cover image: View from the Betafo Mission Station of "Tsimanova" and Tatamarina Lake, Betafo, Madagascar, 1900

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View from the Betafo Mission Station of "Tsimanova" and Tatamarina Lake, Betafo, Madagascar, 1900

1900

"Udsigt fra Betafo station" ("View from the Betafo Mission Station"). "Tsimanova" is the area of houses in the foreground where John Engh and Martinius Borgen started missionary work in 1867. John Engh was a missionary in South Africa from 1865-1866 and in Madagascar from 1866-1899. He married Johanne Mathilde 1843-1921, maiden name Abel, on September 7, 1867 in Tananarive. Martinius Borgen 1834-1915, a missionary in Madagascar from 1867-1882 and in South Africa from 1885-1901. He died in Durban in 1915. He married Martha Nikoline 1843-1918, maiden name Hirsch, on December 10, 1871 in Madagascar. She was a missionary in Madagascar from 1870-1882 and in South Africa from 1885-1918. She died in Mangiluè Zululand in 1918.
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Authors

Einrem, Johannes

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m3003
Dates
1900
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic prints. 6 x 8.5 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Betafo Madagascar
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Madagascar
Reference
impa-m3003 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-NMS-A13-556
Rights
Misjonsmarka 12, NO-4024 Stavanger, Norway Mission and Diakonia Archives, VID Specialized University USC does not control copyright for these images. For usage permission, contact Mission and Diakonia Archives, VID Specialized University. Information is available at https://www.vid.no/en/historical-archive/ . post@vid.no
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/24d7b1ff7cad9d3109e5361202cace96

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