"Goldküste Missionare: Groh, W. Rottmann, Dr. Fisch, Bellon, Josenhans, Zürcher. "
Item Details
Title:
"Goldküste Missionare: Groh, W. Rottmann, Dr. Fisch, Bellon, Josenhans, Zürcher. "
Alternate title:
"Gold Coast missionaries: from left to right Groh, Dr Fisch, Josenhans. Front Rottmann, Bellon, Zürcher."
Description
Names
Dates
Date early:
1909
Proper date:
1909
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Ghana {modern state}
People:
Subject
Keywords:
communication, conference, doctor m, group, religion and philosophy (general), Christianity, missionary m
Individuals:
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?, 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?, 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?, 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?, 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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Relationships
[Same image]: QD-30.033.0075
[Same image]: QW-30.007.0004
Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 8.7cm x 16cm
[Condition]: good - medium
[Type of support]: cardboard
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
Identifier
Reference:
D-30.20.002
Citation:
Reference: BMA D-30.20.002
Title: "Goldküste Missionare: Groh, W. Rottmann, Dr. Fisch, Bellon, Josenhans, Zürcher. "
Creator: unknown
Date: 1909

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