Collection search - Koivuranta, Mary - Interview

EKLUND, William

1986-0173

Sound

1 of 1

1979-05-29

Thunder Bay Finnish Canadian Historical Society

interviewer, Raili Nieminen

Multicultural History Society of Ontario

Interview of Mary Koivuranta by Raili Nieminen for the Multicultural History Society of Ontario about Finnish Canadians. She was born in Kauhajoki, Vaasa district in Finland on April 14, 1899. She came to Canada by a ship called Gripsholm in 1928, and landed at Halifax. Her husband came 2 years earlier and her brother was here also. In Finland, they were farmers. Their first home was a homestead in Jack township, where they did bushwork on their own land. In 1932 they bought a farm in Lappe where they raised 400-600 chickens. They had 3 children in Finland and one was born in Canada. Koivuranta's husband was a member of a union. Husband and/or Koivuranta belonged to the Lappe branch of the Finnish Organization of Canada (FOC) from 1945-6 and acted in plays there. He and/or she was a member of the International Co-op and Co-op dairy in Lappe. Siren was the manager. They brought eggs to sell to Kuusisto's store. <20mn>

Finnish

Open

MSS 20096

Under copyright.

Copyright owner: Multicultural History Society of Ontario, 1979.

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