"Von links nach rechts stehend. Erste Reihe: Herr u. Frau Dr. Burckhardt, Herr Streckeisen, Frau Dr. Meyer, Herr Dr. Meyer, Frieda Meyer, Tina, Frau Ritter. Zweite Reihe: Frau Krauss, Frl. Aeschimann, Frl. Dr. Lombard, Frl. Dr. Petitpierre, Frl. Götz, Frl. Dr. Waversik, Frl. Dessoulavy, Frl. Frey, Frau Kling, Frau Weichselbaum, Frau Daub, Frau Bez, Frau Maurer. Dritte Reihe: Frl. Thomä, Herr Fischer, Frau Haas, Herr Haas, Frau Schärer, Herr Schärer, Frl. Uber, Herr Mack, Frl. v. Bieberstein, Herr Bader, Frau Dr. Melzer, Herr Lipp, Herr Renz, Herr Weichselbaum, Herr Bier, Herr Kling, Herr Daub, Herr Noverraz, Edi, Herr Dr. Melzer, Herr Maurer. Vierte Reihe: Herr Schuler, Palm, Reichenbacher, Herr Krauss, Dengler, Schluckebier, Bareiss, Höhmann, Heumann u. Bez. "
Item Details
Title:
"Von links nach rechts stehend. Erste Reihe: Herr u. Frau Dr. Burckhardt, Herr Streckeisen, Frau Dr. Meyer, Herr Dr. Meyer, Frieda Meyer, Tina, Frau Ritter. Zweite Reihe: Frau Krauss, Frl. Aeschimann, Frl. Dr. Lombard, Frl. Dr. Petitpierre, Frl. Götz, Frl. Dr. Waversik, Frl. Dessoulavy, Frl. Frey, Frau Kling, Frau Weichselbaum, Frau Daub, Frau Bez, Frau Maurer. Dritte Reihe: Frl. Thomä, Herr Fischer, Frau Haas, Herr Haas, Frau Schärer, Herr Schärer, Frl. Uber, Herr Mack, Frl. v. Bieberstein, Herr Bader, Frau Dr. Melzer, Herr Lipp, Herr Renz, Herr Weichselbaum, Herr Bier, Herr Kling, Herr Daub, Herr Noverraz, Edi, Herr Dr. Melzer, Herr Maurer. Vierte Reihe: Herr Schuler, Palm, Reichenbacher, Herr Krauss, Dengler, Schluckebier, Bareiss, Höhmann, Heumann u. Bez. "
Alternate title:
"From l. To r. Standing in the first row: Dr & Mrs Burckhardt, Mr Streckeisen, Mrs & Dr. Meyer, Frieda Meyer, Tina, Mrs Ritter. 2nd row: Mrs Krauss, Miss Aeschimann, Dr Lombard, Dr Petitpierre, Miss Götz, Dr Waversick, Miss Dessoulavy, Miss Frey, Mrs Kling, Mrs Weichselbaum, Mrs Daub, Mrs Bez, Mrs Maurer. 3rd row: Miss Thomä, Mr Fischer, Mrs & Mr Haas, Mrs & Mr Schärer, Miss Uber, Mr Mack, Miss von Bieberstein, Mr Bader, Mrs Melzer, Mr Lipp, Mr Renz, Mr Weichselbaum, Mr Bier, Mr Kling, Mr. Daub, Mr Noverraz, Edi, Dr Melzer, Mr Maurer. 4th row: Mr Schuler, Palm, Reichenbacher, Mr Krauss, Dengler, Schluckebier, Bareiss, Höhmann, Heumann and Bez."
Description
Names
Creator:
Soans & Bros., %Mangalore, %%India
Dates
Date early:
1936
Proper date:
1936
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Asia {continent}: India {modern state}: Karnataka {region}: Mangalore {place}
People:
Subject
Keywords:
doctor f, doctor m, communication, group, men's wear, religion and philosophy (general), Christianity, missionary f, missionary m, woman, women's wear
Individuals:
Aeschimann, Hanna (Mrs)Name: Aeschimann, Hanna (Mrs)
Basel mission membership number: SV 0216
Date of Birth: 26.10.1907
Date of Death: 09.10.1995
Profession: nurse (Krankenschwester)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Bader, Karl (Mr)Name: Bader, Karl (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2376
Date of Birth: 21.03.1909
Biography: As internee in India 1939 - 1940.
Profession: secondary school pupil (Gymnasiast)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Bader-Ernst, Gertrud Johanna (Mrs)
Need more information?, Bareiss, Karl (Mr)Name: Bareiss, Karl (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2390
Date of Birth: 01.06.1908
Date of Death: 17.10.1996
Biography: As internee in British India 1939 - 1946.
