"1867 Akropong. "
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Title:
"1867 Akropong. "
Alternate title:
"1867 Akropong."
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Creator:
Locher, Christoph Wilhelm (Mr)Name: Locher, Christoph Wilhelm (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 0308
Date of Birth: 13.06.1819
Date of Death: 06.02.1888
Biography: Left the Basel Mission 1869.
Profession: potter (Töpfer)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}, Mission area: USA {mission area}
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1867
Proper date:
1867
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Zimmermann, Joh., Asante, David (Mr)Name: Asante, David (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 0516
Date of Birth: 23.12.1834
Date of Death: 13.10.1892
Biography: BV ("List of the Brethren") does not mention any professional training.
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: Tochter/Sohn von: [leer] N
Need more information?, Bellon, Christian Friedrich (Mr)Name: Bellon, Christian Friedrich (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 0599
Date of Birth: 23.10.1839
Date of Death: 25.01.1910
Biography: Contradictory data: BV ("List of the Brethren") gives as year of retirement 1875 and as year of pension 1909.
Profession: monitor (Lehrgehülfe)
Relationships: Bruder/Schwester von: Bellon, Joh. David Wilhelm (Mr)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Breitenbach, Georg Heinrich (Mr)Name: Breitenbach, Georg Heinrich (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 0076
Date of Birth: 21.07.1802
Date of Death: 28.05.1868
Biography: Father of Theodor Gottlieb Breitenbach. Church Missionary Society: Islington until 1831.
Profession: ribbon-maker (Posamenter)
Geographic references: Mission area: Bessarabia {mission area}, Mission area: Georgia {mission area}
Need more information?, Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (Mr)Name: Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 0357
Date of Birth: 19.11.1827
Date of Death: 16.12.1895
Biography: Christaller was sent out to Akropong to do linguistic research on the Twi language. He compiled a Twi grammar and dictionary, translated collections of Twi sayings and songs into English and translated the Bible into Twi. He was married twice.
Profession: administrative clerk (Schreiber)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Dieterle, Johannes Christian (Mr)Name: Dieterle, Johannes Christian (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 0248
Date of Birth: 20.07.1816
Date of Death: 17.10.1898
Biography: From 1847 to 1854 Dieterle was in Akropong, from 1857 on in Aburi. In 1869 he went back to Europe for two years, but returned to Ghana (Aburi) again in 1871.
Profession: turner (Drechsler)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Dieterle-Mack, Catherina Friederike (Mrs)
Need more information?, Hoch, Johann Georg (Mr)Name: Hoch, Johann Georg (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 0594
Date of Birth: 17.02.1837
Date of Death: 10.01.1913
Biography: From 1871 to his death Hoch was pastor in New Buffalo, Mi, USA.
Profession: agriculturist (Landökonom)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Laissle, Gottlieb Heinrich (Mr)Name: Laissle, Gottlieb Heinrich (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 0511
Date of Birth: 15.02.1831
Date of Death: 18.03.1880
Biography: A.k.a. Laisle.
Profession: carpenter (Zimmermann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Leimenstoll, Carl Jakob (Mr)Name: Leimenstoll, Carl Jakob (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 0688
Date of Birth: 01.10.1837
Date of Death: 19.08.1913
Biography: Leimenstoll was in Ghana as a joiner.
Profession: carpenter (Schreiner)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Locher, Christoph Wilhelm (Mr)Name: Locher, Christoph Wilhelm (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 0308
Date of Birth: 13.06.1819
Date of Death: 06.02.1888
Biography: Left the Basel Mission 1869.
Profession: potter (Töpfer)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}, Mission area: USA {mission area}
Need more information?, Müller, Johannes Ludwig Ernst (Mr)Name: Müller, Johannes Ludwig Ernst (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 0666
Date of Birth: 25.09.1833
Date of Death: 23.12.1911
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Ramseyer, Friedrich August Louis (Mr)Name: Ramseyer, Friedrich August Louis (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 0627
Date of Birth: 07.10.1840
Date of Death: 06.08.1914
Biography: Ramseyer went to Ghana as a builder and was ordained there in 1875. From 1869 to 1874 he was held captured by the Asante together with J. Kühne. In August 1905 he went on a journey to New York and returned in June 1906.
Profession: builder (Baumeister)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Rottmann, Hermann Ludwig (Mr)Name: Rottmann, Hermann Ludwig (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 0446
Date of Birth: 26.05.1832
Date of Death: 08.10.1899
Biography: Founder of the Basler Missions-Handelsgesellschaft / Basel Mission Trading Company.
Profession: office-boy (Handelsdiener)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Schönfeld, Karl (Mr)Name: Schönfeld, Karl (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 0581
Date of Birth: 25.11.1841
Date of Death: 13.08.1919
Biography: From 1872 to 1877 Schönfeld was a missionary preacher in Winterthur, Switzerland.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Weiss, Johann Jakob (Mr)Name: Weiss, Johann Jakob (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 0572
Date of Birth: 27.05.1839
Date of Death: 07.03.1924
Biography: After returning to Switzerland Weiss was an evangelist in Zürich.
Profession: taylor (Schneider)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Zerweck, Christoph Gottlieb (Mr)Name: Zerweck, Christoph Gottlieb (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 0625
Date of Birth: 16.09.1840
Date of Death: 22.08.1922
Profession: teacher (Lehrer)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Mader, Johann Adam (Mr)Name: Mader, Johann Adam (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 0317
Date of Birth: 18.01.1826
Date of Death: 04.09.1882
Profession: farmer (Bauer)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Widmann, Johann Georg (Mr)Name: Widmann, Johann Georg (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 0202
Date of Birth: 30.01.1814
Date of Death: 27.11.1876
Profession: weaver (Leinweber)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Lang, Johann Jakob (Mr)Name: Lang, Johann Jakob (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 0540
Date of Birth: 12.11.1830
Date of Death: 15.04.1898
Profession: farmer (Bauer)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}, Mission area: USA {mission area}
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Relationships
[Same image]: D-30.20.011
[Same image]: QD-30.042.0003
[Same image]: QD-30.043.0003
Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 8.5cm x 13.7cm
[Condition]: good - medium
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, albumen
Identifier
Reference:
QD-30.011.0074
Citation:
Reference: BMA QD-30.011.0074
Title: "1867 Akropong. "
Creator: Locher, Christoph Wilhelm (Mr)
Date: 1867

Locher, Christoph Wilhelm (Mr), “1867 Akropong. ,” BMArchives, accessed May 20, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/70084.
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