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Katherine Greta Johnson (Törmälä)

Swedish: Caisa Greta Jacobsdotter Törmälä
Also Known As: "Tormala", "Lauren", "Laurin"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Siikajoki, Finland
Death: March 05, 1937 (90)
Port Arthur, Thunder Bay District, ON, Canada
Place of Burial: Thunder Bay, Thunder Bay District, ON, Canada
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Jaakko Kallenpoika Törmälä and Liisa Greeta Matintytär Törmälä
Wife of Lauri Laurinpoika Laurin and Andrew Johnson
Mother of Maria Lovisa Moilanen; Johan Jakob Moilanen; Lars Johan Moilanen; Annie Nuttall; John Alexander Johnson and 2 others
Sister of Matts Jacobsson Törmälä; Albert Jacobsson Törmälä; Caisa Greta Jacobsdotter Törmälä; Maria Jacobsdotter Törmälä; Johannes Jacobsson Törmälä and 3 others

Managed by: Jouni Alkula
Last Updated:

About Katherine Greta Johnson

Katherine and Andrew Johnson are considered the first Finnish couple in Thunder Bay, even though Andrew was a Swede (the ”Chronicle, p. 16; Lindström, Varpu: Defiant Sisters, 1992:24).

Katherine opened a rooming house/restaurant in Norway House on Pearl Street in 1876 (Lindström, ibid.), and later another in 168 Cumberland Street where she lived until her death in 1937. She was a driving force of the Laestadian congregation in Port Arthur.

See also https://gittens.info/archives/1076 for detailed information (partly inaccurate).


Siikajoen seurakunnan arkisto - Syntyneiden luettelo 1809-1853 (IC:4), jakso 114, sivu 192: Syntyneet ja kastetut 1846; Kansallisarkisto: http://digi.narc.fi/digi/view.ka?kuid=7659589 / Viitattu 14.5.2020

Siikajoen seurakunnan arkisto - Rippikirja I 1851-1864, jakso 15, sivu 15: 53 Törmälä; Kansallisarkisto: http://digi.narc.fi/digi/view.ka?kuid=7711872 / Viitattu 14.5.2020

Siikajoen seurakunnan arkisto - Rippikirja I 1851-1864, jakso 100, sivu 11: 53 Törmälä; Kansallisarkisto: http://digi.narc.fi/digi/view.ka?kuid=7711952 / Viitattu 14.12.2020

Siikajoen seurakunnan arkisto - Syntyneiden luettelo 1809-1853 (IC:4), jakso 143: Vihityt 1864-1869; Kansallisarkisto: http://digi.narc.fi/digi/view.ka?kuid=7659625 Vihitty 20.5.1866 / Viitattu 14.12.2020

Oulu Tuomiokirkkoseurakunta muuttaneet 1859-1875 (MKO1-5) Sivu 51 Srk:aan 1866, Srk:sta 1866 ; SSHY http://www.sukuhistoria.fi/sshy/sivut/jasenille/paikat.php?bid=3551... / Viitattu 14.12.2020

Oulun seurakunnan arkisto - Rippikirja I 1858-1867, jakso 360, sivu 358: M: Möller, Määttä, Mikkola, Moilanen; Kansallisarkisto: http://digi.narc.fi/digi/view.ka?kuid=35245592 / Viitattu 14.12.2020

Oulu Tuomiokirkkoseurakunta rippikirja 1868-1880 (MKO33-58) Sivu 141 M ; SSHY http://www.sukuhistoria.fi/sshy/sivut/jasenille/paikat.php?bid=1862... / Viitattu 14.12.2020


Katherine and Lauri emigrated to Duluth where they had daughter Annie. They used surname Laurin. After the death of Lauri Katherine and Annie moved to Prince Arthur’s Landing, Ontario about 1876.


Marriage 1878 Prince Arthur’s Landing, ON - widow, inaccurate information about parents

Canada Census 1891 Port Arthur

Canada Census 1901 Port Arthur Town

Canada Census 1921 Port Arthur, 168 Cumberland St

Canada Census 1931 Port Arthur, 168 Cumberland St

Death 1937 Port Arthur, ON

Death notice Port Arthur News-Chronicle

  • Johnson, Katherine 91 05 Mar 1937 PA 5 Mar 1937 p.1 pic
  • Johnson, Katherine n/a 05 Mar 1937 In Mem. 5 Mar 1938 p.6
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Katherine Greta Johnson's Timeline

1846
September 22, 1846
Siikajoki, Finland
1866
July 5, 1866
Oulu, Finland
1867
July 26, 1867
Oulu, Finland
1870
March 26, 1870
Oulu, Finland
1874
1874
Duluth, St. Louis County, MN, United States
1879
July 6, 1879
Prince Arthur's Landing, Thunder Bay District, ON, Canada
1885
September 21, 1885
Port Arthur, Thunder Bay District, ON, Canada
1887
November 26, 1887
Port Arthur, Thunder Bay District, ON, Canada