Profession: farmer (Landwirt)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Bier, Ludwig August (Mr)Name: Bier, Ludwig August (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2311
Date of Birth: 28.12.1903
Date of Death: 20.04.2001
Biography: As internee in India 1939 - 1940.
Profession: turner; metal-worker (Eisendreher)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Bier-Gisler, Hanny Frieda (Mrs)
Need more information?, Daub, Johannes (Mr)Name: Daub, Johannes (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2313
Date of Birth: 11.01.1904
Date of Death: 11.04.1989
Profession: administrative assistant (Bürogehilfe)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Daub-Zurflüh, Mathilde (Mrs)
Need more information?, Haas, Ernst (Mr)Name: Haas, Ernst (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2341
Date of Birth: 30.08.1906
Date of Death: 16.04.1964
Profession: locksmith (Schlosser)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Haas-Egelhofer, Else (Mrs)
Need more information?, Höhmann, Ernst (Mr)Name: Höhmann, Ernst (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2290
Date of Birth: 04.03.1906
Date of Death: 11.09.1968
Profession: secondary school pupil (Oberprimaner)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Kling-Breithaupt, Martha Emilie (Mrs)Name: Kling-Breithaupt, Martha Emilie (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 16.03.1900
Date of Death: 13.07.1979
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Kling, Wilhelm (Mr)
Need more information?, Kling, Wilhelm (Mr)Name: Kling, Wilhelm (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2260
Date of Birth: 07.10.1900
Date of Death: 25.07.1983
Biography: As internee in India 1939 - 1946.
Profession: mechanic (Mechaniker)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Heumann, Konrad (Mr)Name: Heumann, Konrad (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2342
Date of Birth: 20.02.1907
Date of Death: 05.11.1972
Profession: precision toolmaker (Feinmechaniker)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Krauss, Eugen August (Mr)Name: Krauss, Eugen August (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2484
Date of Birth: 14.03.1911
Biography: Incomplete data: BV ("List of the Brethren") doesn't give Krauss' date of entry into the Basel Mission. Prisoner of war in Russia until 1948. Krauss probably had a photo studio in Mangalore.
Profession: printer (Buchdrucker)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Lipp, Richard (Mr)Name: Lipp, Richard (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2396
Date of Birth: 08.04.1908
Date of Death: 24.06.1994
Profession: locksmith (Schlosser)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Lombard, Eva (Ms)Name: Lombard, Eva (Ms)
Basel mission membership number: SV 0183
Date of Birth: 02.02.1890
Profession: doctor (Ärztin)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Mack, Jakob Friedrich (Mr)Name: Mack, Jakob Friedrich (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2318
Date of Birth: 05.01.1906
Date of Death: 07.06.1943
Biography: As internee in British India.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Maurer, Adolf (Mr)Name: Maurer, Adolf (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2309
Date of Birth: 15.11.1903
Date of Death: 30.11.1938
Profession: chemist (Chemiker)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Melzer, Friso (Mr)Name: Melzer, Friso (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2461
Date of Birth: 27.02.1907
Biography: Dr. phil. et theol.
Profession: university assistant (Assistent Universität)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Palm, Eduard Hermann (Mr)Name: Palm, Eduard Hermann (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2392
Date of Birth: 03.02.1909
Date of Death: 06.08.1984
Biography: As Internee in India 1939 - 1940.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Petitpierre, Elisabeth (Ms)Name: Petitpierre, Elisabeth (Ms)
Basel mission membership number: SV 0191
Date of Birth: 22.04.1893
Date of Death: 09.10.1983
Profession: doctor (Ärztin)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Reichenbacher, Alfred Wilhelm (Mr)Name: Reichenbacher, Alfred Wilhelm (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2399
Date of Birth: 25.11.1909
Date of Death: 03.10.1994
Profession: farmer (Landwirt)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Renz, Christian (Mr)Name: Renz, Christian (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1479
Date of Birth: 08.08.1877
Date of Death: 30.11.1957
Biography: He worked for Basler Missions-Handelsgesellschaft / Basel Mission Trading Company until 1911, for BM until 1914. As internee in India from 1914 - 1919. 2nd departure for India 1927, 3rd departure for India 1933.
Profession: taylor (Schneider)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Ritter-Hoch, Johanna (Mrs)Name: Ritter-Hoch, Johanna (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 14.07.1884
Biography: BV ("List of the Brethren") and FR ("Family Register") don't give the date of Mrs Ritter-Hoch's death.
