About Families of Asko and Pirjo Niskala
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During 16th century Finland was a province of Sweden.The King of Sweden was at the time Kustaa Vaasa. The bailiff of the King in Savo was called Kustaa Fincke. He started settling of northern wilds in the Saarijärvi region. The King promised the settlers land and tax relief, if they settled and occupied the wilds near by borderland between Finland and Russia. He wanted to have advantage for future land claims against Russia (see the map, PHOTOS - Album `MAPS`).
So my first known paternal ancestor Paavo Paavali Kankkonen (b. about 1530) moved from Savo to Evijärvi parish in Ostrobothnia. He was a typical settler, He established the house of Kankkonen and his descendants the new house of Näätälahti. Erik Erikinpoika Näätälahti moved ad 1819 from Näätälahti to Oikari village located in Karstula parish. Earlier Karstula belonged to old Saarijärvi.
My first known maternal ancestor was Paavo Pölkki (b. about 1500). He founded the house of Pölkki 1559 in Kyyjärvi, which also belonged to old Saarijärvi. He came from the Mikkeli region, from the province of Savo. Pölkki was the first house in Kyyjärvi and its landregisternumber is also today nr 1. Samuli Paulaharju, a finnish historian, collected old stories and traditionals. His book was published 1930. According to one traditional: `Also today people remember, that 16-17 generations ago the first Pölkki moved to there. There was a widow, who leaved the ancient Pölkki in Juva with her son and daughter and rowed up along waters of Häme. She tried to reach the same wilds where she spended a beautifull summertime as young with her husband when they were fishing. When the widow with her children arrived to Lintulahti In Kyyjärvi, they decided to spend the night there and also planned to stay there. But she had a dream: Don´t stay here and don´t build your house here. Leave this place in the morning and go to the direction where the sun is rising, row to the opposite shore of the lake. Build up your home there. There your family flourishes and you can be happy. So they rowed to the opposite shore and builded their first hut there. And the same family of Pölkki lives here also today.`
THE ANCESTORS OF PIRJO NISKALA
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