When Daniel Jämsä was born on 19 October 1778, in Kuusamo, Oulu, Finland, his father, Sigfrid Sigfridinpoika Jämsä, was 26 and his mother, Anna Kela, was 26. He married Anna Mattsdotter Kujala on 21 May 1804. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 17 February 1857, in Hailuoto, Oulu, Finland, at the age of 78.
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Russian invasion of Sweden supported by Napoleon.
Sweden ceded Finland to Russia. Finland became Grand Duchy of Russia. State Council of Finns appointed. Finland enjoys limited autonomy.
Slovenian and Croatian: probably from a short form of the Biblical personal name Samson .
Hungarian; Czech (Šamša): from a pet form of the personal name Samuel (Hungarian Sámuel).
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