"In Accra, BTCO, High Street, [Opferkuch] + Max, Taufe 1906... "
Item Details
Title:
"In Accra, BTCO, High Street, [Opferkuch] + Max, Taufe 1906... "
Alternate title:
"In Accra, BTCO, High Street, [Opferkuch] + Max, baptism, 1906."
Description
Names
Dates
Date early:
18.03.1906
Proper date:
18.03.1906
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Ghana {modern state}: Ghana {mission districts}: Accra {mission district}: Accra {place}: High Street, Accra (street) {other geogr names}
People:
Subject
Keywords:
child, baby, religion and philosophy (general), Christianity, baptismal candidate m, communication, group, mission trader m, missionary f, missionary m
Individuals:
Bammler, Johann (Mr)Name: Bammler, Johann (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1716
Date of Birth: 28.04.1881
Date of Death: 20.06.1976
Biography: Basler Missions-Handelsgesellschaft / Basel Mission Trading Company and United Trading Company. Bammler worked for the UTC in Basel until 1951.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Berner, Adolf (Mr)Name: Berner, Adolf (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1708
Date of Birth: 26.06.1878
Date of Death: 19.08.1906
Biography: Basler Missions-Handelsgesellschaft / Basel Mission Trading Company.
Profession: locksmith; mechanic (Schlosser; Mechaniker)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Bornemann, Wilhelm (Mr)Name: Bornemann, Wilhelm (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1719
Date of Birth: 21.04.1882
Biography: Basler Missions-Handelsgesellschaft / Basel Mission Trading Company. BV ("List of the Brethren") gives no date for B's death.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Deyhle, Adolf (Mr)Name: Deyhle, Adolf (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1601
Date of Birth: 05.06.1877
Date of Death: 09.02.1920
Biography: Worked in the mission administration in Basel from 1908 to 1920.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Hickel-Boller, Marie (Mrs)Name: Hickel-Boller, Marie (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 18.03.1888
Date of Death: 15.08.1977
Biography: It seems unlikely - see dates - that Mrs Hickel was with her husband in Ghana.
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Hickel, Ad. Johannes (Mr)
Need more information?, Hickel, Ad. Johannes (Mr)Name: Hickel, Ad. Johannes (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1780
Date of Birth: 21.02.1880
Date of Death: 06.12.1967
Biography: Basler Missions-Handelsgesellschaft / Basel Mission Trading Company.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Relationships: Bruder/Schwester von: Hickel, Theodor (Mr), verheiratet mit: Hickel-Boller, Marie (Mrs)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Opferkuch, Alfred (Mr)Name: Opferkuch, Alfred (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1598
Date of Birth: 23.11.1875
Date of Death: 08.06.1956
Biography: Basler Missions-Handelsgesellschaft (BMHG) / Basel Mission Trading Company. Opferkuch continued working for the BMHG after his return from Ghana. BV ("List of the Brethren") doesn't mention the year of his pension.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Opferkuch, Max Hugo (child)Name: Opferkuch, Max Hugo (child)
Date of Birth: 09.02.1906
Relationships: Tochter/Sohn von: Opferkuch, Alfred (Mr)
Need more information?, Opferkuch-Steeb, Helene (Mrs)Name: Opferkuch-Steeb, Helene (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 04.07.1878
Date of Death: 12.04.1936
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Opferkuch, Alfred (Mr)
Need more information?, Rösle, Jakob (Mr)Name: Rösle, Jakob (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1082
Date of Birth: 25.03.1859
Date of Death: 19.03.1907
Biography: Basler Missions-Handelsgesellschaft / Basel Mission Trading Company.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Rottmann, Wilhelm Jacob (Mr)Name: Rottmann, Wilhelm Jacob (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1102
Date of Birth: 09.09.1859
Date of Death: 03.07.1917
Biography: From 1912 to 1916 Rottmann was a travelling secretary of the Basel Mission in Germany.
Profession: teacher (Lehrer)
Relationships: Bruder/Schwester von: Rottmann, Gottlob Samuel (Mr), Tochter/Sohn von: Rottmann, Hermann Ludwig (Mr)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Schwerin, Paul (Mr)Name: Schwerin, Paul (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1705
Date of Birth: 08.09.1883
Biography: Basler Missions-Handelsgesellschaft / Basel Mission Trading Company.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Weiss, Matthias (Mr)Name: Weiss, Matthias (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1643
Date of Birth: 13.01.1881
Date of Death: 06.07.1967
Biography: Basler Missions-Handelsgesellschaft / Basel Mission Trading Company.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Zürcher, Gottfried (Mr)Name: Zürcher, Gottfried (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1205
Date of Birth: 06.08.1863
Date of Death: 23.04.1924
Biography: QS-30.001.0850 gives Lauperswyl as place of origin, BV gives Arch. In Ghana 1890-95, 1897-1902, 1904-07, 1908-12, 1914-18. Zürcher was then BM travelling secretary in Canton Bern. Married Louise Z-Spahn 1893, Marie Z-Frech 1905.
Profession: teacher (Lehrer)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Frech, Marie (Ms)
Need more information?, Zürcher-Frech, Marie (Mrs)Name: Zürcher-Frech, Marie (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 03.03.1868
Date of Death: 13.09.1958
Biography: Identisch mit Frech, Marie (SV 0051)?
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Zürcher, Gottfried (Mr)
Need more information?, Zürcher, Louise (child)Name: Zürcher, Louise (child)
Date of Birth: 30.11.1905
Relationships: Tochter/Sohn von: Zürcher, Gottfried (Mr)
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Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 12cm x 17cm
[Condition]: medium
[Type of support]: cardboard
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
Identifier
Reference:
QU-30.003.0004
Citation:
Reference: BMA QU-30.003.0004
Title: "In Accra, BTCO, High Street, [Opferkuch] + Max, Taufe 1906... "
Creator: unknown
Date: 18.03.1906

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