Bror and Gunnel Hedman – War Children with Good Memories
From Historiska nedslag by Ole Granholm.English translation by June Pelo. Siblings Bror and Gunnel Hedman from Karleby traveled in 1941 to Gällinge in Halland, Sweden as…
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Swede Finn Junction
Children of Labor
June Pelo’s information gleaned from: Excerpts from “Children of Labor: A Finnish-American History” & from author, Mayme Sevander’s three books: “They Took My Father”, “Red Exodus”…
Departure of Emigrants
Written by K. A. JärviSubmitted by June Pelo This is an interesting description of events in the late 1800’s as emigrants waited to board their ship…
Ellis Island
Excerpted from “Ellis Island” by B. Colin HamblinBy June Pelo Ellis Island is a place of names. Here millions of immigrants called out theirs for the…
This and That about Finland
Translated from Swedish by June Pelo 1984. The country is divided into counties (lan), districts (härad) and parishes (kommun or socken). Districts are subdivisions under the…
Country Store in Olden Times
Reinhold Heikkilä, Karleby, 5 Jan 1955Karlebynejden No. 42, 2011English translation by June Pelo The following is based on my father’s stories from my childhood. I am approaching…
Castles in Finland
Excerpts from an article by Elias Härö, in “Finland – a cultural encyclopedia”. Translated by June Pelo Finland’s political and social history in the medieval period…
Early Industries in Finland
Excerpts from “Finnish Folk Culture” by Ilmar Talve, ISBN 951-746-006-6June Pelo Tar Burning One of the early industries was tar burning and places can still be found…
Give Big Washington Event to Address the Losses of Cultural Organizations
Normally held the first Tuesday of December, the purpose of this special campaign is to ease financial concerns of non-profits during the Covid-19 pandemic. We are standing with…
Birger Alexander Lindqvist
From the obituary published in the Österbottningen newspaper, Karleby, Finland, October 28, 2003. Translated by June Pelo. Edited for use in The Quarterly. One of Finland’s respected…
Birger Lindqvist’s Unique Mora Clock
By June Pelo. Birger Lindqvist has made several Mora clocks that are in his home in Gamlakarleby, Finland, and his most prized clock required 1000 hours…
Aimo Björklund Saw the Remains of Sorjos Village
By Ole Granholm. Translation by June Pelo. Only the house foundations remain. The birch trees have rotted away. The years 1867 and 1868 were troubled years…
