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(in chronological order): |
soldier
name: |
farm
name: |
notes: |
Matti
Pätsi
(born: Abt. 1590)
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Matti
Pätsi (Mads Pätz) is the progenitor ancestor of many
Pätsi families in Pudasjärvi and later Kuusamo. According
to Reijo Kivniemi
1
he was a 'ratsumies,' or Hakkapelite
in the Thirty Years War. I do not know if Pätsi is
a farm name or soldier name.
Ancestor of Jennie Karjalainen.
Fought in The
Thirty Years War, 1618-1648. |
Paavali
Halonen
(*Abt. 1565 † 1642) |
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Halonen |
Paavali was born in the village of Niskankylä in the Muhos
parish. He moved to Kemijärvi, and was that region's first
Finnish settler. He served in the Thirty Years War and is a
fabled war hero (Kansantarinoiden sotapäällikkö).
2
Ancestor of Lydia Klint, Valpuri Niska,
Isaac Hill, and Emil Hannula.
Fought in
The
Thirty Years War, 1618-1648. |
Juho
Holappa
(*1584 †1638) |
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Holappa |
Juho was born on the Holappa farm in Sanginjärvi village,
Utajärvi parish. This farm existed for many centuries in
Sanginjärvi. Juho's father, Matti, was born in Jääski,
Karelia, and was isäntä of the Holappa farm from 1567
- 1597.3
Juho eventually settled in Pudasjärvi and has many Holappa
descendants, some of which lived in Kuusamo.
Ancestor of John Frederick Karjalainen,
father of Jennie Karjalainen.
Fought in
The
Thirty Years War, 1618-1648. |
Lauri
Tauriainen
(born: about 1600) |
Stjerna |
Taurianen |
It is unclear which exact members of this immediate family served
in the war, so it is possible that Lauri did not serve. The
Taurianens were a large military family in Paltamo and their
soldier name,Stjerna, means star. Some later descendants took
the name Stjerna/Stierna. There is a persistent legend that
the family received an honorary knighthood from the king of
Sweden for their service during the the 30 Years War.
Source: "Esivanhempiem kautta tutuksi Lars Tauriainen
s.1600 jälkeläisiä Suomussalmi Peranka"
compiled by Pauli Kaisto
Ancestor of Jennie Karjalainen, Isaac
Hill, and Valpuri Niska.
Tauriainens fought in The
Thirty Years War, 1618-1648. |
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Klemetti
Koivisto
(*About 1652
†
10
April 1762)
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Koivisto |
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Died
at the
age of 110 years according to Klemetti's death record in Isojoki.
When matching the dates of his wife and child, this is surely
an exaggeration, but we can be sure that he did live a very long
time. He was a horseman in a Calvary troop. Finnish cavalrymen
were known as "Hakkapelites" in the Thirty Years War
where they earned a reputation for making wild charges (from the
Finnish words hakkaa päälle, which means attack
and hit). Two of Klemetti's sons, Juho and Kaappo, were also soldiers.
Before the early 1700's, soldier names were sometimes in Finnish.
In the case of Klemetti, Koivisto is his soldier name. Click
here for more information.
Ancestor of Mauritz Randell.
Possibly
fought in the Great
Northern War, 1700-1721.
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Kustaa
Tollstedt
(*1687 † 1751) |
Tollstedt |
Tolonen,
Tikkanen |
Kustaa
Laurinpoika Tolonen was born in the Runkaus village in Tervola
parish. He was an army corporal and was later named according
to the German town of Tollstedt. Kustaa was a brave soldier that
got wounded and rewarded with the Tikkala farm in Simoniemi near
Kemi.
Ancestor of Lydia Klint
Fought
in the Great
Northern War, 1700-1721.
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Pekka
Toppa
(*1694 †
06 April 1777) |
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Toppa |
Pekka
Toppa is listed as a soldier on Alatornio birth records as early
as 1722.
Ancestor of Elmiina Brita Nara.
Fought
in the Great
Northern War, 1700-1721.
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Juho
Främling
(born: About 1700) |
Främling |
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Not
much is known about this Rovaniemi soldier, except that he married
in 1723 and had a child the same year.
Ancestor of Emil Hannula's mother, Maria
(May) Kriistina Amelia Aula.
Fought
in the Great
Northern War, 1700-1721.
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Jooseppi
Bergling
(*1716
†
22 February 1800) |
Bergling |
Kienokoski |
Jooseppi
is listed as a soldier on the birth records of all of his children
in Isojoki from 1742-1753.
Ancestor
of Mauritz Randell.
Possibly
fought in the The War Of The Hats, 1741-1743.
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Olli
Tiger
(born:
About 1710) |
Tiger |
Tyni |
Appears
to have gotten soldier name about 1745, when his name changed
from Tyni to Tiger in the Rovaniemi christening records.
Ancestor of Emil Hannula's mother, Maria
(May) Kriistina Amelia Aula.
Possibly
fought in the The War Of The Hats, 1741-1743.
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Juho
Vidberg
(*1716
†
16
April 1781)
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Vidberg |
Myllyniemi |
Like
his father, Klemetti, Juho was a soldier from Isojoki. There are
still Vidberg's today in Isojoki, and the Finnish version of the
name is Viiperi. Juho's brother, Kaappo, was also a soldier. Soldier
name first appears between 1742-1745.
Ancestor of Mauritz Randell
Possibly
fought in the The War Of The Hats, 1741-1743. |
Olli
Klint
(*16 Nov 1746 †
1804) |
Klint |
Painaja,
Ollila |
Olli
was born in Simo and is a soldier on his marriage record in 1776.
His first child was born on Painaja farm in Simo, which was a
good clue to his farm name. (Sometimes the farm name behind a
soldier name is very difficult to find.) Moved to Koivu village
in Tervola between 1776 and 1780. His settler's farm in Koivu
was called Ollila. Klint name stuck for many generations. My great-grandmother
was known as Lindi in America, while her brother was known as
Klintti. His maternal grandfather was the great soldier Kustaa
Tollstedt.
Great-grandfather of Lydia Klint
Served
in the Swedish army during peacetime.
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Hans
Hannula
(*09 July 1830 †
01 Jan 1910)
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Hannula |
Hans
lived to be 80 years old and had 3 wives. His last wife, May,
was 20 years his junior. In Finland he served as a sharpshooter
in the army and is listed as such in Christening records from
1855 and 1856. He and May emigrated in August of 1883 with 4 children
from Tervola to Calumet, MI by cattle boat. The farm that he built
in Woodland, MI has recently been named a Centennial Farm and
2 of his grandchildren still reside there.
Father of Emil Hannula.
Fought
for the Russian army in the
Crimean War, 1854-1856. |