Gerhard and Wilhelmine (Kuipers) Nikkel
- CA MHC PP-4-044-299.0
- Item
- [aft. 1900]
Part of Gerhard Lohrenz fonds
This is a photo of Gerhard Nikkel and his second wife Wilhelmine Kuipers, and the children. Wilhelmine is the sister to Anna Caroline, Gerhard's first wife.
Previously this photo was described as the following based on the text from Gerhard Lohrenz's book "Heritage Remembered."
This is a photo of Gerhard Nikkel and his wife Anna Caroline, born Kulpers, from Holland with their children. They served as missionaries on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, where Anna died. Gerhard was a chaplain at the Razin Forestry camp. Around 1901 her married a sister to his firs wife, and they lived in Gnadenfeld, Molotschna. A son Franz was murdered in 1919. [HR 157].