Rinell Family Photo Albums
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1916: Edith Rinell in China
Photo album owned by Edith Rinell, daughter of missionaries Johan Alfred and Hedvig Rinell. Inside the front cover the album is dated 1916 though the photos include years beyond 1916.

1944 - 1949: Passport of Doris Rinell
Doris Rinell's passport from 1944 to 1949 including the issue of her passport in Shanghai, China in 1944 to her arrival in America in 1948. One her way through England she was carrying only 66 US Dollars and 40 Swedish Kroner.Credit or debit card did not exist until decades later.

1946: S.S. Henry Wynkoop
Collection of photos of Doris (Dollan), Hellen and Oscar Rinell's voyage from China to the USA in 1946.Oscar is not pictured, possibly because he was in bed, seasick. See also SS Henry Wynkoop Passenger List and (1946) Liberation.

1946: S.S. Marine Perch
Collection of photos of Doris (Dollan) Rinell on the SS Marine Perch sailing from the USA to Oslo, Norway. See also (1946) Liberation.

1947: Sahlgrenska Sjukhuset (Sahlgrenska Hospital), Göteborg, Sweden
Doris Rinell with friend and fellow nursing student Bojan Johansson, and nurses at Sahlgrenska Sjukhuset (Sahlgrenska Hospital), Göteborg (Gothenburg), Sweden circa 1947.

1950-54: Photo Album of Roy Rinell
Life in Sweden for the Rinells Oscar, Hellen, Roy and Roy's wife Eva and friends, plus a few trips abroad including restaurant receipts, and photos of emigrant Doris (Rinell) Holmquist and her family in America.

1953: Hellen Rinell in America, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Hellen Rinell's trip to America, circa 1953, visiting her daughter, Dollan (Doris) and Dollan's children, Lennart (Lennie) and Meilynn when the family lived on Keewaydin Place, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

1953: Hellen Rinell in American
Individual photos in a movie of Hellen Rinell's time in America visiting her daughter, Dollan (Doris) and Dollan's children, Lennart (Lennie) and Meilynn.

2011: Ellis Island, Rinell Family Immigrants
Joshua Smith's visit to Ellis Island with names of Rinell family on the immigrant wall.

2011: Doris Rinell in China
Visit of Doris Rinell [aka Holmquist, Brown] to place of birth, Tsingtao and her home town, Kiaohsien after sixty years. Traveling with Doris was her daughter Meilynn Smith and her son Carey Holmquist.

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Footnotes


Revised: 31-Dec-2014
  CHAPTER
  • Read This
  • Acknowledgements
  • Background
  • Forward
  • (1866-88) Beginnings
  • (1888-90) Bethel Seminary
  • (1891) Johan & Hedvig Engaged
  • (1892) God's Prophet
  • (1893) Out to this Far Off Land
  • (1894) Sailing to China
  • (1895) Escape to Chefoo
  • (1896) A New Home
  • (1897) Germans Take Tsingtao and Kiaochow
  • (1898) Margaret Born
  • (1899) Twins Born in Sweden
  • (1900) Boxer Rebellion
  • (1901) Oscar's Childhood
  • (1902) Oscar to Boarding School
  • (1903) Girl's School Begins
  • (1904) Lindberg Children off to Boarding School
  • (1905) First Baptism Chucheng
  • (1906) Furlough in Sweden
  • (1907) Edith to Boarding School
  • (1908) Another Missionary
  • (1909) Church in Wangtai
  • (1910) First Clinic in Kiaochow
  • (1911) Egron Travels to Sweden
  • (1912) Oscar Leaves Boarding School
  • (1913) Church Consecrated in Kiaochow
  • (1914) Oscar Attends Seminary
  • (1915) Journey Overland
  • (1916) Girls School in Chucheng
  • (1917) Edith Graduates
  • (1918) Conscientious Objector
  • (1919) Sisters to America
  • (1920) Oscar Meets Hellen
  • (1921) Oscar & Hellen Engaged
  • (1922) Hellen Graduates
  • (1923) Oscar & Hellen Marry
  • (1924) Hunting Rabbits
  • (1925) A Son is Born
  • (1926) Meeting of Dr. Sun Yat-sen?
  • (1927) Margaret & Roy Jewett Married
  • (1928) Fighting in Kiaochow
  • (1929) Peace Again in Kiaochow
  • (1930) Fighting Near Kiaochow
  • (1931) Oscar Leaves Göteborg University
  • (1932) Poppies and War in Shantung
  • (1933) First Chinese Pastor Steps Down
  • (1934) Sports, Severed Heads & a Mission Conference
  • (1935) Successful Mission Schools
  • (1936) Sacred Aspen
  • (1937) Travels to America and Sweden
  • (1938) Japanese Take Tsingtao
  • (1939) Sharks Attack Officer
  • (1940) New Pastors for Chinese Churches
  • (1941) Passing of Johan Alfred
  • (1942) Blomdahl Shot
  • (1943) Piano Lessons
  • (1944) Lally & Dollan Baptized
  • (1945) Peace & War
  • (1946) Liberation
  • (1947) Communists Attack Kiaohsien
  • (1948) Dollan Emigrates to America
  • (1949) Hedvig Leaves China
  • (1950) Hellen Leaves China
  • (1951) Last Swedish Missionary in China
  • (1952) Sweden Again
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Named Persons
  • Place Names
  • Organizations
  • Addresses
  • Audio Recordings
  • International Cemetery

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