Relationships: Bruder/Schwester von: Michel-Hoch, Mathilde (Mrs), Tochter/Sohn von: Hoch, Marc (Mr), verheiratet mit: Ritter, Theodor Samuel (Mr)
Need more information?, Schärer, Albert (Mr)Name: Schärer, Albert (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2292
Date of Birth: 06.03.1901
Date of Death: 09.01.1945
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Schluckebier, Friedrich (Mr)Name: Schluckebier, Friedrich (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2406
Date of Birth: 01.10.1909
Date of Death: 22.04.1957
Profession: millwright (Mühlenbauer)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Schuler, Christian Albert (Mr)Name: Schuler, Christian Albert (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2281
Date of Birth: 22.06.1902
Date of Death: 28.02.1975
Biography: Went to India again 1952 - 1953.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Schuler-Lieb, Lydia (Mrs)
Need more information?, Sikemeier, Eduard (Mr)Name: Sikemeier, Eduard (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1957
Date of Birth: 13.07.1887
Biography: 1907 to 1911 teacher at the boy's boarding school of the Basel Mission. 2nd departure to India 1925, 3rd departure to India 1932.
Profession: teacher in training (Lehramtskandidat)
Relationships: Bruder/Schwester von: Sikemeier, Ernst Theodor (Mr), Tochter/Sohn von: Sikemeier, Wilhelm Everadus (Mr)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Streckeisen, Gustav Adolf (Mr)Name: Streckeisen, Gustav Adolf (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2275
Date of Birth: 01.04.1895
Date of Death: 10.08.1951
Biography: Inspektor für Indien 1949-1951
Profession: student of theology (cand. theol.)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Streckeisen-Jungck, Anna (Mrs)
Need more information?, Thomä, Hedwig (Ms)Name: Thomä, Hedwig (Ms)
Basel mission membership number: SV 0193
Date of Birth: 19.10.1901
Date of Death: 19.01.1988
Profession: teacher (Lehrerin)
Relationships: Bruder/Schwester von: Thomä, Eberhard, Bruder/Schwester von: Auer, Dorothea, Bruder/Schwester von: Thomä, Elisabeth, Bruder/Schwester von: Thomä, Gertrud
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Wawersik, Margarethe (Ms)Name: Wawersik, Margarethe (Ms)
Basel mission membership number: SV 0211
Date of Birth: 25.02.1905
Profession: doctor (Ärztin)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Weichselbaum, Karl (Mr)Name: Weichselbaum, Karl (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2083
Date of Birth: 03.02.1892
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Uber, Hildegard Maria Frida (Ms)Name: Uber, Hildegard Maria Frida (Ms)
Basel mission membership number: SV 0227
Date of Birth: 22.08.1904
Date of Death: 31.10.1989
Profession: teacher (Lehrerin)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Relationships: Tochter/Sohn von: Uber, Theodor (Mr)
Need more information?, Dessoulavy, Anne Geneviève (Ms)Name: Dessoulavy, Anne Geneviève (Ms)
Basel mission membership number: SV 0184
Date of Birth: 14.04.1897
Date of Death: 26.01.1978
Biography: Originally an employee of the [Swiss] Canarese Mission.
Profession: nurse (Krankenschwester)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Frey, Hanna (Ms)Name: Frey, Hanna (Ms)
Basel mission membership number: SV 0177
Date of Birth: 05.07.1901
Date of Death: 16.08.1979
Biography: Hanna Frey also sometimes spelt her name "Frei", but her data has been collected here under "Frey", the name with which she is registered in the SV ("List of the Sisters").
Profession: housekeeper (Haushälterin)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Götz, Gertrud (Ms)Name: Götz, Gertrud (Ms)
Basel mission membership number: SV 0191
Date of Birth: 22.05.1906
Date of Death: 28.08.1990
Biography: In 1946 she married Fritz Hofer of the Basler Missions-Handelsgesellschaft (BMHG) / Basel Mission Trading Company in Accra.
Profession: needlework teacher (Handarbeitslehrerin)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Haas-Egelhofer, Else (Mrs)Name: Haas-Egelhofer, Else (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 28.06.1905
Date of Death: 14.01.1959
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Haas, Ernst (Mr)
Need more information?, Daub-Zurflüh, Mathilde (Mrs)Name: Daub-Zurflüh, Mathilde (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 08.08.1911
Relationships: Bruder/Schwester von: Bonsack-Zurflüh, Martha (Mrs), verheiratet mit: Daub, Johannes (Mr)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Meyer, [India] (Mr)Name: Meyer, [India] (Mr)
Profession: doctor [?]
