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
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"Gassere" ("Malagasy"). This picture is from the Missionary conference in Betafo 1910. These six missionaries all have missionary parents and were also born in Madagascar. From the left: Bertha Haaland, maiden name Nilsen. She was a missionary in Madagascar from 1908-1938. She married pastor Ragnvald Haaland 1887-1967, in Madagascar on July 3, 1918. He was a missionary in Madagascar from 1916-1923 and 1926-1938. Bertha's parents were pastor Josef Andreas Nilsen and Inger Marie. -- Next is:Anna Pauline Thunem, maiden name Pedersen. She married Adolf Reinhard Severin Thunem 1871-1954, in Fianarantsoa, Madagascar in October 1899. He was a missionary in Madagascar from 1897-1917. Her parents were pastor Peder Andreas and Christine Pedersen. -- Next: her brother Andreas Pedersen, a missionary in Madagascar from 1903-1920. He married Marie 1882-1906, maiden name Schielderup, in Madagascar in 1905. After her death he married Magdalene 1880-1959, maiden name Pedersen, in Norway in June 1914. His parents were pastor Peder Andreas and Christine Pedersen. -- Next: Anna Margrethe Bjertnes 1877-1957, maiden name Vig. She married Carl Fredrik Bjertnes 1868-1961, in Madagascar in November 1877. He was a missionary in Madagascar from 1893-1927. Anna Margrethe's parents were pastor Lars Larsen and Laura Margrethe Vig. -- Next: Anna Margrethe Ebbell 1876-1935, maiden name Dahle. She married Bendix Ebbell 1865-1941, in Madagascar in September 1894. He was a missionary in Madagascar from 1893-1912. Her parents were pastor Lars Nilsen and Gabrielle Gustava (Ella) Dahle. -- Next: Petra Alvilde Sofie Einrem 1875-1927, maiden name Nygaard. She married Johannes Einrem 1868-1956, in Madagascar in January 1894. He was a missionary in Madagascar from 1893-1933. Her parents were pastor Joergen Tollefsen and Hanna Nygaard.
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