"Im Mai 1945 verabschiedete Missionsleute: Miss. Bächthold, Miss. Peyer, Miss. Keller, Frln. Meister. "
Item Details
Title:
"Im Mai 1945 verabschiedete Missionsleute: Miss. Bächthold, Miss. Peyer, Miss. Keller, Frln. Meister. "
Alternate title:
"The missionaries who were said farewell to in May 1945: Revs. Bächthold, Peyer, Keller, and Miss Meister."
Description
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Dates
Date early:
1945
Proper date:
1945
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Subject
Keywords:
departure, communication, group, religion and philosophy (general), Christianity, missionary m
Individuals:
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?, 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?, 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}
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Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 7cm x 10cm
[Condition]: good
[Type of support]: cardboard
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
Identifier
Reference:
QS-30.022.0109
Citation:
Reference: BMA QS-30.022.0109
Title: "Im Mai 1945 verabschiedete Missionsleute: Miss. Bächthold, Miss. Peyer, Miss. Keller, Frln. Meister. "
Creator: unknown
Date: 1945

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