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359:. Regina Hesse also had other sisters, Mary (Mrs. Richter) and Wilhelmina, who later became Mrs. Briandt. Her brother, William Hesse (1834–1920) was a minister of the Basel Mission. Regina Hesse also had a brother, John Hesse who was a trader. In 1854, after the British authorities bombarded Osu using the naval vessel,
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After arriving on the Gold Coast in 1854, he opened a hardware shop in
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for the rest of their lives. Regina Hesse's two daughters, Bertha and
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trading activities. The couple had eight children but three died at an early age. All surviving children worked with the Basel
Mission in one capacity or the other. The oldest son became an employee of the Basel Mission Trading Company while her two younger sons went to the
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ancestry and active in coastal commerce. Hesse's paternal grandfather, Dr. Lebrecht
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and fellowship which led to a significant increase in congregants, including her own extended family, in her home church, the
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trader–refugees who had also been displaced by the conflict. Regina Hesse was educated at the Basel
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who set up three girls’ specialist boarding schools at
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249:, she was one of first women exemplars on the
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386:The History of the Gold Coast and Asante
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909:A History of the Church in Africa
708:(in German). G. Fischer. p.
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383:(1834–1934), whose seminal book,
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1147:. Basler Afrika Bibliographien.
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1118:. Waterville Publishing House.
1049:Seth, Quartey (January 2005).
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281:and was active in the women's
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714:nicholas timothy clerk basel.
677:Studies in World Christianity
548:Regina Hesse died in 1898 in
311:merchant, Herman Hesse and a
200:Charlotte Lamiorakai (mother)
116:Christiansborg Castle School
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257:. Hesse was trained by the
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1424:Heads of schools in Ghana
1306:. Ohio University Press.
1182:"Carl Christian Reindorf"
997:Anquandah, James (2006).
829:Our Presbyterian heritage
732:(in German). G. Fischer.
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481:and the founder of the
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265:pioneer woman teacher,
166:women on the Gold Coast
143:Education administrator
1414:Ghanaian Presbyterians
1140:Jenkins, Paul (1998).
517:Basel Mission Seminary
379:pastor and historian,
337:Alexander Worthy Clerk
220:Alexander Worthy Clerk
1429:Hesse family of Ghana
689:10.3366/swc.2018.0203
639:Sill, Ulrike (2010).
373:Christiansborg Castle
305:Christiansborg, Accra
297:Further information:
287:Christiansborg, Accra
197:Herman Hesse (father)
1434:Academics from Accra
1419:Ghanaian Protestants
1180:Ofosu-Appiah, L. H.
1112:Hall, Peter (1965).
883:Dawes, Mark (2003).
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1394:Ga-Adangbe people
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