cover image: The first baptised men, Urambo, Unyamwezi, Tanzania, ca.1906-1908

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The first baptised men, Urambo, Unyamwezi, Tanzania, ca.1906-1908

"Urambo. Die ersten Getauften. Br. Stern (stehend), Br. Seibt (links), Br. Löbner" ("The first baptised [men]. Br[other] Stern (standing), Br[other] Seibt (left), Br[other] Löbner"). Five African men and the three missionaries. All men are wearing white clothes. Additionally, the African men are wearing hats. Seibt and Löbner are holding their topees. In the background vegetation. Löbner, Mads Hansen, pastor. Born September 26th, 1868 in Stenderup, Denmark, died 1922 in Götterup, Denmark. On April 2nd, 1902 he married Ane Marie Pedersen in Kopenhagen. From 1906-1914 he worked as a missionary in Unyamwezi, from 1906-08 he was stationed in Urambo. In 1908 he was subsitute head of synod. In 1910 he was head in Sikonge and he became head of synod of the Unyamwezi mission in the same year. From 1912 he was in Tabora. In 1914 he was on vacation in Europe.--Seibt, August (1875-1943) was a teacher and a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. He served in Unyamwezi (1904-1916) and Usoke (1930-1937). In 1905 he married Frieda Scholz. They returned to Germany in 1937.--Stern, Rudolf Leupold(t), theologist, born on June 15th, 1865 in Gorakhpur, East India, died March 12th, 1923 in Schönbruch, East Prussia. In 1894 he married Hanna Binder and in the same year the couple went to take up missionary work in Suriname. The stayed there until 1897. From 1898-1908 Stern worked in East Africa (1898 Urambo, 1899 Kiwere: founding of a new mission station, 1906-08 Sikonge) as a missionary. In 1908 Stern and his wife returned to Germany.
indigenous populations religious education missionary work group portraits
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m14613
Date published
1906/1908
Dates
1906/1908
Format
Photographic prints Photographs
Pages
14.8 x 11 cm
Place Discussed
Africa Tanzania Urambo uncategorized: Unyamwezi
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Tanzania
Reference
impa-m14613 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-UNY-1-02581
Rights
Contact: Moravian Archives at http://www.archiv.ebu.de Moravian Archives, Unitätsarchiv Moravian Archives, Unitätsarchiv, Zittauer Straße 24, 02747, Herrnhut, Germany http://www.archiv.ebu.de unitaetsarchiv@ebu.de
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/a6f55384391f339dfab73bd19dec0497

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