When Caisa Stina Pehrsdotter Stor was born on 4 April 1831, in Enontekiö, Oulu, Finland, her father, Petrus Pehrsson Stor, was 35 and her mother, Margareta Johansdotter Ryssä, was 36.
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Finnish peasants allowed to buy land.
February Manifesto reduces Finland's autonomy. Finland lost much autonomy. russification of Finland policy initiated. censorship and conscription introduced. civil disobedience began.
Finland became first European country to give women right to vote.
Germanized or Americanized form of Sorbian and Rusyn (from Slovakia) Stoj, Polish and Rusyn (from Poland) Stój: from a short form of a Slavic personal name, such as Stojmir, based on the element (imperative) stoj ‘stand, stay’. Compare 2 below.
Rusyn: from Stoy, a short form of a personal name such as Stoymir (see 1 above).
English (Essex): variant of Stowey, a habitational name from Over or Nether Stowey, Stowey in Cutcombe, or Stowey near Bishop Sutton (all Somerset), named with Old English stān ‘stone, rock’ + weg ‘way, path, road’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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