maker (Etuisarbeiter)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
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Dates
Date early:
15.08.1909
Proper date:
15.08.1909
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Ghana {modern state}: Ghana {modern regions}: Ashanti {modern region}: Kumase {place}People:
Subject
Keywords:
religion and philosophy (general), Christianity, Bible, catechist m, entrance, communication, group, hat, men's wear, ordination, palm leaf, pastor m, stand-up collar, stick Individuals:
Asare, N. (Mr)Name: Asare, N. (Mr)Date of Death: 30.11.1939
Biography: Asare was ordained in 1909.
Profession: mission assistant; pastor
Geographic references: Land of origin: Ghana {country of origin}
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?, Kwafo, Sam (Mr)Name: Kwafo, Sam (Mr)
Biography: Ordination as a priest 15.8.1909 in Kumase.
Profession: priest
Geographic references: Land of origin: Ghana {country of origin}, Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Lipps, Adolf (Mr)Name: Lipps, Adolf (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1527
Date of Birth: 13.02.1878
Date of Death: 14.08.1941
Biography: Internment from 1917 to 1918. Deputy pastor in Württemberg after 1918. BV ("List of the Brethren") doesn't mention the year of his pension. Worked as monitor in Basel Mission.
Profession: case-maker (Etuisarbeiter)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Gyamena (Mr)Name: Gyamena (Mr)
Geographic references: Land of origin: Ghana {country of origin}
Need more information?, Opokon (Mr)Name: Opokon (Mr)
Profession: catechist (Katechist)
Geographic references: Land of origin: Ghana {country of origin}
Need more information?, Martinson [Jonas (?)] (Mr)Name: Martinson [Jonas (?)] (Mr)
Biography: Later Martinson became a teacher.
Profession: catechist (Katechist)
Geographic references: Land of origin: Ghana {country of origin}
Need more information?, Mate (Mr)Name: Mate (Mr)
Profession: catechist (Katechist)
Geographic references: Land of origin: Ghana {country of origin}
Need more information?, Adow (Mr)Name: Adow (Mr)
Profession: catechist (Katechist)
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Relationships
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Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 10.7cm x 14.8cm
[Condition]: good - medium
[Type of support]: cardboard
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, collodion
[Condition]: good - medium
[Type of support]: cardboard
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, collodion
Identifier
Reference:
D-30.17.015
Citation:
Reference: BMA D-30.17.015
Title: "Ordination des Pfarrers Kwafo in Kumase. "
Creator: Lipps, Adolf (Mr)
Date: 15.08.1909
Lipps, Adolf (Mr), “Ordination des Pfarrers Kwafo in Kumase. ,” BMArchives, accessed June 19, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/56794.
Title: "Ordination des Pfarrers Kwafo in Kumase. "
Creator: Lipps, Adolf (Mr)
Date: 15.08.1909
Lipps, Adolf (Mr), “Ordination des Pfarrers Kwafo in Kumase. ,” BMArchives, accessed June 19, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/56794.
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