Need more information?, Sikemeier-Walser, Marie Christine (Mrs)Name: Sikemeier-Walser, Marie Christine (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 21.02.1885
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Sikemeier, Eduard (Mr)
Need more information?, Burckhardt (Mr)Name: Burckhardt (Mr)
Profession: doctor
Need more information?, Burckhardt (Mrs)Name: Burckhardt (Mrs)
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Burckhardt (Mr)
Need more information?, Meyer, Mathilde [India] (Mrs)Name: Meyer, Mathilde [India] (Mrs)
Basel mission membership number: SV 0213 b
Relationships: Tochter/Sohn von: Meyer, Jonas (Mr), verheiratet mit: Meyer, [India] (Mr)
Need more information?, Meyer, Mathilde Frieda (Ms)Name: Meyer, Mathilde Frieda (Ms)
Date of Birth: 02.08.1914
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Krauss-Weller, Anna Frida (Mrs)Name: Krauss-Weller, Anna Frida (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 20.06.1913
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Krauss, Eugen August (Mr)
Need more information?, Weichselbaum-Fink, Martha Charlotte (Mrs)Name: Weichselbaum-Fink, Martha Charlotte (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 16.05.1903
Date of Death: 09.12.1979
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Weichselbaum, Karl (Mr)
Need more information?, Maurer-Hotz, Bertha (Mrs)Name: Maurer-Hotz, Bertha (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 10.07.1902
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Maurer, Adolf (Mr)
Need more information?, Fischer [India] (Mr), Schärer-Köhler, Marg. El. Hildegard (Mrs)Name: Schärer-Köhler, Marg. El. Hildegard (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 25.05.1910
Date of Death: 21.03.1990
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Schärer, Albert (Mr)
Need more information?, von Bieberstein, Celesta (Ms)Name: von Bieberstein, Celesta (Ms)
Basel mission membership number: SV 0180
Biography: Cf. Basel Mission annual report 1936.
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Melzer-Hamel, Katharina Emeline Helene (Mrs)Name: Melzer-Hamel, Katharina Emeline Helene (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 29.04.1914
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Melzer, Friso (Mr)
Need more information?, Noverraz, Eduard (Mr)Name: Noverraz, Eduard (Mr)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Dengler (Mr), Bez, Martin (Mr)Name: Bez, Martin (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2432
Date of Birth: 26.04.1906
Biography: Dissmissed 1937. January 1938 departure for India on his own responsibility. As nature-healer/naturopath in India.
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Bez-Bez, Dora (Mrs)Name: Bez-Bez, Dora (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 11.11.1901
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Bez, Martin (Mr)
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Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 15.5cm x 20.8cm
[Condition]: medium
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
Identifier
Reference:
QC-30.018.0002
Citation:
Reference: BMA QC-30.018.0002
Title: "Von links nach rechts stehend. Erste Reihe: Herr u. Frau Dr. Burckhardt, Herr Streckeisen, Frau Dr. Meyer, Herr Dr. Meyer, Frieda Meyer, Tina, Frau Ritter. Zweite Reihe: Frau Krauss, Frl. Aeschimann, Frl. Dr. Lombard, Frl. Dr. Petitpierre, Frl. Götz, Frl. Dr. Waversik, Frl. Dessoulavy, Frl. Frey, Frau Kling, Frau Weichselbaum, Frau Daub, Frau Bez, Frau Maurer. Dritte Reihe: Frl. Thomä, Herr Fischer, Frau Haas, Herr Haas, Frau Schärer, Herr Schärer, Frl. Uber, Herr Mack, Frl. v. Bieberstein, Herr Bader, Frau Dr. Melzer, Herr Lipp, Herr Renz, Herr Weichselbaum, Herr Bier, Herr Kling, Herr Daub, Herr Noverraz, Edi, Herr Dr. Melzer, Herr Maurer. Vierte Reihe: Herr Schuler, Palm, Reichenbacher, Herr Krauss, Dengler, Schluckebier, Bareiss, Höhmann, Heumann u. Bez. "
Creator: Soans & Bros., %Mangalore, %%India
Date: 1936

Soans & Bros., %Mangalore, %%India, “Von links nach rechts stehend. Erste Reihe: Herr u. Frau Dr. Burckhardt, Herr Streckeisen, Frau Dr. Meyer, Herr Dr. Meyer, Frieda Meyer, Tina, Frau Ritter. Zweite Reihe: Frau Krauss, Frl. Aeschimann, Frl. Dr. Lombard, Frl. Dr. Petitpierre, Frl. Götz, Frl. Dr. Waversik, Frl. Dessoulavy, Frl. Frey, Frau Kling, Frau Weichselbaum, Frau Daub, Frau Bez, Frau Maurer. Dritte Reihe: Frl. Thomä, Herr Fischer, Frau Haas, Herr Haas, Frau Schärer, Herr Schärer, Frl. Uber, Herr Mack, Frl. v. Bieberstein, Herr Bader, Frau Dr. Melzer, Herr Lipp, Herr Renz, Herr Weichselbaum, Herr Bier, Herr Kling, Herr Daub, Herr Noverraz, Edi, Herr Dr. Melzer, Herr Maurer. Vierte Reihe: Herr Schuler, Palm, Reichenbacher, Herr Krauss, Dengler, Schluckebier, Bareiss, Höhmann, Heumann u. Bez. ,” BMArchives, accessed April 29, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/66852.
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