"Station Bombe v. Herrn Missionar Stolz erbaut. Fr. Chapuis hängt Wäsche auf. "
Item Details
Title:
"Station Bombe v. Herrn Missionar Stolz erbaut. Fr. Chapuis hängt Wäsche auf. "
Alternate title:
"The station in Bombe, which was built by the missionary Stolz. Mrs Chapuis is hanging up the washing."
Description
Names
Creator:
Leimenstoll, Johannes Immanuel (Mr)Name: Leimenstoll, Johannes Immanuel (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1578
Date of Birth: 30.08.1873
Date of Death: 21.03.1940
Biography: Portrait No QS-30.001.1052.01 gives "Reichenbach" as place of birth, BV ("List of the Brethren") "Göppingen" and FR ("Family Register") gives "Reichenbach" as place of origin.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
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Dates
Date early:
01.01.1900
Date late:
31.12.1903
Proper date:
01.01.1900-31.12.1903
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Cameroon {modern state}: South West Province {province}: Fako {division}: Bombe {place}
People:
Subject
Keywords:
domestic scene, domestic servant f, domestic servant m, drying process, laundry, religion and philosophy (general), Christianity, mission station, missionary f, missionary m
Individuals:
Chapuis, François (Mr)Name: Chapuis, François (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1348
Date of Birth: 13.11.1869
Date of Death: 16.03.1924
Profession: secondary school pupil (Gymnasiast)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Chapuis-Huguenin, Alice (Mrs)
Need more information?, Chapuis-Huguenin, Alice (Mrs)Name: Chapuis-Huguenin, Alice (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 25.10.1869
Date of Death: 22.01.1959
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Chapuis, François (Mr)
Need more information?, Greule, Jakob (Mr)Name: Greule, Jakob (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1394
Date of Birth: 05.08.1873
Date of Death: 10.11.1947
Profession: gardener (Gärtner)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Greule-Häfliger, Bertha (Mrs)
Need more information?, Leimenstoll, Johannes Immanuel (Mr)Name: Leimenstoll, Johannes Immanuel (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1578
Date of Birth: 30.08.1873
Date of Death: 21.03.1940
Biography: Portrait No QS-30.001.1052.01 gives "Reichenbach" as place of birth, BV ("List of the Brethren") "Göppingen" and FR ("Family Register") gives "Reichenbach" as place of origin.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Need more information?, Spellenberg, Gottlieb Friedrich (Mr)Name: Spellenberg, Gottlieb Friedrich (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1323
Date of Birth: 09.03.1870
Date of Death: 04.05.1925
Profession: bookbinder (Buchbinder)
Relationships: Bruder/Schwester von: Spellenberg, Friedrich Matthias Daniel (Mr)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Need more information?, Stolz, Karl Friedr. (Mr)Name: Stolz, Karl Friedr. (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1214
Date of Birth: 14.03.1867
Date of Death: 07.07.1951
Biography: Internment in Duala and England 1915.
Profession: carpenter (Schreiner)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Need more information?, Walker, Gottlob (Mr)Name: Walker, Gottlob (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1208
Date of Birth: 25.01.1865
Date of Death: 12.02.1929
Biography: Place of origin (Heimatort) as citizen of the German empire not given in BV ("List of the Brethren"), later he was given citizenship in Uetikon, Switzerland, where he founded and managed a mental home called "Bergheim".
Profession: blacksmith (Schmied)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
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Relationships
[Same image]: E-30.18.029
Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 12.8cm x 17.7cm
[Condition]: medium; physically damaged
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
Identifier
Reference:
QE-30.011.0055
Citation:
Reference: BMA QE-30.011.0055
Title: "Station Bombe v. Herrn Missionar Stolz erbaut. Fr. Chapuis hängt Wäsche auf. "
Creator: Leimenstoll, Johannes Immanuel (Mr)
Date: 01.01.1900-31.12.1903

Leimenstoll, Johannes Immanuel (Mr), “Station Bombe v. Herrn Missionar Stolz erbaut. Fr. Chapuis hängt Wäsche auf. ,” BMArchives, accessed May 17, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/74217.
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