Aus Dem Leben Des Missionars Johannes, Heinrich, Christoph Lilje
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JOHANN HEINRICH CHRISTOPH LILJE * 15.09.1833 † 23.09.1920 Married on 25.09.1871 ANNA CAROLINE LILJE (BECKRÖGE) * 09.06.1847 † 10.09.1935 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................................................ 2 FOREWORD ..................................................................................................................................................... 5 FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION .............................................................................................................. 6 SECTION I: THE MISSIONARY JOHANN HEINRICH CHRISTOPH LILJE .................................................................... 7 1 The greater Lilje family: Lylye, Lillie, Lilie, Lilje, Lilien, Lilye, Lillige ....................................................... 7 1.1 Steinhorst .................................................................................................................................................... 10 1.2 Lüsche .......................................................................................................................................................... 11 1.3 Allersehl ....................................................................................................................................................... 12 1.4 Gerdau ......................................................................................................................................................... 13 2 HANDWRITTEN CV BEFORE ENTERING THE HERMANNSBURG SEMINARY .......................................... 14 3 Birth and Baptismal Certificate ........................................................................................................ 16 4 Church Records in Gerdau ................................................................................................................ 18 5 Seminary in Hermannsburg, Germany and trip on board the ship Candace to South Africa ................ 19 5.1 The Second Missonary house ...................................................................................................................... 19 5.2 The “Candace” ............................................................................................................................................. 20 5.3 Extracts from the diary of Maria Christina Hansen on the Candace en route to South Africa, 1867 ......... 22 5.4 Letter to Father Harms ................................................................................................................................ 25 5.5 Ordination Document ................................................................................................................................. 27 5.6 Obituary and Life of Missionary Johann Heinrich Christoph Lilje ............................................................... 31 5.7 Obituary of Anna Karoline Lilje née Beckröge ............................................................................................ 32 5.8 Key-dates relating to the Life of Missionary JHC Lilje ................................................................................. 33 6 Reports about the Mission Work on the Stations Marburg, Elim and Ebenezer .................................. 34 6.1 Further details about life and work of missionary J.H.C. Lilje ..................................................................... 34 6.2 First letter by JHC Lilje from Hermannsburg to the Mission Director T. Harms Nr 01, 1868 ...................... 38 6.3 Letter to the Mission Director from Marburg ............................................................................................. 39 6.4 JHC Lilje Report of 27.09.1869, No. 1, Marburg .......................................................................................... 40 6.5 JHC Lilje Station Report Ebenezer, Alfredia, January 1873, No. 1 ............................................................... 41 6.6 JHC Lilje Report, 19.07.1876, No. 2, Ebenezer ............................................................................................ 43 6.7 JHC Lilje Report, 1877, No. 3, Ebenezer ...................................................................................................... 45 6.8 JHC Lilje Bericht, 30th August 1877, Nr. 4, Ebenezer ................................................................................... 46 6.9 JHC Lilje Report, 10th August 1878, No. 5, Ebenezer ................................................................................... 48 6.10 JHC Lilje Report, mid-year 1879, No. 6, Ebenezer ....................................................................................... 49 6.11 JHC Lilje Report, January 1882, No. 7, Ebenezer ......................................................................................... 50 6.12 JHC Lilje Report, January 1883, No. 8, Ebenezer ......................................................................................... 51 6.13 JHC Lilje Report, 14th January 1884, No. 9, Ebenezer .................................................................................. 52 6.14 JHC Lilje Mid-year Report oft the Ebenezer Station, 15th July 1884, No. 10 ............................................... 53 6.15 JHC Lilje Report, 8th January 1885, No. 11, Ebenezer.................................................................................. 54 6.16 JHC Lilje Report, January – July 1885, No. 12, Ebenezer ............................................................................. 55 6.17 JHC Lilje Report, 29th October 1885, No. 13, Ebenezer ............................................................................... 56 6.18 JHC Lilje Report on the Inspection of the Station Elim, 14th November 1885, No. 14a, Ebenezer ............. 58 6.19 JHC Lilje Report on the second half of the year 1885, No. 14, Ebenezer .................................................... 59 6.20 JHC Lilje Half-year Report July - Dec 1886, No. 15, Ebenezer ..................................................................... 60 6.21 JHC Lilje Report July 1887, No. 16, Ebenezer .............................................................................................. 61 6.22 JHC Lilje Report July 1887 – Jan 1888, No. 17, Ebenezer ............................................................................ 62 6.23 JHC Lilje Half-year Report on the Station Ebenezer 1888, No. 18 .............................................................. 63 6.24 Civil Marriage Certificate of JHC Lilje and AC Lilje (Beckröge) .................................................................... 64 7 Reports on Missionary Activities ...................................................................................................... 65 2 7.1 JHC Lilje Report, 10th July 1891, No. 1b ....................................................................................................... 65 7.2 JHC Report January 1892, No. 1a Hermannsburg ....................................................................................... 66 7.3 JHC Lilje Report June 1892 No. 1, Hermannsburg ....................................................................................... 67 7.4 JHC Lilje Report January 1893, No. 2, Hermannsburg ................................................................................. 68 7.5 JHC Lilje Report, April 1893, No. 2a, Hermannsburg annsburg................................................................... 69 7.6 JHC Lilje Report, January – July 1893, No. 3, Hermannsburg ...................................................................... 70 7.7 JHC Lilje Report, January 1894, No. 4, Hermannsburg ................................................................................ 71 7.8 JHC Lilje Report, July 1894, No. 5, Hermannsburg ...................................................................................... 72 7.9 JHC Lilje Report, July – December 1894, No. 6, Hermannsburg ................................................................. 73 7.10 JHC Lilje Report, January – July 1895, No. 7, Hermannsburg ...................................................................... 74 7.11 JHC Lilje Report, July - December 1895, No. 8, Hermannsburg .................................................................. 75 7.12 JHC Lilje Report, January – July 1896, No. 9, Hermannsburg ...................................................................... 76 7.13 JHC Lilje Report July – December 1896, No. 10, Hermannsburg ................................................................ 77 7.14 JHC Lilje Report January – July 1897, No. 11, Hermannsburg ..................................................................... 78 7.15 JHC Lilje Report July – Dec. 1897, No. 12, Hermannsburg .......................................................................... 79 7.16 JHC Lilje Report January – July 1898, No. 13, Hermannsburg ..................................................................... 80 7.17 JHC Lilje Report July – December 1898, No. 14, Hermannsburg ................................................................ 81 7.18 JHC Lilje Report 1 July – 31 December, No. 15, Hermannsburg.................................................................. 82 7.19 JHC Lilje Report January – July 1900, No. 16, Hermannsburg ..................................................................... 83 7.20 JHC Lilje Report July – December 1900, No. 17, Hermannsburg ................................................................ 84 7.21