Photos
of the Dutch Bible of the LeFevre familyPhotos
of the Dutch Bible of the LeFevre family| Page One: Births, Peter LeFevre, wife and children, 1720-1778. Same Handwriting, but ink changes. On a loose sheet of paper in the front of the bible. Probably written by Petrus LeFevre. Entries are in good condition save for two which have begun to fade significantly | Page Four: Deaths, Anna LeFevre and Johannes LeFevre, 1810-1814. Nearly faded away; entries written on back cover of bible in same writing as Page 3. |
| Page Two: Deaths, Children/mother of Petrus LeFevre, himself and his wife, 1773-1807. First entries in same writing as Page One record the deaths of either two children of Petrus LeFevre or of one child and his mother. Written in Dutch. Gesterven is Gestorben, Dutch for died. Last two entries in English probably written by one of Petrus' children, most likely Jacob who owned bible. Page Two is written on the back of Page One, the loose sheet found at the front of the bible. Entries are in good condition. |
Page 5: First loose sheet in bible, a poem in Old Dutch dated at Amsterdam, June 3, 1725 and signed by Johannes Sybrants. Why and how it came to be in the bible are unclear. A rough translation follows, courtesy of Cor Snabel of Amsterdam. "Remains to me as I intended On water and on streams He helped me through this country Where I was unknown I came to towns and villages People helped me too This way I made with Gods help this journey But in a human way." |
| Page 3: Births and deaths, Jacob LeFevre and children, 1760-1847. On a sheet of paper bound into the front of the bible; probably written by Jacob LeFevre except for last two entries, which were probably by one of his children, most likely Christophel. Entries are in good condition | Page 6: Title page of Old Testament, printed in Amsterdam, "Anno 1719." The New Testament was printed in 1720. |