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Miller, Ontario

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Miller
Rural Finnish settlement

Miller is a rural community near Thunder Bay, Ontario, one of the mainly Finnish settlements founded outside the city by immigrants who arrived in the late 1800s and early 1900s.[1]

In the Chronicle of Finnish Settlements

A Chronicle of Finnish Settlements in Rural Thunder Bay (1976), edited by Gordon Burkowski for the Thunder Bay Finnish Canadian Historical Society, covers Miller in its own chapter, pages 82–84.[2]

Families named in the Chronicle

People and families named in the Miller chapter, from Bill Martin's index to the book:[2]

Surname People and families (page)
Ahonen Mrs. Ahonen (p. 84)
Forsell Mrs. Forsell (p. 84)
Forsgren Forsgren family (p. 82)
Hahn Mrs. Hahn (p. 84)
Hietanen Antti Hietanen (p. 82)
Hyvarinen David Hyvarinen (p. 82)
Johnson Johnson family (p. 82); Fanny Johnson (p. 84); Heikki Johnson (p. 82)
Jokinen Jokinen family (p. 82)
Kangas Mrs. Kangas (p. 84)
Lahti Carl Lahti (p. 82)
Lampi Alex Lampi (p. 82); Nick Lampi (p. 82)
Lindholm John Lindholm (p. 82)
Maki Emil Maki (p. 82); Ellen Maki (p. 84); Elsie Maki (p. 84); Eric Maki (p. 84); Eric Maki (p. 82); Herman Maki (p. 82); John Maki (p. 82)
Mutkala Mutkala family (p. 83)
Rahkola Matti Rahkola (p. 82)
Raivio M. Raivio (p. 84)
Rajala Mrs. Rajala (p. 84)
Rintala Rintala family (p. 82)
Rossi William Rossi (p. 82)
Saari Lydia Saari (p. 83); N. Saari (p. 83); Nester Saari (p. 82)
Seppala Mrs. Seppala (p. 84)

References

  1. ↑ Bill Martin, index to A Chronicle of Finnish Settlements in Rural Thunder Bay, introduction. Archived.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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), pp. 82–84; indexed in Bill Martin, index to A Chronicle of Finnish Settlements in Rural Thunder Bay. Archived.