"Missionare in Aburi August 1900. "
Item Details
Title:
"Missionare in Aburi August 1900. "
Alternate title:
"Missionaries in Aburi, August 1900."
Description
Names
Creator:
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)
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Dates
Date early:
August 1900
Proper date:
August 1900
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Ghana {modern state}: Ghana {traditional states}: Akwapim {traditional state}: Aburi {place}
People:
Subject
Keywords:
apron, child, communication, group, religion and philosophy (general), Christianity, missionary f, missionary m, palm, woman, women's wear
Individuals:
Brugger, Hanna (Ms)Name: Brugger, Hanna (Ms)
Basel mission membership number: SV 0032
Date of Birth: 13.07.1861
Date of Death: 29.03.1927
Biography: Her name was also spelt 'Brucker'. (PST).
Profession: teacher (Lehrerin)
Relationships: Bruder/Schwester von: Brugger, Traugott (Mr), Tochter/Sohn von: [leer] N
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Epting-Baumann, Karl (Mr)Name: Epting-Baumann, Karl (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1448 / LV 0290
Date of Birth: 19.10.1875
Date of Death: 19.08.1955
Biography: On the staff of the Mission's travelling exhibitions from 1909 to 1911. Warden of the Mission House Basel 1911-1948.
Profession: carpenter (Schreiner)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Epting-Baumann, Johanna (Mrs)
Need more information?, Fisch, Lydia (child)Name: Fisch, Lydia (child)
Date of Birth: 12.11.1897
Relationships: Tochter/Sohn von: Fisch, Rudolf (Mr)
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?, Fisch-Schneider, Emma Katharina (Mrs)Name: Fisch-Schneider, Emma Katharina (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 22.03.1859
Date of Death: 27.09.1948
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Fisch, Rudolf (Mr)
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?, Groh-Wenger, Martha (Mrs)Name: Groh-Wenger, Martha (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 12.10.1870
Date of Death: 12.07.1959
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Groh, Balthasar (Mr)
Need more information?, Jäger, Gotthilf (Mr)Name: Jäger, Gotthilf (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1087
Date of Birth: 19.03.1860
Date of Death: 25.08.1934
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Jäger-Keller, Pauline Friederike (Mrs)
Need more information?, Jehle, Gustav Arthur (Mr)Name: Jehle, Gustav Arthur (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1575
Date of Birth: 11.03.1874
Date of Death: 20.10.1957
Biography: Later: Assistant astor and administrator in the Protestant Church of Württemberg.
Profession: student of theology (cand. phil.)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Jehle-Maag, Johanna Elise (Mrs)
Need more information?, Jost, Friedrich Adolf (Mr)Name: Jost, Friedrich Adolf (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1353
Date of Birth: 22.06.1871
Date of Death: 19.10.1942
Biography: Travelling secretary of the Basel Mission in Switzerland from 1918 to 1926. After his first wife , Elisabeth Jost-Brugger, died in 1907 he married Emma Jost-Raedelfinger in 1912.
Profession: saddler (Sattler)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: [leer] N
Need more information?, Jost-Brugger, Elisabeth (Mrs)Name: Jost-Brugger, Elisabeth (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 01.05.1873
Date of Death: 21.09.1907
Biography: First wife of Friedrich Adolf Jost.
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Jost, Friedrich Adolf (Mr)
Need more information?, Mohr, Adolf (Mr)Name: Mohr, Adolf (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 0849
Date of Birth: 20.01.1851
Date of Death: 27.01.1927
Biography: From 1906 to 1922 Mohr was an editor of mission publications (Missionsliterat) in several German cities.
Profession: mechanic (Mechanicus)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: Tochter/Sohn von: Mohr, Joseph Franz (Mr)
Need more information?, Perregaux, Edmond (Mr)Name: Perregaux, Edmond (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1223
Date of Birth: 06.02.1868
Date of Death: 14.10.1905
Biography: Perregaux studied theology from 1890 to 1891.
Profession: secondary school pupil (Gymnasiast)
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?, Ramseyer-Bontems, Rosa Luise (Mrs)Name: Ramseyer-Bontems, Rosa Luise (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 07.07.1841
Date of Death: 09.04.1906
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Ramseyer, Friedrich August Louis (Mr)
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?, Wieber, Karl (Mr)Name: Wieber, Karl (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1299
Date of Birth: 15.07.1870
Date of Death: 31.01.1953
Biography: After his return from Ghana Wieber was a deputy pastor and a travelling secretary of the Basel Mission until 1935.
Profession: factory worker (Fabrikarbeiter)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Wieber-Erhardt, Anna Marie (Mrs)Name: Wieber-Erhardt, Anna Marie (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 27.10.1874
Date of Death: 22.06.1957
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Wieber, Karl (Mr)
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)
Need more information?, Zürcher-Spahn, Louise (Mrs)Name: Zürcher-Spahn, Louise (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 13.02.1864
Date of Death: 16.07.1904
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Zürcher, Gottfried (Mr)
Need more information?, Zürcher, Gottfried* (child)Name: Zürcher, Gottfried* (child)
Relationships: Tochter/Sohn von: Zürcher, Gottfried (Mr)
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Relationships
[Same image]: QQ-30.122.0030
[Same image]: QD-32.008.8055
Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 10.1cm x 14.3cm
[Condition]: good
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver, modern print
Identifier
Reference:
QD-30.031.0026
Citation:
Reference: BMA QD-30.031.0026
Title: "Missionare in Aburi August 1900. "
Creator: Fisch, Rudolf (Mr)
Date: August 1900

Fisch, Rudolf (Mr), “Missionare in Aburi August 1900. ,” BMArchives, accessed May 2, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/71058.
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