Börjesson Family Descendants

The Börjesson and the Colldén families are related. Gustaf Börjesson was a member of the board of directors of his cousin's Johan Bernhard Collden's business Colldéns Möbelaffär

1 Gustaf Börjesson (July 30, 1849 - March 23, 1913) married Emma Augusta Bohman (December 20, 1843 - May 21, 1923) on October 24, 1880.

This was the second wedding of Emma as she was previously married to Carl Ahlbom (1880 – 1923).

Gustaf moved 1870 to Denmark and later to Hamburg, Germany where he had job in a factory. In 1874 he was member of a German church through believer's baptism followed by water baptism. He then moved directly to Göteborg (Gothenburg) in Sweden.

His first job in Göteborg was in a mechanical workshop and later from 1878 he had a shop with 'egg and wild animals'. Later his son David was included, and took over the business.

Emma was born in Näs, Skallsjö, Älvsborgs län (province), Sweden. She was first married to Carl Ahlbom as mentioned. They had four children (1870 – 1875). When Carl died in 1875 she married Gustaf Börjesson and had five more children (1881 – 1889). Six of the children lived into adulthood.

Emma was a strong woman and became a baptist in the end of the 1850s after having smallpox, and was healhy after a hospital visit.

Emma Börjesson Sweden Death Record

1.1 David Gideon [Gustafsson] Börjesson (October 20, 1881 - January 29, 1963) married Ester Schenlund (4 August 1883 - January 10, 1962). David's place of birth was Gustavi in Göteborg, Göteborg och Bohus län, Sweden.

David had a store, AB David Börjessons Konsthandel (an art dealer's shop) that was started in 1935. The shop later passed to his son, Pelle Börjesson, and later to his two grandsons. Later the family sold the business. The shop still exists in middle of Göteborg.

1.1.1 Sven David Emanuel Börjesson (August 6, 1905 – December 20, 1970) was a teacher in biology. He married in 1945 to ????. They had three children with own children.

Three newspaper articles (in Swedish) about  Sven Börjesson were handed down in the family through Oscar Rinell to Lennart Holmquist. These articles are about Sven's life (memory words) from his first baptism mission in north Scandinavia in his young years to his help for the Swedish Mission in Korea from about 1964.

1.1.2 Per Olof Gustaf Johannes [Pelle] Börjesson (January 9, 1907 - August 11, 1969). Pelle was born in Göteborgs Masthuggs, Göteborg och Bohus (Västra Götaland), Sweden.

Pelle had diabetes and took insulin injections his entire life. Yet he gradually become blind and later died of it, 62 years of age. (Information provided by Bo Svartholm).

Pelle married Brita Anna Cecilia Palmqvist (February 19, 1908 - August 13, 1972) in 1938.

1.1.2.1 Per Staffan Börjesson (May 31, 1939 - ). Staffan was an art dealer and is now retired.

1.1.2.2 Bo Torgils Börjesson (October 13, 1941 – June 7, 1989). Torgils was an art dealer.

1.1.2.3 Per Klas Börjesson (February 18, 1945 - ). Klas has been museum chief with a specality in arts. He is now retired.

1.1.3 Kerstin Elisabeth Börjesson (May 20, 1908 – March 14, 2004) married Gösta Toreskog (March 8, 1907 – October 27, 2002). They lived in Härnösand in north of Sweden and had four children.

1.1.3.1 Marie-Louise Toreskog (1938 - ) married Michael Senterfit (1934 -). Marie-Louise and Michael have one child, Ben.

1.1.3.1.1 Ben Senterfit (1970 -). Ben lives in Boulder, Colorado, USA.

1.1.3.2 Child

1.1.3.3 Child

1.1.3.4 Child

1.1.4 Ester Ingegerd Börjesson (March 27, 1911 – April 6, 1997 ) married Nils Fridolf Valdemar Svartholm (January 28, 1913 – January 25, 1999). Ingegerd and Nils were both born in Falkenberg.

Nils were a scientist in atom and nuclear physics, and a professor in Chalmers Technical University in Gothenburg. Cousins Lennart Holmquist and his mother Doris (Rinell) Holmquist visited them in Falkenberg at one time. Ester and Nils had three children: Bo, Ingegerd Elisabeth (Bettan) and Olle.

Nil's sister, Carna (Svartholm) Elfggard (1925 - ) lives in Skillingaryd in Småland (2017). Carna was a nurse and "barnmorska" (midwife) educated in Röda Korsets hospitel (Red Cross School of Nursing ) in Stockholm. She remember Dollan (Doris Rinell) from the same hospital. Carna had been in education there when Dollan came from the USA and Göteborg.

Carna married Ragnar Elfgaard and planned for missionary job in India and specially in Nepal. They trained in English in London and took a steamer to India 1953 and then traveled to Nepal 1955-1961. In 1961 they had to escape to Sweden and had others jobs.

1.1.4.1 Bo Svartholm (1941 - ) married Inga-Britt Nilsson (September 7, 1944 - ). Bo was teacher in physics and computer subjects. He is now retired (2008). They live in Östersund in the north of Sweden (Jamtland). Inga-Britt has been a nurse, but retired in (2011).

1.1.4.1.1 Sofie Svartholm(June 15, 1983 - ). She is also a nurse, living in Uppsala, Sweden.

1.1.4.1.2 Mia Svartholm (September 5, 1985 - ) live sin Jamtland, Sweden near Östersund, with a man from Boston, USA.

1.1.4.1.3 Patrik Svartholm (June 16, 1987 - ) lives in Uppsala, Sweden and is a program tester.

1.1.4.2 Nils Olof (Olle) Svartholm (1945 – 2003) lived in Gothenburg and Alingsås. Had two boys.

1.1.4.2.1 Boy

1.1.4.2.2 Boy

1.1.4.3 Ingegerd Elisabeth (Bettan) Svartholm (June 15, 1948 - ) married Håkan Sjöström (1947 - ). Bettan and Håkan live in Gunnarp in Ätran in Halland, Sweden. Bettan is a potter and sculptor.

1.2 Anna Emilia Börjesson (July 7, 1883 – Januari 17, 1885).

1.3 Anna Elleonora Börjesson (April 1, 1885 – February 21, 1892).

1.4 Ester Maria Börjesson (January 17, 1887 - August 11, 1972). Ester was a nurse.

1.4 Erik Natanel Börjesson (October 24, 1889 - December 17, 1956).

Some of the data above based on the document Ahlbom-Börjesson Tree.

To see how the Börjesson family is related to the Collden family see:

Collden-Börjesson Family Tree

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