JOHAN BERNHARD LUNDHOLM
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Born Stockholm 12.2 1854
Died Nagasaki 20.9 1918
Son of Olof and Mathea.
Worked as sailor and seacaptain in the Stockholm area and later also as pilot in fareastern seas.
Before he went to Asia he had a son, Bernhard born 12.2 1879 in Stockholm, together with Hilda Carlsson
who at the time worked as stewardess on the same boat as Bernhard.
In 1881 he went along with his sister Theodolinda to Shanghai. There he worked for his brother-in-law Gustaf Öberg.
1889 he met Hiro Matsumoto
also called O´Hiro-san. They lived together in Shanghai until around 1903.
There is an interesting
picture
of Bernhard and O´Hiro-san posted as a christmas card from their home in Shanghai
to Stockholm 1899.
Till Syster Linda från Bror Bernhard.
Rolig Jul och godt nytt år !
1899
They moved around 1903-04 to Japan to the village Okusa in the municipality of Tarami near Nagasaki.
Bernhard became a naturalized japaneese citizen in 1916 and in 1917 he and Hiro finally got married, a year before Bernhards death.
They never had any children of their own but in 1920 Hiro adopted Anna Matsumotu who was the child of
Hiros sister Sen. Anna was at the time 17 years of age.
Here is photos taken by Hiro or Bernhard from 1904 of their house in Okusa.
The first
sea side photo probably taken from Bernhards boat.
The second
photo from the landward show the railroad passing by near their house.
There was a train stop opened in Okusa 1898. Another interesting
photo
showing the railroad in Okusa probably taken by Hiro or Bernhard near their house.
A good photo view
from 1904 of the house location and surroundings taken from the hillside.
Four other photos of Bernhard:
Photo 1- Bernhard c 1895
Photo 2- Bernhard in their garden
Photo 3- Bernhard with his boat
Photo 4- Bernhard in June 1917
Bernhard retired from active sea life in 1910. He died of livercancer on 20.9 1918
and the next day his obituary
was to be found in Nagasaki Press.
Read excerpts from Bernhards life.
He is buried together with his wife and Anna Matsumotu Fuyo (1903- 14.11 1987) in the
Sakamoto International Cemetery,
Nagasaki.
A photo of their gravestone.
Here is an interesting comparison photo
page with photos of Okusa 1904 and 1999.
Finally a very interesting comparison close up photo of the Okusa house from the seaside.
The Nagasaki information and modern photographs is kindly contributed by
Brian Burke-Gaffney,CROSSROADS
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