Swedish Family Bible

Illustrated Family Bible

This Swedish Family Bible belonged to Peter and Hanna Holmquist. It was given to their daughter Ruth in 1940 by her mother, and upon Ruth’s death in 1992, this Bible went into the possession of her niece Arlene Holmquist Bour. Upon the death of Arlene in 2023, her daughter Sarah passed this bible on to her cousin, Sharon Ruth Nauta. It is currently in her possession.

Translated:

The Bible or Holy Scripture.

Containing the books of the Old and New Testaments

according to the Royal Bible Commission’s translation 

I. Old Testament

Stockholm 1891

This book was given to Ruth in 1940 by her mother and written on 7 June 1941.

Family Chronicle

Peter Holmquist
born on January 5, 1862

Johanna Nilsson
born on July 12, 1871

Married in 1893 on October 28 in the Swedish Baptist Church in Cadillac, Michigan. 

Peter Holmquist 
died August 30, 1943

Hanna Holmquist 
died December 25, 1957