"Ordination von David Besa von Woe in Keta um 1910: Bürgi. "
Item Details
Title:
"Ordination von David Besa von Woe in Keta um 1910: Bürgi. "
Alternate title:
"Ordination of David Besa from Woe in Keta around 1910. Bürgi."
Description
Names
Dates
Date early:
12.06.1910
Proper date:
12.06.1910
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Ghana {modern state}: Ghana {modern regions}: Volta Region {modern region}: Keta {place}
People:
Subject
Keywords:
communication, book, group, hat, men's wear, religion and philosophy (general), Christianity, missionary m, ordination, pastor m, shoe
Individuals:
Bremen MissionName: Bremen Mission
Biography: The proper German version of the name given above is "Bremer Mission". The organisation is also known as the North German Mission.
Need more information?, Bürgi, Ernst (Mr)Name: Bürgi, Ernst (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1342
Date of Birth: 01.07.1859
Date of Death: 20.03.1925
Biography: Bremen Mission. BV ("List of the Brethren") confirms that he left the Basel Mission in 1879 and went to Togo with the Bremen Mission until 1921. I.e. as a Swiss national he was allowed to remain in Togo though the war period.
Profession: student of theology (Seminarist)
Geographic references: Mission area: Togo {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Bürgi-Wachter, Frieda (Mrs)
Need more information?, Salkowski, Ernst (Mr)Name: Salkowski, Ernst (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1397
Date of Birth: 06.12.1873
Date of Death: 06.06.1960
Biography: Bremen Mission. Salkowski was a secondary-school teacher in schools in Keta, Ghana and Lome, Togo.
Profession: locksmith (Schlosser)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}, Mission area: Togo {mission area}
Need more information?, Sommer, Johann Christian Baptist (Mr)Name: Sommer, Johann Christian Baptist (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1499a
Date of Birth: 18.03.1874
Date of Death: 30.11.1955
Biography: Bremen Mission. 1914 Sommer entered the German colonial army in Togo. Prisoner of war in Togo (1914-1915), Morocco (1915-1916), France (1916-1917) and interned Switzerland (1917-1918). Released in June 1918.
Profession: turner; metal-worker (Metalldrechsler)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}, Mission area: Togo {mission area}
Need more information?, Aku, Andr. (Mr)Name: Aku, Andr. (Mr)
Biography: The caption of QD-30.035.0017 gives "P. Andr. Aku" as Aku's name. "P." is evidently in this case an abbreviation for "pastor".
Profession: pastor (Pfarrer)
Geographic references: Land of origin: Togo {country of origin}
Need more information?, Besa, David (Mr)Name: Besa, David (Mr)
Biography: The caption of QD-30.035.0017 gives "P. Besa" as Besa's name. "P." could just mean "pastor" in this context or be an abbreviation for a name beginning with a "P."
Need more information?, Ahmlig (Mr)Name: Ahmlig (Mr)
Biography: Bremen Mission.
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Relationships
[Same image]: QD-30.035.0018
Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 14.8cm x 20.2cm
[Condition]: medium; physically damaged
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
Identifier
Reference:
QD-30.035.0017
Citation:
Reference: BMA QD-30.035.0017
Title: "Ordination von David Besa von Woe in Keta um 1910: Bürgi. "
Creator: unknown
Date: 12.06.1910

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