"Missionsgeschwister und Chinesen in Kayintschu. "
Item Details
Title:
"Missionsgeschwister und Chinesen in Kayintschu. "
Alternate title:
"Missionaries and Chinese in Kayintschu."
Description
Names
Creator:
Walter, Georg Ernst (Mr)Name: Walter, Georg Ernst (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1955
Date of Birth: 19.11.1886
Date of Death: 07.01.1975
Biography: Walter was held captured by communist troops (17.08.1929-11.12.1930). He returned from China in 1931 and was then a city missioner in Zürich (1933-1940) and a pastor in Winterthur (1940-1956). From 1946 to 1948 he was in China again.
Profession: curate (Pfarrvikar)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
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Dates
Date early:
28.03.1913
Date late:
21.05.1913
Proper date:
28.03.1913-21.05.1913
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Asia {continent}: China {modern state}: Guangdong {province}: Meixian {district}: Meixian {place}
People:
Subject
Keywords:
chair, child, children's wear, clock, decoration, dining-room, religion and philosophy (general), Christianity, Easter, flower, communication, guest m, interior, men's wear, mission house, missionary f, missionary m, officer (gov.) m, shoe, social gathering, table, tablecloth, woman, women's wear
Individuals:
Giess-Germiquet, Helene (Mrs)Name: Giess-Germiquet, Helene (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 17.05.1870
Date of Death: 05.11.1966
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Giess, Heinrich (Mr)
Need more information?, Giess, Heinrich (Mr)Name: Giess, Heinrich (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1228
Date of Birth: 06.10.1868
Date of Death: 24.10.1944
Profession: farmer (Bauer)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Giess-Germiquet, Helene (Mrs)
Need more information?, Schmied, Otto (Mr)Name: Schmied, Otto (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1801
Date of Birth: 09.07.1887
Biography: BV ("List of the Brethren") doesn't give the date of Schmied's return from China or of his death. He was dismissed in 1915.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Need more information?, Schoch, Karl (Mr)Name: Schoch, Karl (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1563
Date of Birth: 14.06.1879
Date of Death: 03.09.1967
Profession: bookbinder (Buchbinder)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Need more information?, Walter, Georg Ernst (Mr)Name: Walter, Georg Ernst (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1955
Date of Birth: 19.11.1886
Date of Death: 07.01.1975
Biography: Walter was held captured by communist troops (17.08.1929-11.12.1930). He returned from China in 1931 and was then a city missioner in Zürich (1933-1940) and a pastor in Winterthur (1940-1956). From 1946 to 1948 he was in China again.
Profession: curate (Pfarrvikar)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Need more information?, Zimmer, Julius (Mr)Name: Zimmer, Julius (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1538
Date of Birth: 02.01.1880
Date of Death: 03.04.1959
Biography: Student of theology from 1898 to 1903.
Profession: secondary school pupil (Gymnasiast)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Zimmer-Morgenroth, Lily (Mrs)
Need more information?, Walter-Schelling, Laura (Mrs)Name: Walter-Schelling, Laura (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 27.04.1886
Date of Death: 11.03.1938
Biography: First wife of Georg Ernst Walter, They had nine children. One boy, Hans Theodor, died in Safien 1934, see FR ("Family Register") II, 295.
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Walter, Georg Ernst (Mr)
Need more information?, Zimmer-Morgenroth, Lily (Mrs)Name: Zimmer-Morgenroth, Lily (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 04.07.1882
Date of Death: 30.01.1961
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Relationships: Tochter/Sohn von: Morgenroth, Georg (Mr), verheiratet mit: Zimmer, Julius (Mr)
Need more information?, Giess, Rosa (child)Name: Giess, Rosa (child)
Basel mission membership number: SV 176c
Date of Birth: 12.09.1906
Biography: FR 250
Relationships: Tochter/Sohn von: Giess, Heinrich (Mr)
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Relationships
Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 13.9cm x 19.6cm
[Condition]: good
[Type of support]: cardboard
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
Identifier
Reference:
QA-30.009.0008
Citation:
Reference: BMA QA-30.009.0008
Title: "Missionsgeschwister und Chinesen in Kayintschu. "
Creator: Walter, Georg Ernst (Mr)
Date: 28.03.1913-21.05.1913

Walter, Georg Ernst (Mr), “Missionsgeschwister und Chinesen in Kayintschu. ,” BMArchives, accessed July 16, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/63506.
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