"Rungwe: Das erste temporäre Wohnhaus der Missionare 1891. Br. Meyer, Br. Richard, Br. Häfner." ("The first temporary house of the missionaries in 1891. Br. Meyer, Br. Richard, Br. Häfner."). The three missionaries Meyer, Richard and Häfner [from left to right] are standing in front of the new house, which is built in the local way with a reed roof. In the foreground lies some building material. Photo included from the box of duplicates. -- Paul Theodor Meyer (1864-1933) was a son of the missionary Philipp Ludwig Heinrich Meyer. Together with Théophile Richard, Georg Martin and Johannes Häfner he started the missionary work of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine in what is now Tanzania in 1891. He founded the mission stations Rungwe in 1891, Rutenganio, Utengule and Ipanya between 1894 and 1897. From 1891 to 1916 he was superintendent of Rungwe missionary province. After being interned for three years he returned to Germany in 1919. -- William Théophile Jean Richard (1866 in Switzerland – 1944) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine from 1891 till 1905. He helped founding the mission station in Rungwe in 1891 and stayed there again in 1903. In 1893/94 he was chairman of the East Africa Mission and in 1897 he served in Ipiana. That same year he got married to Anna Richard (1876 in England – 1963), née Feldmann, with whom he stayed in Nyasa until 1905 when she got sick and they, therefore, had to leave for Europe again. -- Johannes Häfner (1869 in Suriname – 1929 in Switzerland) was a shoemaker and later a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine from 1891 till 1909. He served in Rungwe in 1891 and 1903, set up a new mission station in Isoko in 1900, served in Rutenganio in 1904, in Kyimbila in 1905 and 1908, and in Ipiana in 1907/08. He left for Europe in 1909 together with his second wife due to health problems. In 1895 he married Christiane (1872-1897), née Jepsen, and six years later Marie Wagner (1867-unknown), née Schmidt.
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negative no. 6818, box no. Nyassa 1 and slide no. 294, box Nyassa 1 photographic prints, 14.1 x 9.1 cm. photographs
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