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Price
County Finnish-American Emigrants to Soviet Karelia
in 1930s |
| The following list
of names from Price
County communities was
extracted from the
Laiho List. |
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SURNAME
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First
|
Residence
|
Date
|
S-K
Data
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AHO
|
Edward
|
Brantwood,
WI
|
3/2/1932
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X
- Missing
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AHO
|
Aino
|
Brantwood,
WI
|
3/2/1932
|
X
- Missing
|
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AHO
|
Leo
|
Brantwood,
WI
|
3/2/1932
|
X
- Missing
|
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AHO
|
John
|
Brantwood,
WI
|
3/2/1932
|
X
- Missing
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AHO**
|
Waino
|
Brantwood,
WI
|
3/2/1932
|
X
- Missing
|
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AHO**
|
Lyyli
|
Brantwood,
WI
|
3/2/1932
|
X
- Missing
|
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AHO**
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Eugene
|
Brantwood,
WI
|
3/2/1932
|
X
- Missing
|
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GRONROOS
|
Victor
|
Tripoli,
WI
|
4/5/1932
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X
- Missing
|
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GRONROOS
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Saima
|
Tripoli,
WI
|
4/5/1932
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X
- Missing
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GRONROOS
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Leslie
|
Tripoli,
WI
|
4/5/1932
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X
- Missing
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HAUTA**
|
Axel
|
Clifford,
WI
|
9/26/1931
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X
- Missing
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HAUTA**
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Aili
|
Clifford,
WI
|
9/26/1931
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X
- Missing
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HAUTA**
|
Richard
|
Clifford,
WI
|
9/26/1931
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X
- Missing
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HAUTAMAKI
|
Edwin
|
Clifford,
WI
|
1/1/1932
|
X
- Missing
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JALKANEN
|
Adam
|
Brantwood,
WI
|
3/2/1932
|
X
- Missing
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JALKANEN
|
Clyde
|
Brantwood,
WI
|
3/2/1932
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X
- Missing
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JALKANEN *
|
Tyyne
|
Brantwood,
WI
|
3/2/1932
|
X
- Missing
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JALKANEN *
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Leslie
|
Brantwood,
WI
|
3/2/1932
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X
- Missing
|
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KAARTUNEN***
|
Leo
|
Brantwood,
WI
|
9/11/1932
|
X
- Missing
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KAARTUNEN*** |
Walter |
Brantwood, WI |
9/26/1931 |
R - Returned |
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MAKI
|
John
|
Brantwood,
MN
|
5/17/1933
|
X
- Missing
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MAKI
|
William
|
Brantwood,
MN
|
5/17/1933
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X
- Missing
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POYHONEN
|
Impi
|
Brantwood,
WI
|
3/2/1932
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X
- Missing
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POYHONEN
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Katri
|
Brantwood,
WI
|
3/2/1932
|
X
- Missing
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POYHONEN
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Isaak
|
Brantwood,
WI
|
3/2/1932
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X
- Missing
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RIIHIMAKI *** |
Walter |
Brantwood,
WI |
9/26/1931 |
R - Returned |
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RIIHIMAKI *** |
Hulda |
Brantwood,
WI |
9/26/1931 |
R - Returned |
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RIIHIMAKI *** |
William |
Brantwood,
WI |
9/26/1931 |
R - Returned |
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RIIHIMAKI *** |
Anna |
Brantwood,
WI |
9/26/1931 |
R - Returned |
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RIIHIMAKI *** |
Matti |
Brantwood,
WI |
9/26/1931 |
R - Returned |
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ROSENSTAND
|
Delbert
|
Tripoli,
WI
|
3/2/1932
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X
- Missing
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ROSENSTAND
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Francis
|
Tripoli,
WI
|
3/2/1932
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X
- Missing
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ROSENSTAND
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Aino
|
Tripoli,
WI
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3/2/1932
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X
- Missing
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ROSENSTAND
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Christian
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Tripoli,
WI
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3/2/1932
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X
- Missing
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SAARI
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Eino
|
Brantwood,
WI
|
7/3/1932
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X
- Missing
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SAARI
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Nestor
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Brantwood,
WI
|
8/11/1932
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R-Returned
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SAARI
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Nikolai
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Brantwood,
WI
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8/11/1932
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R-Returned
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* Jalkanens and Korpelas
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Leslie and Clyde Jalkanen, along
with their mother, Tynne
(?) left Russian and after spending four years in
Finland,
returned to the
United
States in 1940. They settled in the
Finnish community of
Voluntown,
C. T. Adam apparently stayed in
Russia.
