Bergman, Hans.  "History of Scandinavians in Tacoma and Pierce County with brief
history of Tacoma and early settlement."  Tacoma, WA, 1926. pp. 99-100.

Rev. Ernest C Bloomquist

Was born in Calumet, Mich. (among the copper mines), Feb. 20, 1879, but moved
with his parents to Duluth, Minn., in 1882. Speaking of his childhood days, he
says he grew up in a simple but Christian home, and was there introduced to the
great Biblical authors and commentators of the Lutheran Church, Fjellstedt,
Nohrborg, Rosenius, Ahlberg, Roos, Harms, and others. In this home he spent the
long winter evenings at the organ and with the imperishable chorals and hymns of
the Christian Church. At  thirteen he became organist of his home church, and
when he was fourteen he sang also in the great Jubilee Chorus, of 1893, in
commemoration of ìUppsala moteî in Sweden. After finishing public school, he
entered Gustavus Adolphus College in St Peter, Minn., and graduated with honor
in 1901. After having served the church at Holmes City, Minn., for one season,
he enrolled in the Theological Seminary of Augustana College, at Rock Island,
Ill. During his seminary course he was elected director of the Wennerberg, Male
Chorus for the year 1904. His first pastorate was at Lynn, Mass., 1904-1908. in
1908 he represented the Swedish people of New England states and spoke for them
at the reception to Prince Vilhelm of Sweden. Also conducted several bug united
choruses during that time for celebration in Boston, with Marie Sundelius and
Gustaf Holmquist as soloists. His second pastorate was in Portland, Conn., where
he served the ìMother church of Connecticutî from 1908-1913, there succeeding
the poet-preacher, Ludvig Holmes.  He was for several years secetary of the
Board of the Lutheran Immigrant Home in New York, and was also a member of the
Board for Upsala College. After having accepted a call to the First Lutheran
church in Tacoma, he began a pastorate there in August, 1913, and speaking of
his work in that church he states that he has had a happy ministry, loves his
people, and tried to bring them to the highest things in life. Since coming out
to the coast he has been vice president of the Columbia Conference, and for two
terms been vice president of the Lutheran Brotherhood of America. He is editor
and publisher of Sions Bladet, and has done great deal of Bible work and
lecturing along the whole Pacific coast, and is a member of Tacoma Board of
Censors. RFev. Bloomquist was marrie din 1906 to Florence Lindgren of Moline,
Ill., a very gifted and accomplishment woman. In the family are two children:
Brandt, born in Lynn, Mass., and Leonora, born in Portland, Conn.


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Submitted to the Washington Bios. Project in September 2005 by Teressa Lenkey.
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.