Brief Life History of Lauri Juho
When Lauri Juho Järvenpää was born in 1800, in Kauhava, Vaasa, Finland, his father, Eric Jarvenpaa, was 46 and his mother, Maria, was 46. He married Greta Andersdotter on 17 December 1822, in Vaasa, Finland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 15 March 1872, at the age of 72.
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1808
Russian invasion of Sweden supported by Napoleon.
1809
Sweden ceded Finland to Russia. Finland became Grand Duchy of Russia. State Council of Finns appointed. Finland enjoys limited autonomy.
1864
Finnish peasants allowed to buy land.
Name Meaning
From a French form of Latin Laurentius ‘man from Laurentum’. Laurentum was a town in Latium, which may have got its name from Latin laurus ‘laurel’, although it is more probably of pre-Roman origin. The given name was moderately popular in the Middle Ages (when it was used for girls as well as boys), under the influence of a 3rd-century saint who was one of the seven deacons of Rome. He was martyred in 258 . The legend is that, having been required to hand over the Church's treasures to the civil authorities, he assembled the poor and sick and presented them. For this act of Christian defiance, he was roasted to death on a gridiron. In England the name is also associated with St Laurence of Canterbury ( d. 619 ). A more recent influence has been the actor Sir Laurence Olivier ( 1907–89 ). See also Lawrence .
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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