PRAYER BOOK LUTHERAN - SWEDISH 1877
1877 - 2010Rectangle brown hard cover book. Printed text in book - Swedish language and alphabet used.
Text on spine [LUTHER / Pasfions / Betrak- / teffer.]
Hand written text on inside of cover in Swedish, including [Anders Johansan / lill Kanda 1899].
Anders Johansan was born in Sweden in 1875 and, aged 20, he migrated to WA arriving aboard the 'Charlotte Padbury' on the 28th October 1895. He spent his first 12 years working in the timber industry in the South West. During this time, he met and married Laura Colton. They were married at St Mary's Church in Busselton on the 25th of April 1904. They had 8 children, six of whom survived beyond infancy. In 1912, the family moved to 7th Road Armadale where Andre purchased 40 acres, built a 2 room house and started up a poulty farm. In 1913, Andre was naturalised as an Australian citizen, Anglisising his name to Andrew Johnson. He died of cancer on the 22nd of December 1922.
Details
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[Stodholm / trdbt hos N. 2. Rormans Boftrhderi=Hftiebolag, 1877.]
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Historic: This Lutherin prayer book was used by Anders Johansan, who migrated to Australia in 1895. In the mid 1910s, he and his family moved to Armadale and started a poultry farm in 7th Road.
Social: A link to his Swedish heritage and Lutherin beliefs. He was buried as an Anglican. The book also has his Swedish name, it was Anglisised to Andrew Johnson when he was naturalised.
Provenance: It was owned by Anders. The Inscription was from the Mission to Seamen.
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