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The Korpelas from
Clifford also immigrated to Karelia however they had moved to
Owen,
WI
prior to that and therefore are not recorded in the above list;
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Toivo Korpela, who had
live in Clifford and later moved to
Owen,
WI was the first of the Korpelas to immigrate to
Karelia leaving on 02 Mar 1932 (on the same day as the
Jalkanens and probably with them).
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Toivo coaxed his
parents, Gust and Marie Korpela, and his brothers, Bill and Oliver, into
immigrating to
Karelia also. The family sold
everything they owned and left
Owen,
WI with Gust’s brother, Kalle (Carl) Korpela and
Kalle’s wife, who was from
Tripoli;
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The conditions in
Russia were so harsh that the families
obtained passes to ‘visit’
Finland
and of course never returned to
Karelia.
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Kalle and his wife stayed
in
Finland.
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Gust, Maria and Oliver
stayed in
Finland long
enough to earn money to return to
Owen,
WI and later moved back to Clifford.
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Toivo and Bill
returned to the
U.S. and
took up residence in
New York City.
The information was contributed by Judy
(Korpela) Schoch – June 2009. Thanks, Judy!
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** Ahos
and Hautas (Emigrants to Soviet Karelia from U.S. in 1930's)
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Waino Aho stayed in Karelia. He lived in
Petroskov and died there.
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Lyyli (nee Maki) Aho visited the Kristo
Maki family in Brantwood but went back to Karelia.
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Eugene Aho, son of Waino and Lyyli, die in
Matrosa of a ruptured appendix. His wife, Aune, was the postmaster
there.
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Elaine Aho, born in Matrosa died in 2000.
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Axel Hauta was in the Russian Army. he was
a neighbor to John Braski when he lived in Brantwood. He died in Petroskov.
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Aili (nee Nurmi) Hauta lived in Karelia.
John Braski visited her in 1968.
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Richard Hauta moved from Karelia to
Jyväskylä, Finland with his wife Maria. Marcie Braski visited them in
1998.
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Taina Hauta was born in Matrosa, Karelia.
She is the cousin of John Helander and Dorthy Hakko. She moved to
Kajaani, Finland where Marci Braski visited her in 1998.
This information was
contributed by Marcie Braski - March 2011. Thanks, Marcie!!
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*** Kaartunens &
Riihimakis
-
Mr. &
Mrs. John Kaartunen, the parents of Leo and Walter, allegedly
emigrated to Karelia also but their names are not on the Laiho List.
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Bill
Hoffman has a Russian certificate from Matroosa translated as
follows: "With lightening speed we will complete the five year plan in four
years. Comrade Walter Riihimaki of the (Walter) Kaartunen Brigade is
awarded the honorary title of shock worker in the fourth year of the
Five Year Plan and builder of the socialism proving himself on the lumber front in socialistic competition for
the raising of labor productivity."
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Hulda
Riihimaki was the daughter of Moses and Hanna Lampi of Brantwood,
WI.
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The
Riihimaki family (and Walter Kaartunen?) returned to Brantwood in
the fall of 1933 and moved to California in the spring
of 1934.
-
Oliver
Korpela stated that a few days after he and his parents arrived in
Petroskoi they were trucked to Matroosa where there were mostly Finns from the States and Canada.
This information was
contributed by Bill Hoffman - April 2011. Thanks, Bill!
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