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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,...
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Vesa Oja
26. elok. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
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....
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Vesa Oja
29. huhtik. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
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...
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Vesa Oja
31. jouluk. 20181 min käytetty lukemiseen
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...
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Vesa Oja
1. tammik. 20181 min käytetty lukemiseen
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...
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Vesa Oja
25. jouluk. 20171 min käytetty lukemiseen
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...
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Vesa Oja
27. marrask. 20171 min käytetty lukemiseen
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...
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Vesa Oja
6. marrask. 20171 min käytetty lukemiseen
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...
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Vesa Oja
30. lokak. 20171 min käytetty lukemiseen
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...
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Vesa Oja
23. lokak. 20171 min käytetty lukemiseen
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...
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Vesa Oja
16. lokak. 20171 min käytetty lukemiseen
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....
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Vesa Oja
9. lokak. 20172 min käytetty lukemiseen
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...
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Vesa Oja
19. maalisk. 20161 min käytetty lukemiseen
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...
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