"Vor dem Miss. Haus in Bonaku. Vöhringer, Geschw. Hies, Hoffmann, Leimenstoll. "
Item Details
Title:
"Vor dem Miss. Haus in Bonaku. Vöhringer, Geschw. Hies, Hoffmann, Leimenstoll. "
Alternate title:
"In front of the Mission House in Bonaku. Vöhringer, Mr and Mrs Hies, Hoffmann, Leimenstoll."
Description
Names
Creator:
Leimenstoll, Johannes Immanuel (Mr)Name: Leimenstoll, Johannes Immanuel (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1578
Date of Birth: 30.08.1873
Date of Death: 21.03.1940
Biography: Portrait No QS-30.001.1052.01 gives "Reichenbach" as place of birth, BV ("List of the Brethren") "Göppingen" and FR ("Family Register") gives "Reichenbach" as place of origin.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
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Dates
Date early:
01.01.1900
Date late:
31.12.1903
Proper date:
01.01.1900-31.12.1903
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Cameroon {modern state}: Littoral {province}: Douala {place}: Bonaku {place}
People:
Subject
Keywords:
woman, adolescent f, adolescent m, communication, group, religion and philosophy (general), Christianity, mission house, mission trade, missionary f, missionary m, textile pattern, veranda
Individuals:
Hies, Wilhelm (Mr)Name: Hies, Wilhelm (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1462
Date of Birth: 29.04.1873
Date of Death: 11.01.1955
Biography: Portrait ref. no QS-30.001.0974 gives as place of birth "Diez", BV ("List of the Brethren") "Burgschwalbach".
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Hies-Müller, Elisabeth (Mrs)
Need more information?, Hies-Müller, Elisabeth (Mrs)Name: Hies-Müller, Elisabeth (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 29.06.1877
Date of Death: 24.10.1919
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Hies, Wilhelm (Mr)
Need more information?, Hoffmann, Georg Max Alfred (Mr)Name: Hoffmann, Georg Max Alfred (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1544
Date of Birth: 15.10.1874
Date of Death: 15.09.1961
Biography: Internment in Cameroon (1914 - 1915) and England (1915 - 1918). He worked for the African Fruit Company in Cameroon from 1926 - 1933.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Hoffmann-Müller, Hulda (Mrs)
Need more information?, Leimenstoll, Johannes Immanuel (Mr)Name: Leimenstoll, Johannes Immanuel (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1578
Date of Birth: 30.08.1873
Date of Death: 21.03.1940
Biography: Portrait No QS-30.001.1052.01 gives "Reichenbach" as place of birth, BV ("List of the Brethren") "Göppingen" and FR ("Family Register") gives "Reichenbach" as place of origin.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Need more information?, Vöhringer, Johannes (Mr)Name: Vöhringer, Johannes (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1430
Date of Birth: 21.09.1875
Date of Death: 02.05.1946
Biography: Mr Vöhringer was internee in Africa (spanish mission area), later in Spain. He went 1920 to Argentinia.
Profession: trader (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
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Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 11.5cm x 17.2cm
[Condition]: medium
[Type of support]: cardboard
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
Identifier
Reference:
E-30.05.004
Citation:
Reference: BMA E-30.05.004
Title: "Vor dem Miss. Haus in Bonaku. Vöhringer, Geschw. Hies, Hoffmann, Leimenstoll. "
Creator: Leimenstoll, Johannes Immanuel (Mr)
Date: 01.01.1900-31.12.1903

Leimenstoll, Johannes Immanuel (Mr), “Vor dem Miss. Haus in Bonaku. Vöhringer, Geschw. Hies, Hoffmann, Leimenstoll. ,” BMArchives, accessed April 29, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/58935.
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