"Geschw. v. Aburi. ... [unleserlich] ... Fisch, ... [unleserlich] ..., Wiedemann, Lochmann, Geschw. Gsell, Groh, ... [unleserlich] ..., Fr. Fisch, Lochmann, Geschw. Josenhans m. Kind, ... [unleserlich] ... . "
Item Details
Title:
"Geschw. v. Aburi. ... [unleserlich] ... Fisch, ... [unleserlich] ..., Wiedemann, Lochmann, Geschw. Gsell, Groh, ... [unleserlich] ..., Fr. Fisch, Lochmann, Geschw. Josenhans m. Kind, ... [unleserlich] ... . "
Alternate title:
"The missionaries from Aburi. ... [illegible] ... Fisch, ... [illegible] ..., Wiedemann, Lochmann, Gsells, Groh, ... [illegible] ..., Mrs Fisch, Lochmann, the Josenhans' with their child ... [illegible] ... ."
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:
01.01.1902
Date late:
31.12.1911
Proper date:
01.01.1902-31.12.1911
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Ghana {modern state}
People:
Subject
Keywords:
child, flowerpot, girl, communication, group, men's wear, religion and philosophy (general), Christianity, missionary f, missionary m, tablecloth, craft production, wickerwork, woman, women's wear
Individuals:
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?, 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* (child), Josenhans-Riehm, Theodora (Mrs)Name: Josenhans-Riehm, Theodora (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 18.11.1866
Date of Death: 10.04.1961
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: Tochter/Sohn von: Riehm, Karl Adolf Ferd. (Mr), verheiratet mit: Josenhans, Gottlob (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?, Wiedemann, Wilhelm (Mr)Name: Wiedemann, Wilhelm (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1384
Date of Birth: 09.10.1873
Date of Death: 27.02.1944
Biography: City Missioner in Basel from 1916 to 1919. Travelling secretary of the Basel Mission in Zofingen, Switzerland from 1920 to 1932.
Profession: carrier (Ferger)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
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Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Condition]: good
[Type of support]: glass
[Process]: b/w negative, gelatin dry plate
Identifier
Reference:
QD-32.008.9187
Citation:
Reference: BMA QD-32.008.9187
Title: "Geschw. v. Aburi. ... [unleserlich] ... Fisch, ... [unleserlich] ..., Wiedemann, Lochmann, Geschw. Gsell, Groh, ... [unleserlich] ..., Fr. Fisch, Lochmann, Geschw. Josenhans m. Kind, ... [unleserlich] ... . "
Creator: Fisch, Rudolf (Mr)
Date: 01.01.1902-31.12.1911

Fisch, Rudolf (Mr), “Geschw. v. Aburi. ... [unleserlich] ... Fisch, ... [unleserlich] ..., Wiedemann, Lochmann, Geschw. Gsell, Groh, ... [unleserlich] ..., Fr. Fisch, Lochmann, Geschw. Josenhans m. Kind, ... [unleserlich] ... . ,” BMArchives, accessed May 4, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/72672.
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