North Branch, Ontario
| North Branch | |
|---|---|
| Rural Finnish settlement | |
| Coordinates | 48.5458, -89.213 |
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North Branch 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] It lies about 19 km north of central Thunder Bay. (Map point: approximate: a point on North Branch Road (OpenStreetMap).)
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 North Branch in its own chapter, pages 27–29.[2]
Families named in the Chronicle
People and families named in the North Branch chapter, from Bill Martin's index to the book:[2]
| Surname | People and families (page) |
|---|---|
| Alanko | M. Alanko (p. 27) |
| Anderson | Anderson family (p. 27) |
| Axelson | Axelson family (p. 27) |
| Flinkman | Flinkman family (p. 27) |
| Halonen | G. Halonen (p. 27) |
| Heiskanen | Heiskanen family (p. 27) |
| Kallio | Tom Kallio (p. 27) |
| Kannasto | Sanna Kannasto (p. 28) |
| Karja | J. Karja (p. 27) |
| Ketonen | W. Ketonen (p. 27) |
| Koivu | Edward Koivu (p. 27) |
| Koljanen | Dr. Koljanen (p. 27) |
| Laine | F. Laine (p. 27) |
| Laminen | John Laminen (p. 27) |
| Lampainen | K. Lampainen (p. 27) |
| Lehtinen | Kusti Lehtinen (p. 27) |
| Luhtala | F. Luhtala (p. 27) |
| McCutcheon | May McCutcheon (p. 28) |
| Motkala | Oskar Motkala (p. 27) |
| Nyberg | Sigard Nyberg (p. 27) |
| Pajunen | Dora Pajunen (p. 28) |
| Pelto | Aili Pelto (p. 28) |
| Pudas | A. Pudas (p. 27) |
| Rustari | Timotius Rustari (p. 27) |
| Salmijarvi | T. Salmijarvi (p. 27); Toivo Salmijarvi (p. 27) |
| Selkamaa | Oskar Selkamaa (p. 27) |
| Widegren | Widegren family (p. 27); A. Widegren (p. 28); Peter Widegren (p. 27) |
References
- ↑ Bill Martin, index to A Chronicle of Finnish Settlements in Rural Thunder Bay, introduction. Archived.
- ↑ 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. 27–29; indexed in Bill Martin, index to A Chronicle of Finnish Settlements in Rural Thunder Bay. Archived.