"Hochzeitsgesellschaft Mai 1902 Akropong. "
Item Details
Title:
"Hochzeitsgesellschaft Mai 1902 Akropong. "
Alternate title:
"Wedding party of May 1902 in Akropong."
Description
Names
Creator:
[leer] N
Dates
Date early:
May 1902
Proper date:
May 1902
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Ghana {modern state}: Ghana {traditional states}: Akwapim {traditional state}: Aburi {place}: Aburi-Akropong {mission district}: Akropong {place}
People:
Subject
Keywords:
wedding, bride, bridegroom, communication, group, necktie, veil, watch chain
Individuals:
Bellon, Immanuel (Mr)Name: Bellon, Immanuel (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1424
Date of Birth: 09.05.1875
Date of Death: 22.05.1956
Biography: From 1918 to 1922 Bellon worked as a assistant pastor in several churches in Southern Germany. He was in Ghana again from 1926 to 1934. - NB married twice, to Agnes Knapp and Magdalena Roser.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Relationships: Bruder/Schwester von: Zwar-Bellon, Martha (Mrs), Tochter/Sohn von: Bellon, Christian Friedrich (Mr)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
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?, 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?, Gsell, Ludwig Albert (Mr)Name: Gsell, Ludwig Albert (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1387
Date of Birth: 31.07.1874
Date of Death: 19.04.1954
Biography: After his return from Ghana Gsell was a Basel Mission travelling secretary from 1908 to 1917 and a pastor from 1917 to 1934.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Gsell-Zinsstag, Mary (Mrs)
Need more information?, Gsell-Zinsstag, Mary (Mrs)Name: Gsell-Zinsstag, Mary (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 22.10.1875
Date of Death: 23.05.1961
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Gsell, Ludwig Albert (Mr)
Need more information?, Josenhans, Gottlob (Mr)Name: Josenhans, Gottlob (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1106
Date of Birth: 21.07.1861
Date of Death: 30.11.1941
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Josenhans-Riehm, Theodora (Mrs)
Need more information?, Lochmann, Adam Jakob (Mr)Name: Lochmann, Adam Jakob (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1227
Date of Birth: 08.07.1868
Date of Death: 28.01.1937
Biography: Deputy pastor in the Protestant Church of Württemberg from 1914 to 1921. Travelling secretary of the Basel Mission from 1921 to 1936.
Profession: farmer (Bauer)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Lochmann-Ostertag, Luise Ottilie (Mrs)Name: Lochmann-Ostertag, Luise Ottilie (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 18.03.1868
Date of Death: 25.09.1953
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Lochmann, Adam Jakob (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?, Mohr-Elwert, Pauline (Mrs)Name: Mohr-Elwert, Pauline (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 04.06.1858
Date of Death: 22.04.1933
Biography: Second wife of Adolf Mohr.
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Mohr, Adolf (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?, Rottmann-Muhl, Caroline Augusta (Mrs)Name: Rottmann-Muhl, Caroline Augusta (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 10.01.1865
Date of Death: 19.08.1944
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Rottmann, Wilhelm Jacob (Mr)
Need more information?, Schweizer, Karl Julius (Mr)Name: Schweizer, Karl Julius (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1250
Date of Birth: 28.11.1868
Date of Death: 21.02.1951
Biography: From 1904 to 1921 Schweizer was a publisher for mission publications in Twi and from 1921 until 1927 he was a teacher for Latin and Greek in the Mission Seminary in Basel.
Profession: mechanic (Mechaniker)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, [leer] N, Schweizer-Kunz, Marie (Mrs)Name: Schweizer-Kunz, Marie (Mrs)
Basel mission membership number: SV 0036
Date of Birth: 25.02.1864
Date of Death: 29.01.1928
Profession: teacher
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Schweizer, Karl Julius (Mr)
Need more information?, Knapp, Agnes (Ms)Name: Knapp, Agnes (Ms)
Biography: first wife of Bellon.
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Bellon, Immanuel (Mr)
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Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 10.1cm x 15cm
[Condition]: good
[Type of support]: [leerl] W 1201
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, collodion
Identifier
Reference:
QD-30.106.0161
Citation:
Reference: BMA QD-30.106.0161
Title: "Hochzeitsgesellschaft Mai 1902 Akropong. "
Creator: [leer] N
Date: May 1902

[leer] N, “Hochzeitsgesellschaft Mai 1902 Akropong. ,” BMArchives, accessed April 7, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/71877.
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