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From the old family album
This faded picture from the beginning of the 20th century shows Maria and J.A.Eklund with their eldest-born children and Maria´s brothers Josua and David Petander.The man with the guitar is David.He had a strange and unusual life.
He was a clergyman in the Church of Sweden but left the church and his parish,
gave away everything he had to the poor and became a "wandering preacher", helping poor people with their daily chores. In 1914 he was courtmartialled while he refused to carry weapons and died of a heart-failure during that time.
(1875-1914)
From the old family album
This faded picture from the beginning of the 20th century shows Maria and J.A.Eklund with their eldest-born children and Maria´s brothers Josua and David Petander.The man with the guitar is David.He had a strange and unusual life.
He was a clergyman in the Church of Sweden but left the church and his parish,
gave away everything he had to the poor and became a "wandering preacher", helping poor people with their daily chores. In 1914 he was courtmartialled while he refused to carry weapons and died of a heart-failure during that time.
(1875-1914)