Pearson Township
| Pearson | |
|---|---|
| Rural Finnish settlement | |
| Coordinates | 48.19111, -89.66083 |
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Pearson 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 37 km southwest of central Thunder Bay. (Map point: the centre of the geographic township.)
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 Pearson in its own chapter, pages 138–143.[2]
Families named in the Chronicle
People and families named in the Pearson chapter, from Bill Martin's index to the book:[2]
| Surname | People and families (page) |
|---|---|
| Aho | E. Aho (p. 142); J. Aho (p. 141); John Aho (p. 138) |
| Bryans | Jas. Bryans (p. 142) |
| Erickson | Ida Erickson (p. 139); J. Erickson (p. 141); John Erickson (p. 140); Yon Erickson (p. 139) |
| Farmer | Robert Farmer (p. 139) |
| Gillies | S. Gillies (p. 142) |
| Granlund | F. Granlund (p. 141) |
| Grolund | Franz Grolund (p. 138) |
| Gronlund | Frans Gronlund (p. 143); Marja Gronlund (p. 143) |
| Hakala | E. Hakala (p. 141) |
| Hanson | T. Hanson (p. 141) |
| Harper | Fred Harper (p. 139) |
| Heino | W. Heino (p. 141) |
| Holmstein | Emil Holmstein (p. 140) |
| Hoppen | Frank Hoppen (p. 139) |
| Hyokki | S. Hyokki (p. 142) |
| Johnson | Eli Johnson (p. 141) |
| Jokela | E. Jokela (p. 141) |
| Joki | K. Joki (p. 141) |
| Kaartinen | M. Kaartinen (p. 142) |
| Kangas | Richard Kangas (p. 142) |
| Kivela | E. Kivela (p. 141); Emil Kivela (p. 139); Erik Kivela (p. 142) |
| Kivi | M. Kivi (p. 142) |
| Knuutila | John Knuutila (p. 139); Jussi Knuutila (p. 139) |
| Knuuttila | J. Knuuttila (p. 141); N. Knuuttila (p. 142) |
| Koski | Herman Koski (p. 138) |
| Kotala | Ed Kotala (p. 142); Emil Kotala (p. 139) |
| Lahtinen | H. Lahtinen (p. 142) |
| Lankinen | H. Lankinen (p. 142); T. Lankinen (p. 139); Taneli Lankinen (p. 138) |
| Lehtinen | H. Lehtinen (p. 141) |
| Little | Fred Little (p. 142) |
| Luokala | John Luokala (p. 139) |
| Maki | A. Maki (p. 105); Geo. Maki (p. 141); R. Maki (p. 141); W. Maki (p. 142); Walter Maki (p. 142) |
| Mannisto | Chas. Mannisto (p. 141); Kalle Mannisto (p. 138); N.W. Mannisto (p. 141) |
| Manty | K. Manty (p. 141) |
| Moon | Miss Moon (p. 139) |
| Niittula | T. Niittula (p. 142) |
| Niittyla | J. Niittyla (p. 141) |
| Niitula | John Niitula (p. 140) |
| Nurmi | Vaino Nurmi (p. 142); W. Nurmi (p. 141); Waino Nurmi (p. 138) |
| Oinanen | Antti Oinanen (p. 139) |
| Oinonen | A. Oinonen (p. 141) |
| Oja | Oscar Oja (p. 139) |
| Ojala | O. Ojala (p. 141); Oskar Ojala (p. 141) |
| Oksanen | J.W. Oksanen (p. 142); Jack Oksanen (p. 139) |
| Paaki | E. Paaki (p. 142) |
| Peltonen | O. Peltonen (p. 142) |
| Ponka | Matti Ponka (p. 142) |
| Rahkola | M. Rahkola (p. 141); Matti Rahkola (p. 139) |
| Rajala | A. Rajala (p. 141) |
| Rakkala | Matti Rakkala (p. 142) |
| Rantala | J. Rantala (p. 141); John Rantala (p. 138) |
| Riihimaki | George Riihimaki (p. 138) |
| Ritchie | D.S. Ritchie (p. 142) |
| Robertson | Miss Robertson (p. 139) |
| Salo | A. Salo (p. 141); Albert Salo (p. 138) |
| Samanen | Otto Samanen (p. 142) |
| Serrand | Liina Serrand (p. 139) |
| Sisgen | C.W. Sisgen (p. 142) |
| Taivainen | A. Taivainen (p. 141); Antti Taivainen (p. 140) |
| Tissari | M. Tissari (p. 141); Moses Tissari (p. 138) |
| Valiaho | Jussi Valiaho (p. 143) |
| Virta | E. Virta (p. 142) |
| Warvi | J. Warvi (p. 141) |
| Wiirta | E. Wiirta (p. 142) |
| Wirta | E. Wirta (p. 141); Emil Wirta (p. 138) |
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. 138–143; indexed in Bill Martin, index to A Chronicle of Finnish Settlements in Rural Thunder Bay. Archived.