"Gold Coast / Pakro: (Accra-Distrikt) Dez. 1910. Baumeister Bossard, Keil, Feldmann, Meissburger, Bayer. "
Item Details
Title:
"Gold Coast / Pakro: (Accra-Distrikt) Dez. 1910. Baumeister Bossard, Keil, Feldmann, Meissburger, Bayer. "
Alternate title:
"Gold Coast, Pakro (Accra District), December 1910: Bossard (builder), Keil, Feldmann, Meissburger, Bayer."
Description
Names
Dates
Date early:
December 1910
Proper date:
December 1910
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Ghana {modern state}: Ghana {traditional states}: Akwapim {traditional state}: Aburi {place}: Aburi-Akropong {mission district}: Pakro {place}
People:
Subject
Keywords:
barrel, craft production, carpenter m, corrugated iron, drinking, communication, group, religion and philosophy (general), Christianity, mission trader m, mission workshop, shelter, timber, tool, economy - general, worker m, sun helmet
Individuals:
Bayer, Max (Mr)Name: Bayer, Max (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1836
Date of Birth: 06.03.1885
Date of Death: 04.10.1955
Biography: BV ("List of the Brethren"): Released from internment in 1919.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Bosshart, Johannes (Mr)Name: Bosshart, Johannes (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1506
Date of Birth: 22.11.1877
Date of Death: 17.05.1944
Biography: Bosshart worked in Ghana as a constructional engineer from 1908 to 1925.
Profession: farmer (Bauer)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Feldmann, Paul Max (Mr)Name: Feldmann, Paul Max (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1942
Date of Birth: 18.10.1886
Date of Death: 30.06.1962
Biography: Internment from 1914 to 1918. From 1921 to 1925 or 1926 Feldmann was in Sumatera with the "Rheinische Mission"/Rheinland Mission Wuppertal/Germany.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Keil, Hermann (Mr)Name: Keil, Hermann (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1805
Date of Birth: 17.06.1884
Date of Death: 17.07.1935
Biography: Basler Missions-Handelsgesellschaft / Basel Mission Trading Company. From 1912 to his death in 1935 Keil lived in Argentina and worked as a commercial clerk.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Meissburger, Ernst Martin (Mr)Name: Meissburger, Ernst Martin (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1907
Date of Birth: 31.03.1889
Date of Death: 27.06.1965
Biography: Basler Missions-Handelsgesellschaft / Basel Mission Trading Company. Contradictory data about Meissburger's return in the BV ("List of the Brethren"): 01.10.1913 and 14.07.1914 are given.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
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Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 10.8cm x 14.9cm
[Condition]: medium
[Type of support]: cardboard
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
Identifier
Reference:
QU-30.003.0029
Citation:
Reference: BMA QU-30.003.0029
Title: "Gold Coast / Pakro: (Accra-Distrikt) Dez. 1910. Baumeister Bossard, Keil, Feldmann, Meissburger, Bayer. "
Creator: unknown
Date: December 1910

“Gold Coast / Pakro: (Accra-Distrikt) Dez. 1910. Baumeister Bossard, Keil, Feldmann, Meissburger, Bayer. ,” BMArchives, accessed April 11, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/84421.
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