"Die am 13. Mai 1945 für Kamerun u. die Goldküste verabschiedeten Missionsleute. "
Item Details
Title:
"Die am 13. Mai 1945 für Kamerun u. die Goldküste verabschiedeten Missionsleute. "
Alternate title:
"The missionaries bound for the Gold Coast and Cameroon who were bid farewell to on 13th May 1945."
Description
Names
Dates
Date early:
13.05.1945
Proper date:
13.05.1945
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People:
Subject
Keywords:
departure, communication, group, midwife, religion and philosophy (general), Christianity, missionary f, missionary m, nurse, teacher f Individuals:
Angst-Ganz, Gertrud, Lydia (Mrs)Name: Angst-Ganz, Gertrud, Lydia (Mrs)Date of Birth: 15.11.1909
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Angst, Albert (Mr)
Need more information?, Angst, Albert (Mr)Name: Angst, Albert (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2394
Date of Birth: 18.12.1910
Date of Death: 18.09.1986
Profession: farmer (Landwirt)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Need more information?, Bächtold, Heinrich (Mr)Name: Bächtold, Heinrich (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2263
Date of Birth: 18.08.1901
Date of Death: 06.11.1988
Biography: Secretary of the home board ( "Committee") of the Basel Mission, in the Mission House Basel, from 1953 to 1959(?) or 1969 - and thus at that time also responsible for the archive.
Profession: carpenter (Schreiner)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Bächtold-Heiser, Martha (Ms)
Need more information?, Büchner, Johannes Adolf (Mr)Name: Büchner, Johannes Adolf (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2261
Date of Birth: 29.10.1900
Date of Death: 13.12.1995
Biography: a.k.a. Büchner, Hans. Travelling secretary of the Basel Mission in Biel from 1947 to 1951 and in Bern after 1951. Mitarbeiter im Heimatdienst, Kanton Bern.
Profession: gardener (Gärtner)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Büchner-Paris, Marguerite Ida Helene (Mrs)
Need more information?, Fankhauser, Hedwig (Ms)Name: Fankhauser, Hedwig (Ms)
Basel mission membership number: SV 0241
Date of Birth: 26.12.1909
Profession: dressmaker; nurse (Schneiderin; Krankenschwester)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Need more information?, Keller, Erwin Emil (Mr)Name: Keller, Erwin Emil (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2239
Date of Birth: 21.06.1900
Date of Death: 14.11.1982
Profession: farmer (Landwirt)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Need more information?, Meister, Anna Maria (Ms)Name: Meister, Anna Maria (Ms)
Basel mission membership number: SV 0256
Date of Birth: 14.02.1915
Profession: teacher; housekeeper (Lehrerin; Haushälterin)
Relationships: Bruder/Schwester von: Meister, Johann (Hans) Heinr[ich] (Mr)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Mischler, Frieda (Ms)Name: Mischler, Frieda (Ms)
Basel mission membership number: SV 0224
Date of Birth: 02.01.1907
Profession: commercial clerk (Büroangestellte)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Peyer, Ernst (Mr)Name: Peyer, Ernst (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2305
Date of Birth: 02.09.1906
Date of Death: 21.03.1988
Biography: Once more in Cameroon: 1945 - 1948 as secretary of the Basel Mission in Buea.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Need more information?, Peyer-Binder, Verena (Mrs)Name: Peyer-Binder, Verena (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 13.10.1907
Date of Death: 30.11.1971
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Peyer, Ernst (Mr)
Need more information?, Zürcher-Roggli, Emmy (Mrs)Name: Zürcher-Roggli, Emmy (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 11.09.1904
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Zürcher, Wilhelm (Mr)
Need more information?, Erhardt, Rahel Luise (Ms)Name: Erhardt, Rahel Luise (Ms)
Basel mission membership number: SV 0252
Date of Birth: 03.03.1913
Biography: In 1950 she returned to Ghana and married Arnold Brack, BV ("List of the Brethren") No. 2614.
Profession: nurse (Krankenschwester)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
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[Same image]: QS-30.022.0107
Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 10cm x 14cm
[Condition]: good - medium
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
[Condition]: good - medium
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
Identifier
Reference:
QS-30.022.0108
Citation:
Reference: BMA QS-30.022.0108
Title: "Die am 13. Mai 1945 für Kamerun u. die Goldküste verabschiedeten Missionsleute. "
Creator: unknown
Date: 13.05.1945
“Die am 13. Mai 1945 für Kamerun u. die Goldküste verabschiedeten Missionsleute. ,” BMArchives, accessed April 26, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/82288.
Title: "Die am 13. Mai 1945 für Kamerun u. die Goldküste verabschiedeten Missionsleute. "
Creator: unknown
Date: 13.05.1945
“Die am 13. Mai 1945 für Kamerun u. die Goldküste verabschiedeten Missionsleute. ,” BMArchives, accessed April 26, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/82288.
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