| Administrative History | Rev Jonathan Klein (List 1 No. 11) originated in Germany and took Lutheran Orders but spent four years in England before sailing for West Africa with his wife, Susanna, in the service of the CMS in 1811. His connection with CMS was dissolved in 1821. Rev John Godfrey Wilhelm (List 1 No. 10) of Alsace sailed with the Kleins to West Africa and in 1815 began work in Rio Pongas. He died in Africa in 1834.
Reference: Register of missionaries (clerical, lay & female) and native clergy from 1804 to 1904 (Church Missionary Society, 1905) |
| Custodial History | Deposited with the CMS in July 1984 and transferred to the Special Collections Department in 2005 |