11th Finglish trip July 2011 #16 David Niemi's grandfather Johan Aukusti Niemi moved from Tampere, Finland to Black Hills, South Dakota, at the end of the 19th century to avoid being drafted in the Russian Army. David´s grandmother Ida Sofia Niemi nee Tilus was born in Himanka, Finland. Johan Aukusti initially worked at the Spearfish hydroelectric tunnel site near Homestake Gold Mine but had to leave due to a strike. With Charles Kalle Oja he moved from Spearfish to Cave Hill

9th Finglish trip October 2009 #5 Eric Aho is a Finnish American painter, whose work has been on show in several solo exhibitions in Manhattan, among other locations. Eric was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He lives in Saxton River, Vermont. On 8th of October 2009 his exhibition Red Winter was opened in DC Moore Gallery on 724 Fifth Avenue, New York. Eric likes to tell a story from his schooldays, when a teacher would read out the names of the boys and pronounce Eric’s su

8th Finglish trip June 2009 #23 Esko Hieta was born in Tampere in 1930, were he also went to school. After studying at Business Institute in Helsinki he moved to Sweden in 1950. Then in the same year he was recruited to Canada. Esko worked in Toronto for 5-6 years in building construction. In 1956 Esko moved to New York and started importing wooden speed boats from Kotka, Finland. He participated in Marathon Race Around Lond Island, which was 260 ml long. The name of the game

7th Finglish trip August 2008 #12 Eric Aho is a painter, whose work has been on show in several solo exhibitions in the USA and Europe. Eric was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He likes to tell a story from his schooldays, when a teacher would read out the names of the boys and pronounce Eric’s surname “Ay-ho”, as in English. Little Eric – Erkki –would correct the teacher and say, “The name is Aho [Ah-ho]”, before agreeing to do anything else. Erkki’s father had said that t