"Vor der Abreise. Miss. Ruff, Dir. Hartenstein, Röder, Miss. Kling, Miss. Kurtz, Miss. Bonsack, Frau Ruff, Frau Bonsack. "
Item Details
Title:
"Vor der Abreise. Miss. Ruff, Dir. Hartenstein, Röder, Miss. Kling, Miss. Kurtz, Miss. Bonsack, Frau Ruff, Frau Bonsack. "
Alternate title:
"Before leaving. Rev. Ruff, Director Hartenstein, Räder, Rev. Kling, Rev. Kurtz, Rev. Bonsack, Mrs Ruff, Mrs Bonsack."
Description
Names
Dates
Date early:
01.01.1923
Date late:
31.12.1929
Proper date:
01.01.1923-31.12.1929
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Subject
Keywords:
departure, communication, group, religion and philosophy (general), Christianity, missionary f, missionary m, home board member m
Individuals:
Bonsack, Karl August (Mr)Name: Bonsack, Karl August (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1766
Date of Birth: 09.08.1885
Date of Death: 16.08.1929
Biography: Mr Bonsack worked for Basel Mission in British Cameroon from 1928 until his death by drowing in 1929. Internment 1916 - 1919.
Profession: baker (Bäcker)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Bonsack-Zurflüh, Martha (Mrs)
Need more information?, Bonsack-Zurflüh, Martha (Mrs)Name: Bonsack-Zurflüh, Martha (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 25.12.1894
Date of Death: 27.07.1989
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Bonsack, Karl August (Mr)
Need more information?, Hartenstein, Karl (Mr)Name: Hartenstein, Karl (Mr)
Date of Birth: 25.01.1894
Date of Death: 01.10.1952
Biography: Director of the BM from 1926 to 1939. During this time he travelled to all mission areas of the BM. As a result of the Second World War he resigned and moved back to Germany in 1939 where he was head of the nascent Basel Mission German Branch (BMDZ).
Profession: pastor; director of the BM (Pfarrer; Direktor der BM)
Need more information?, Kling, Wilhelm (Mr)Name: Kling, Wilhelm (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2260
Date of Birth: 07.10.1900
Date of Death: 25.07.1983
Biography: As internee in India 1939 - 1946.
Profession: mechanic (Mechaniker)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Kurtz, Heinrich (Mr)Name: Kurtz, Heinrich (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1283
Date of Birth: 02.06.1870
Date of Death: 04.01.1947
Biography: Travelling secretary of the Basel Mission from 1903 to 1933. NB Kurtz' wife Line Kurtz-Hesse was a cousing of Johannes Hesse (in this database). His son Robert, a pastor in Zürich, was the BM's "Secretary for Switzerland & Germany 1946-56.
Profession: secondary school pupil (Realschüler)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Röder, Johannes (Mr)Name: Röder, Johannes (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2347
Date of Birth: 27.09.1901
Date of Death: 25.11.1970
Profession: builder (Bauwerkmeister)
Geographic references: Mission area: Kalimantan {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: [leer] N
Need more information?, Ruff, Ernst Erich (Mr)Name: Ruff, Ernst Erich (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1800
Date of Birth: 04.03.1887
Date of Death: 06.09.1944
Biography: Between his two stays in China Ruff was a travelling secretary of the Basel Mission (1925-1928) and after 1934 he was a city missioner in Frankfurt a. M. (1934-1941) and in Freiburg i. Br. (after 1941).
Profession: taylor (Schneider)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Need more information?, [leer] N, Ruff-Wolff, Margarethe (Mrs)Name: Ruff-Wolff, Margarethe (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 26.07.1892
Date of Death: 16.06.1976
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Ruff, Ernst Erich (Mr)
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Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 8.5cm x 11.5cm
[Condition]: good
[Type of support]: cardboard
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
Identifier
Reference:
QS-30.022.0130
Citation:
Reference: BMA QS-30.022.0130
Title: "Vor der Abreise. Miss. Ruff, Dir. Hartenstein, Röder, Miss. Kling, Miss. Kurtz, Miss. Bonsack, Frau Ruff, Frau Bonsack. "
Creator: unknown
Date: 01.01.1923-31.12.1929

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