Ballein, Rudolph Johann 19.sep.1828-22.jun.1888 Germany Pfalz, Hassloch - Herrnhut
moravian missionary, his place of birth is also given as Gnadenberg where a branch of the Herrnhuter Bruderunitat was established, member of the Bruderunitat (Brudergemeine) in Herrnhut, 1864-1882 he served as missionary in charge in the Moravian Mission with normal school in Gnadenthal (Genadendal) South Africa ; 11.jun.1865 in Herrnhut he married sister/teacher Anna Louise Lund of the Brudergemeine in Greenland who was with him in South Africa 1865-1882 ; son of Johannes Ballein (Hassloch 29.jan.1791-11.oct.1864 ?Herrnhut), 1825 married in Hassloch, ?1828 member of the Bruderunitat branch in Gnadenberg, 19.jul.1836 on the general synod in Herrnhut elected Unity Elder Department of Finance in Herrnhut, 1851 Unity Elder and Generalbevollmachtigter in Herrnhut, 8.jun.1857 on the general synod in Herrnhut re-elected Unity Elder

Title Parts


[] Lobet den Herrn alle heiden. Soprano, alto, tenor, bass and choir
the final chorus is marked "frei nach Mendelssohn Paulus" (1836)
music H. J. Ballein
ms of 1875/1900 Bruder-Unitat Herrnhut Germany
on the manuscript is also written "Erxleben", as misattribution or as the manuscript writer Theodor Gottfried Erxleben (1840-1913)

[remark: a Bruderunitat member named H. J. Ballein cannot be identified. The only known members named Ballein are Johannes Ballein, also known as Herr Johannes Ballein, and his son Rudolph Johann Ballein]

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