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Catalog Number
2017.71.1
Title
The Soul's Inquiries Answered
Date of Origin
ca. 1872
Manufacturer
Thomas Y. Crowell
Artist/Author
Moon, G. Washington
Materials
paper
Dimensions
4 X 1 in.
Description
Brown, soft cover book, small enough to fit in a pocket. Gold lettering on the front spells out the title. Numerous pages arranged chronologically beginning with January. With the book open, to any page, a series of three dates are visible on the left page. Each date contains scripture. On the right page, there is a blank space for each date, allowing the reader to record their thoughts on the scripture. The owner of this book didn't use it for that purpose. Instead, scattered throughout the book are birth and death dates of Holland area residents. For example, for the April 9 entry, the year 1864 has been written in, along with the name Henry Andrew Hyma. The next line indicates that Henry "died Sep 15 buried sep 17 age 88 1955".
History
This book belonged to Jennie M. Bosman Hyma, born on 7-24-1865 in Zeeland, MI to Jan W. Bosman (1830-1921) and Hendrika Schuurman (1828-1907). Her siblings included Dina, John and Wilhelmina.
Jennie married Henry A. Hyma (1867-1955). They had several children, including a daughter named Alice Marie Hyma (1906-1997).
Names of numerous area residents listed by Jennie in this book include Henry Hyma (1864-1955), John Bosman (1869-1946), J.W. Bosman (1830-1921), Johnnie H. Hyma ( -1949), and several more.



Gift of
Hoeksema, Ann Marie