Torvio Matti Nikkari

Male22 October 1903–21 February 1953

Brief Life History of Torvio Matti

Torvio Matti Nikkari was born on 22 October 1903, in Finland. He died on 21 February 1953, in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, at the age of 49, and was buried in Grytviken, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

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  • Toivo Matti Nikkari, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (3)

1907

Age 4

Finland became first European country to give women right to vote.

1917

Age 14

The Russian Revolution allows Finland to declare its independence.

1918

Age 15

Civil War in Finland. A bitter and violent civil war ensues between Bolsheviks (Red Guards) and the right-wing government (White Guards). The Whites are led to victory by General Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Hilmar, Hilma, Lars, Ove, Svein. German Gerhard.

Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads in western Norway named Torvik, from a first element of various origin + vik ‘bay, inlet’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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