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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Missionaries visiting. Standing to left in black suit and hat: Christian Borchgrevink, a missionary in Madagascar from 1869-1912. He married Johanne Christiane 1836-1924, maiden name Wang, in Tamatave, Madagascar on September 4, 1870. A little to the right: Governor Ramaniraka in a black suit and wearing a tropical helmet. To the right all wearing tropical helmets are missionaries: Theodor Thorbjoernsen, a missionary in Madagascar from 1887-1921. He married Dina 1862-1952, maiden name Joergensen, on board the mission ship "Paulus" on November 14, 1889. Next is: Anders Johannessen Rustad 1853-1926, a missionary in Madagascar from 1887-1918. He married Emilie Marie 1864-1895, maiden name Tegneby, in Madagascar on February 16, 1892. She was a missionary in Madagascar from 1889-1895. After her death he married Mette Margrethe 1859-1943, maiden name Smith, in Norway on May 13, 1899. Next is: Sigvardt Lauritz Wetterstad 1855-1922, a missionary in Madagascar from 1887-1919. He married Constance Amalie 1855-1926, maiden name Jacobsen, in Antsirabe, Madagascar on October 29, 1889.
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