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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


Joan Silleck Manhattan 2008
7th Finglish trip September 2008 #29 Lawyer Joan Silleck joins the yoga class at Christopher Street's Finnish Church in West Village, New...
Vesa Oja
20.11.20171 min käytetty lukemiseen


Leena Kuivanen Manhattan 2008
7th Finglish trip September 2008 #28 Leena Kuivanen was 21 years old when she told her parents she would like to move to Australia....
Vesa Oja
13.11.20171 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...
Vesa Oja
6.11.20171 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...
Vesa Oja
30.10.20171 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...
Vesa Oja
23.10.20171 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....
Vesa Oja
16.10.20171 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...
Vesa Oja
9.10.20172 min käytetty lukemiseen


Anja & Mauno Laurila Voluntown 2008
7th Finglish trip August 2008 #22 Mauno and Anja Laurila met in the mid-1950s in Harlem in New York City. They now spend their summers in...
Vesa Oja
3.10.20171 min käytetty lukemiseen


Matti Kurikka´s Sauna North Stonington 2008
7th Finglish trip August 2008 #21 Matti Kurikka (1863-1915) was a Finnish journalist, theosophist, and utopian socialist. In Finland...
Vesa Oja
25.9.20171 min käytetty lukemiseen


Burton Jarnstrom Lisbon 2008
7th Finglish trip August 2008 #20 Manual man. Burt has collected everything imaginable in the outbuildings of his home. Jarnstrom worked...
Vesa Oja
18.9.20171 min käytetty lukemiseen


Barry & Katy Heiniluoma Rutland 2008
7th Finglish trip August 2008 #19 Barry Heiniluoma was employed by the Norton Company and Katy worked in a hospital. Barry’s grandfather...
Vesa Oja
11.9.20171 min käytetty lukemiseen


Owen Christensen Gardner 2008
7th Finglish trip August 2008 #18 Owen Christensen´s mother Helmi came to US from Ilmajoki in 1918. She met her Danish-born husband in...
Vesa Oja
4.9.20171 min käytetty lukemiseen


A Group of American Finns Westminster 2008
7th Finglish trip August 2008 #17 Westminster is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, in the United States. The town population is...
Vesa Oja
28.8.20171 min käytetty lukemiseen


Jon Luoma Westminster 2008
7th Finnish trip August 2008 #16 Jon Luoma’s grandparents Eeva and Jon came from Finland in the early 1900s. The Niemis, his...
Vesa Oja
23.8.20171 min käytetty lukemiseen


Brian Knuuttila Westminster 2008
7th Finglish trip August 2008 #15 Brian Knuuttila is a lawyer and a police officer. He decided that despite his interest in political...
Vesa Oja
14.8.20171 min käytetty lukemiseen


Betsy Hannula Westminster 2008
7th Finglish trip August 2008 #14 Betsy Hannula is a long time member of the Westminster Historical Society an has shared her love of the...
Vesa Oja
4.8.20171 min käytetty lukemiseen


Jonathan Ratila Fitchburg 2008
7th Finglish trip August 2008 #13 Jonathan Ratila is a fourth generation American Finn. He has worked as a business manager for the...
Vesa Oja
31.7.20171 min käytetty lukemiseen


Eric Aho Saxtons River 2008
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....
Vesa Oja
24.7.20171 min käytetty lukemiseen


Howard Mortenson Charlestown 2008
7th Finglish trip August 2008 #11 Howard Mortenson of Charlestown, New Hampshire. was born in Berlin, N. H. Situated in a heavily...
Vesa Oja
17.7.20171 min käytetty lukemiseen
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