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Marianne Wargelin Minneapolis 2011
11th Finglish trip August 2011 #36 Marianne Wargelin´s family traces itself to the early Astoria, Oregon Finnish fishing community,...
Vesa Oja
2.3.20201 min käytetty lukemiseen
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Arthur and Suzanne Koski Morrison 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #10 Suzanne is the descendant of Swedish immigrants, and Arthur Koski comes from Drummond Island, Michigan....
Vesa Oja
26.8.20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
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Art Koski Drummond Island 2010
10th Finglish trip July 2010 #15 Art Koski´s grandparents John and Miina Laakso were from Luvia, Finland. They came to Brooklyn, New...
Vesa Oja
29.4.20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
16 katselukertaa
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Finnish Golgotha Congregational Church Brooklyn 2009
9th Finglish trip October 2009 #4 The present day Brooklyn Baptist Church at 733 44th St. was formerly the home of the Finnish Golgotha...
Vesa Oja
31.12.20181 min käytetty lukemiseen
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Anna-Liisa Rintala Manhattan 2008
7th Finglish trip September 2008 #35 Anna-Liisa was born in 1928 in Pori, Finland. Anna-Liisa lived with her aunts after her parents got...
Vesa Oja
1.1.20181 min käytetty lukemiseen
60 katselukertaa
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Ridva Huuskonen Manhattan 2008
7th Finglish trip September 2008 #34 Ridva Huuskonen moved to USA when she was 28 years old in 1962 to work as a cook for the Finnish...
Vesa Oja
25.12.20171 min käytetty lukemiseen
17 katselukertaa
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Harriet & Nina Kulmala Manhattan 2008
7th Finglish trip September 2008 #30 Nina´s and Harriet´s parents Pekka and Anja moved from Finland to New York in 1970. Pekka and his...
Vesa Oja
27.11.20171 min käytetty lukemiseen
98 katselukertaa
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Päivö Tarjamo Brooklyn 2008
7th Finglish trip September 2008 #27 Päivö Tarjamo began his work as a pastor to Finnish immigrants in 1969 in Malmö, Sweden, during a...
Vesa Oja
6.11.20171 min käytetty lukemiseen
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Linda Tani and Henry & Anneli Orava Brooklyn 2008
7th Finglish trip September 2008 #26 Linda Tani and Henry Orava and his mother Anneli live in the Finnish co-operative apartment house...
Vesa Oja
30.10.20171 min käytetty lukemiseen
142 katselukertaa
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Helena Laitinen Brooklyn 2008
7th Finglish trip September 2008 #25 Helena Laitinen feels she is "The Last Finn" in the old Brooklyn Finntown where more and more...
Vesa Oja
23.10.20171 min käytetty lukemiseen
66 katselukertaa
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Pentti & Marja-Liisa Palonen Brooklyn 2008
7th Finglish trip September 2008 #24 Pentti Palonen came from Finland to the Unites States in 1946 to study in Philadelphia Pennsylvania....
Vesa Oja
16.10.20171 min käytetty lukemiseen
83 katselukertaa
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Lempi Issakainen Brooklyn 2008
7th Finglish trip September 2008 #23 The Imatra Society was a society of Finnish immigrants located in Brooklyn, New York. The society...
Vesa Oja
9.10.20172 min käytetty lukemiseen
53 katselukertaa
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Brooklyn and Harlem Finntowns 2006
3rd Finglish trip March 2006 #2 The former reception terminal for European immigrants in the Port of New York has been converted into a...
Vesa Oja
19.3.20161 min käytetty lukemiseen
56 katselukertaa
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