Colldén Family¶

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by Lennart Holmquist

Hellen Colldén was a daughter ofJohan Bernhard and Ida Kristina.

1. Hellen Colldén (August 2, 1899 - March 3, 1991) was born in Göteborg's Masthuggs, Göteborg Och Bohus (Västra Götaland). She married Oscar Henry Rinell (April 7, 1896 - January 5, 1995). Hellen and David were born in the old Haga section of Göteborg (Gothenburg), Sweden on the street named Varmsgatan. [Spelling needs to be verified]. Hellen and Oscar became missionaries to China, Japan and Korea. Eventually they retired to Sweden.

Hellen was the twin of David.

Hellen and Oscar had two children Roy and Doris who in China was known as Dollan.

1.1 Roy Henry Rinell (August 21, 1925 - May 28,1989) married Eva Lindort (July 30, 1933 - ). They were divorced on May 21, 1973. Roy and Eva had no children.

Rinell Family: Roy Rinell Brach

1.2 Doris Hellen Rinell (July 10, 1928 -) married Bernard John Holmquist (May 27, 1923 - April 23, 1988) on January 30, 1949. Doris is a daughter of Swedish missionary Hellen Colldén and granddaughter of Swedish missionaries from China Johan Alfred and Hedvig Rinell. Doris born in China, but emigrated from Sweden to the USA.

Doris and Bernard had four children: