Brief Life History of Hilda
Hilda Korhonen was born on 7 April 1895, in Rautavaara, Nurmes, Kuopio, Finland. She married Viljam Hakkarainen on 19 January 1913, in Kemi, Finland. They were the parents of at least 1 son.
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World Events (7)
1899
February Manifesto reduces Finland's autonomy. Finland lost much autonomy. russification of Finland policy initiated. censorship and conscription introduced. civil disobedience began.
1907
Finland became first European country to give women right to vote.
1939
World War II. Outbreak of World War II. Finland declares its neutrality. In November the Soviet Union invades. The Winter War begins.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Finnish Reino, Esko, Hannu, Pentti, Petri, Sirkka, Toivo, Veijo, Vesa.
Finnish: from the mostly archaic word korho + the surname suffix -nen. The term korho has several possible meanings: it was used to denote a deaf person or someone with poor hearing, a big or clumsy man, and also someone who was elderly, presumably a village elder. The name Korhonen can be found in written texts as early as in 1540s. It's origin is thought to be in the Savo area of eastern Finland. In 2018, this was the most frequent Finnish surname, just a little bit more frequent than Virtanen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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