"BMF Agent & Staff in Accra. Berger, Blattmann, Brugger, Kaundinya, Giezendanner, Roesle, Bock, Frau & Herr Binhammer. "
Item Details
Title:
"BMF Agent & Staff in Accra. Berger, Blattmann, Brugger, Kaundinya, Giezendanner, Roesle, Bock, Frau & Herr Binhammer. "
Alternate title:
"Basel Mission Trading Company agent and staff in Accra. Berger, Blattmann, Brugger, Kaundinya, Giezendanner, Roesle, Bock, Mr & Mrs Binhammer."
Description
Names
Dates
Date early:
01.01.1900
Date late:
31.12.1901
Proper date:
01.01.1900-31.12.1901
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Ghana {modern state}: Ghana {mission districts}: Accra {mission district}: Accra {place}
People:
Subject
Keywords:
chair, communication, group, religion and philosophy (general), Christianity, mission trader m, missionary f, missionary m, stairway
Individuals:
Berger (Mr)Name: Berger (Mr)
Biography: Uncertain whether the name of the photographer is Berger, Richard (Mr) or Berger, Jakob (Mr).
Need more information?, Binhammer, Johannes Martin (Mr)Name: Binhammer, Johannes Martin (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1289
Date of Birth: 27.11.1867
Date of Death: 05.02.1947
Biography: Basler Missions-Handelsgesellschaft (BMHG) / Basel Mission Trading Company. After his return from Ghana Binhammer worked for the BMHG in Basel. From 1907 he was the manager of the BMHG. BV ("List of the Brethren") gives no retirement date.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Binhammer-Wagner, Emma Mathilde (Mrs)
Need more information?, Binhammer-Wagner, Emma Mathilde (Mrs)Name: Binhammer-Wagner, Emma Mathilde (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 16.05.1874
Date of Death: 19.11.1923
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Binhammer, Johannes Martin (Mr)
Need more information?, Blattmann, Karl Albert (Mr)Name: Blattmann, Karl Albert (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1541
Date of Birth: 04.03.1879
Date of Death: 19.12.1957
Biography: Basler Missions-Handelsgesellschaft / Basel Mission Trading Company.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Bock, Wilhelm (Mr)Name: Bock, Wilhelm (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1521
Date of Birth: 24.11.1872
Date of Death: 10.08.1909
Biography: Basler Missions-Handelsgesellschaft / Basel Mission Trading Company.
Profession: miller; commercial school pupil (Mahl- und Sägemüller; Handelsschüler 1. Seminar)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Brugger, Traugott (Mr)Name: Brugger, Traugott (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1388
Date of Birth: 23.09.1870
Date of Death: 11.12.1954
Biography: Basler Missions-Handelsgesellschaft / Basel Mission Trading Company. From 1921 to 1936 Brugger worked for the UTC in Basel. His name was sometimes also spelt 'Brucker'.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Relationships: Bruder/Schwester von: Brugger, Hanna (Ms), verheiratet mit: Brugger-Iseli, Hanna Clara (Mrs)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Giezendanner, Traugott (Mr)Name: Giezendanner, Traugott (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1543
Date of Birth: 01.11.1872
Date of Death: 19.05.1941
Biography: Basler Missions-Handelsgesellschaft / Basel Mission Trading Company.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Giezendanner-Burckhardt, Hanna (Mrs)
Need more information?, Kaundinya, Herrmann August (Mr)Name: Kaundinya, Herrmann August (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1577
Date of Birth: 08.12.1867
Date of Death: 17.01.1943
Biography: Basler Missions-Handelsgesellschaft / Basel Mission Trading Company. Internment 1914 - 1919. Kaundinya worked for the Basel Mission Trading Company in Basel after he was released from the internment. A.k.a. Kaundinya, Hermann (child).
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: Tochter/Sohn von: Kaundinya, Hermann Anandraja (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}
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Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 13cm x 19cm
[Condition]: medium
[Type of support]: cardboard
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
Identifier
Reference:
QU-30.003.0020
Citation:
Reference: BMA QU-30.003.0020
Title: "BMF Agent & Staff in Accra. Berger, Blattmann, Brugger, Kaundinya, Giezendanner, Roesle, Bock, Frau & Herr Binhammer. "
Creator: unknown
Date: 01.01.1900-31.12.1901

“BMF Agent & Staff in Accra. Berger, Blattmann, Brugger, Kaundinya, Giezendanner, Roesle, Bock, Frau & Herr Binhammer. ,” BMArchives, accessed April 11, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/84415.
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