Brief Life History of Sanna Valpuri
When Sanna Valpuri Aho was born on 27 February 1863, in Lapua, Vaasa, Finland, her father, Gustaa Ahola, was 24 and her mother, Maria Israelsdr, was 22. She married Matti Jarvenpaa on 4 November 1883. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 3 April 1947, in Virginia, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenwood Township, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (26)
- Susanna Santa, "United States Census, 1940"
- Susanna Santa, "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001"
- Susanna Santa in entry for Matt Santa, "Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990"
Spouse and Children
1861–1927 Male
1863–1947 Female
Children (12)
1887– Male
1888–1888 Female
1889–1954 Male
1891–1971 Female
1893–1895 Male
+7 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1838–1909 Male
1840–1919 Female
Siblings (9)
1863–1947 Female
1866–1957 Female
1868–1868 Female
1869–1960 Female
1874–1936 Female
+4 More Children
World Events (8)
1864
Age 1
1865
Age 2
1886
Age 23
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Finnish Reino, Eino, Toivo, Wilho, Armas, Aarne, Aarre, Aatos, Arvi, Kaarin, Raili, Sulo. Scandinavian Alvar, Swen, Iver, Nels, Viljo.
Finnish: from aho ‘glade, forest clearing’ (areas of woodland adjacent to farmhouses were cleared by slash-and-burn techniques to produce glades, which eventually became pastureland). The name is recorded in the Karelian Isthmus in eastern Finland from the 16th century. In northern Finland this was a popular ornamental surname, adopted especially among people converting from Swedish surnames to Finnish in the 19th and early 20th centuries. In North America, Aho may also be a shortened form of the cognate Ahonen .
Assyrian/Chaldean: from a short form of the personal name Ahikar, name of ancient Assyrian origin, borne by a semi-legendary sage.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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