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20. helmik. 20171 min käytetty lukemiseen
Carl & Martha Kulla Brush Prairie 2007
6th Finglish trip December 2007 #2 Carl Arthur Kulla (1920-2013), was born to Emil and Ella in Brainerd, Minnesota. Both Emil and Ella...
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Vesa Oja
13. helmik. 20171 min käytetty lukemiseen
Alice & Walter Ek Battle Ground 2007
6th Finglish trip December 2007 #1 Alice (nee Levänen) and Walter Ek (1921-2014) are of the Old Apostolic Lutheran faith. They received...
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Vesa Oja
6. helmik. 20171 min käytetty lukemiseen
Varpu Lindström & Börje Vähämäki Beaverton 2007
5th Finglish trip July 2007 #38 Born in Helsinki, Finland, Varpu Lindström came to Canada as a teenager, received a Canadian education,...
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Vesa Oja
30. tammik. 20171 min käytetty lukemiseen
Marja-Liisa Pihlgren Toronto 2007
5th Finglish trip July 2007 #37 Marja-Liisa "Hipsu" Pihlgren (1936-2011). A longtime valued employee of the Elizabeth Arden Salon at...
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Vesa Oja
23. tammik. 20172 min käytetty lukemiseen
Stanley Koskinen Waterburg 2007
5th Finglish trip July 2007 #36 Stanley R. Koskinen (1927-2013) was born in Ishpeming, Upper Peninsula, Michigan to Uuno and Vieno...
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Vesa Oja
16. tammik. 20171 min käytetty lukemiseen
Arthur Kahkonen Mecklenburg 2007
5th Finglish trip July 2007 #35 Arthur U. Kahkonen (1913-2008) was born in the town of Plummer, Minnesota, to the late August and Kaisa...
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Vesa Oja
9. tammik. 20171 min käytetty lukemiseen
Lisa da Cunha-Koski Interlaken 2007
5th Finglish trip July 2007 #34 Elizabeth 'Lisa' da Cunha-Koski (1934-2015) was born in Deposit, NY, a daughter of Walter and Elsie...
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Vesa Oja
2. tammik. 20171 min käytetty lukemiseen
The Koski Family Trumansburg 2007
5th Finglish trip July 2007 #33 Jason, Ella, Richard and William Koski represent four generations of musicians. Jason is a photographer...
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Vesa Oja
26. jouluk. 20161 min käytetty lukemiseen
Hemmo Huttunen Spencer 2007
5th Finglish trip July 2007 #32 Hemmo Huttunen (1926-2014) was born in Juuka Finland, the son of Samuli and Anni Huttunen. As a teenager...
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Vesa Oja
19. jouluk. 20161 min käytetty lukemiseen
Lomala 2007
5th Finglish trip July 2007 #31 Lomala (”Vacation Place”) was founded in the 1920s by Finnish tailors, who wanted a summer vacation site...
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Vesa Oja
12. jouluk. 20161 min käytetty lukemiseen
Mullica Hill 2007
5th Finglish trip July 2007 #30 Mullica Hill, New Jersey, Mullikkamäki in Finnish, mullikka meaning a bull calf in English. Originally...
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Vesa Oja
5. jouluk. 20161 min käytetty lukemiseen
New Sweden Colony 2007
5th Finglish trip July 2007 #29 In 1638, the Swedes established the colony New Sweden along the Delaware River in what is now Delaware,...
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Vesa Oja
28. marrask. 20161 min käytetty lukemiseen
John Morton Homestead 2007
5th Finglish trip July 2007 #28 One of the colonists of New Sweden who remained in America after Sweden's authority has ended was Morten...
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Vesa Oja
21. marrask. 20161 min käytetty lukemiseen
Earl & Sylvia Seppala Hockessin 2007
5th Finglish trip July 2007 #27 Earl Seppala’s grandfather came from Kukkolankoski on the Tornio River in northern Finland to work in the...
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Vesa Oja
14. marrask. 20161 min käytetty lukemiseen
Elsa Hänninen Ashtabula 2007
5th Finglish trip July 2007 #26 The Sovinto Finn Hall, once the largest wooden building in the state of Ohio, was the Finnish American...
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Vesa Oja
6. marrask. 20161 min käytetty lukemiseen
Helmi Luoma Ashtabula 2007
5th Finglish trip July 2007 #25 "Oh, the one who walks everywhere” – is what we hear when we ask the way to Helmi Luoma's house. It is...
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Vesa Oja
31. lokak. 20161 min käytetty lukemiseen
Helen Kasari Fairport Harbor 2007
5th Finglish trip July 2007 #24 Coming from Ylistaro and Peräseinäjoki, uncles and cousins first made their way to America followed by...
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Vesa Oja
24. lokak. 20161 min käytetty lukemiseen
Pat Spivak Fairport Harbor 2007
5th Finglish trip July 2007 #23 At the Finnish Heritage Museum in Fairport Harbor, Ohio, Pat Spivak nee Sandhill, Hietamäki in Finnish,...
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Vesa Oja
17. lokak. 20161 min käytetty lukemiseen
Oscar Forsman DeKalb 2007
5th Finglish trip July 2007 #22 DeKalb is located 40 miles east of Chicago. The name is for Baron Johann de Kalb, a major general in the...
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Vesa Oja
10. lokak. 20161 min käytetty lukemiseen
Helmi Lepisto Rock 2007
5th Finglish trip July 2007 #21 Helmi Lepisto is making strawberry soft cake for Vaino, Mary, Mike and Sarah. Vaino is Helmi's big...
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