A Chronicle of Finnish Settlements in Rural Thunder Bay
A Chronicle of Finnish Settlements in Rural Thunder Bay is a 1976 local-history book about the mainly Finnish rural communities outside Thunder Bay, published as Bay Street Project No. 2. It was edited by Gordon Burkowski, sponsored by the Thunder Bay Finnish Canadian Historical Society and the federal Secretary of State Department, and produced by Canadan Uutiset (Finnews Limited) in Thunder Bay.[1]
The book collects reminiscences, photographs and stories about the founding and early history of the settlements, whose Finnish settlers came to the Thunder Bay area in the late 1800s and early 1900s.[1] A companion volume, Project Bay Street, covers the Finnish residents of Port Arthur.[1]
Chapters
| Settlement | Pages |
|---|---|
| North Branch | 27–29 |
| Tarmola | 30–47 |
| Lappe | 48–60 |
| Kivikoski | 61–67 |
| Ostola | 68–73 |
| Intola | 74–81 |
| Miller | 82–84 |
| Alppila | 85–89 |
| Kaministiquia and Pohjola | 90–98 |
| Sunshine | 99–107 |
| Sellers and Leeper | 108–112 |
| Nolalu | 113–127 |
| Suomi and Silver Mountain | 128–137 |
| Pearson | 138–143 |
| Devon | 144– |
Index
The book was published without an index. Bill Martin of Thunder Bay compiled an alphabetical index of every surname in it, Finnish or not, with page references: 1,553 entries covering 684 surnames. The alternate surnames in his index are mostly the maiden names of women and original Finnish surnames that were changed in Canada. Umlauts are omitted and the book's spellings are kept.[1] Each person named in the index has a page on this wiki, linked from the settlement articles above; see also Category:A Chronicle of Finnish Settlements in Rural Thunder Bay.
People named in the introductory pages
People and families named before the settlement chapters:[2]
| Surname | People and families (page) |
|---|---|
| Adams | Rachel Adams (p. 8) |
| Ainali | Ainali family (p. 16) |
| Alahko | Matti Alahko (p. 26) |
| Allison | Siiri Allison (p. 8) |
| Blomquist | Blomquist family (p. 16) |
| BrownMr./Mrs. | C. BrownMr./Mrs. (p. 8) |
| Budner | Cairine Budner (p. 8) |
| Erickson | Jussi Erickson (p. FC) |
| Erkkila | Erkkila family (p. 16) |
| Gronlund | Olavi Gronlund (p. 8) |
| Halli | Halli family (p. 16) |
| Hanson | Hanson family (p. 16) |
| Harri | J. Harri (p. 16) |
| Hill | A. T. Hill (p. 8) |
| Huhtala | Irma Huhtala (p. 8) |
| Jacobson | Vieno Jacobson (p. 8) |
| Karila | Hannes Karila (p. 8) |
| Kaura | S. Kaura (p. 20) |
| Korhonen | P. Korhonen (p. 20) |
| Kouhi | Chris Kouhi (p. 8) |
| Kuntsi | Eino Kuntsi (p. 8) |
| Lamminen | Jussi Lamminen (p. 26) |
| Lankinen | Jack Lankinen (p. 8) |
| Laukka | Laukka family (p. 16) |
| Lehto | Anna Lehto (p. 8) |
| Maki | L. Maki (p. 8) |
| Makinen | Mrs. Makinen (p. 8) |
| Melo | Bertha Melo (p. 8) |
| Mikkola | V. Mikkola (p. 8) |
| Niemi | William Niemi (p. 8) |
| Ollikkala | Ed Ollikkala (p. 20) |
| Paananen | Paananen family (p. 16) |
| Perry | Helen Perry (p. 8) |
| Peuhkuri | Ray Peuhkuri (p. 8) |
| Pitkanen | Aino Pitkanen (p. 8) |
| Ranta | Ranta family (p. 16); Martha Ranta (p. 8) |
| Rydholm | Hillya Rydholm (p. 8) |
| Saari | Lydia Saari (p. 8) |
| Sabaz | Mrs. Sabaz (p. 8) |
| Seppala | Mr. Seppala (p. 20) |
| Siren | W. Siren (p. 8) |
| Taskinen | Betty Taskinen (p. 8) |
| Teras | Violet Teras (p. 8) |
| Tuominen | Heimo Tuominen (p. 8) |
| Widegren | Alf Widegren (p. 8) |
| Wilppula | Wilppula family (p. 16) |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bill Martin, index to A Chronicle of Finnish Settlements in Rural Thunder Bay, introduction. Archived.
- ↑ A Chronicle of Finnish Settlements in Rural Thunder Bay (Bay Street Project No. 2), ed. Gordon Burkowski (Thunder Bay: Thunder Bay Finnish Canadian Historical Society, 1976), front matter; indexed in Bill Martin, index to A Chronicle of Finnish Settlements in Rural Thunder Bay. Archived.