"The Other Swedes"
~ Honoring Them and Remembering Them ~ The Smoky Valley Writers ~
<> Remembering the Augustana Synod Legacy <>
Reworking This
Rev. Dr. Alfred Bergin
~ In Swedish, writing and compiling foundational history of Swedish Smoky Valley Augustana Lutheran settlements, in 1909 and 1919
For the introduction, go HERE
to Their 1909 and 1919 Swedish Smoky Valley Community Chronicles
~ Compiled and written by Bethany Lutheran Church Rev. Dr. Alfred Bergin, members and others
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~ Honoring Them and Remembering Them ~ The Smoky Valley Writers ~
<> Remembering the Augustana Synod Legacy <>
Reworking This
Rev. Dr. Alfred Bergin
~ In Swedish, writing and compiling foundational history of Swedish Smoky Valley Augustana Lutheran settlements, in 1909 and 1919
For the introduction, go HERE
to Their 1909 and 1919 Swedish Smoky Valley Community Chronicles
~ Compiled and written by Bethany Lutheran Church Rev. Dr. Alfred Bergin, members and others
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Rev. Dr. Alfred Bergin
(1866 - 1944)
"Third"
Bethany Lutheran Church Pastor
1904-1938
(1866 - 1944)
"Third"
Bethany Lutheran Church Pastor
1904-1938
Rev. Dr. Alfred Bergin's tenure was for 34 years, from 1904 to 1938. Dr. Bergin would be responsible for piecing together the early history of the Smoky Valley settlements and its Lutheran churches as well as non-Lutheran churches, and Bethany College. Forty years from the founding of Bethany Lutheran Church by Rev. Dr. Olof Olsson, a first book was compiled in 1909, and 10 years later a second book was compiled in 1919.
More to come . . .
More to come . . .
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1909 / 1965
1909 / 1965
- Third Swedish Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Pastor's work of 1909 in Swedish -
" Lindsborg, Bidrag Till Svenskarnas och Den Lutherska Kyrkans Historia i Smoky Hill River Dalen "
was translated into English by his daughter
Ruth Bergin Billdt
(1897-1976)
in 1965 to
" Pioneer Swedish-American Culture in Central Kansas "
Go HERE, to learn about this 1965 book, translated from "Lindsborg, Bidrag Till Svenskarnas och Den Lutherska Kyrkans Historia i Smoky Hill River Dalen"
1965 Published, 177 Pages
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1919 / 1969
- Third Swedish Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Pastor's work of 1919 Swedish -
"Lindsborg, Efter Femtio Ӓr "
was translated into English by his daughter
Ruth Bergin Billdt
in 1969 to
" The Smoky Valley in the After Years "
and with editorial assistance through out and
authorship of Part 2 by
Elizabeth Jaderborg
1919 / 1969
- Third Swedish Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Pastor's work of 1919 Swedish -
"Lindsborg, Efter Femtio Ӓr "
was translated into English by his daughter
Ruth Bergin Billdt
in 1969 to
" The Smoky Valley in the After Years "
and with editorial assistance through out and
authorship of Part 2 by
Elizabeth Jaderborg
Go HERE, to learn about this 1969 book, "The Smoky Valley in The After Years," (translated from the 1919 " Lindsborg Efter Femtio Ӓr.")
1969 Published, 220 Pages
Source: "The Smoky Valley in the After Years" by Ruth Billdt and Elizabeth Jaderborg, 1969.
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