Vester Sillanpää

Vester Sillanpää Finnish: Sylvester Hermanninpoika Sillanpää, Swedish: Sylvester Hermansson, Russian: Вестер Германович Силланпяя
Also Known As:	"Hermaninpoika"
Birthdate:	March 25, 1889
Birthplace:	Teuva, Finland
Death:	March 06, 1938 (48) Karelia, Russia (Russian Federation) (The Great Purge- shot to death for treason)
Place of Burial:	Karhumäki, Karelia, Russia
Immediate Family:	Son of Herman Aleksanterinpoika Sillanpää and Maija Sofia Antintytär Sillanpää Husband of Hulda Maria Sillanpää Father of Toivo Sillanpää and Veikko Sillanpää Brother of Sylvester Sillanpää; Aleksanda Matilda Sillanpää; Hilja Johanna Hermanintytär Sillanpää; Sigrid Mäki-Runsas; Kosti Andreas Sillanpää and 3 others Half brother of Maria Elina Salo; Charles Hermanninpoika Sillanpää; Jaakko Nestori Sillanpää; Hulda Sofia Henderson and Eemil Hongisto, Mikkilä (Sillanpää)
Occupation:	blacksmith and miner

Managed by:	Private User
Last Updated:	April 27, 2022

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Hulda Maria Sillanpää

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Toivo Sillanpää

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Veikko Sillanpää

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Maija Sofia Antintytär Sillanpää

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Herman Aleksanterinpoika Sillanp...

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Sylvester Sillanpää

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Aleksanda Matilda Sillanpää

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Hilja Johanna Hermanintytär Sil...

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Sigrid Mäki-Runsas

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Kosti Andreas Sillanpää

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Fredriika Hermannintytär Penttilä

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Aino Maria Hermannintytär Tarkka

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About Vester Sillanpää

Syntymä: Teuva 25.3.1889 https://www.sukuhistoria.fi/sshy/sivut/jasenille/paikat.php?bid=104... ,sivu 356.

Finnish-born Canadian blacksmith and miner. Died in Soviet Union during Great Purge.

http://www.karjalansivistysseura.fi/sampo/sites/default/files/dokum... N:o 788. Sillanpää WesterHermanninpoika, s. 1889 SuomiVaL Teuva, Kanadasta 1933, as. Karjala Seesjärven piiri Mokinvaara seppä, vang. 15.1.1938, tuom. 23.2.1938 § 58/6, 10, amm. 6.3.1938 Karhumäessä, reh. 29.1.1993. Petroskoi.

Born third of nine children to mother Maija Sofia Antintytär Helenelund, the second wife of Herman Sillanpää. Emigrated from Finland to Calumet Michigan Amerika October 20, 1909. Moved with his family from Canada to Karelia, Soviet Union in 1933. Was drafted by an organization called “Technological help for Carelia” to move to the Karelia. Vester, Hulda and their two sons Veikko and Toivo died in Soviet Union during The Great Purge.

Vester's profile picture is from Hulda's and Vester's wedding day July 27, 1912.

О Вестере Германовиче Силланпяя (русский)

Вестер Германович Силланпяя Родился в 1889 г., Финляндия, Вазаская губ., пр. Теува; финн; б/п; Кузнец. Проживал: Карельская АССР, Сегозерский р-н, Карельско-Масельгс, Лосиногорск. тр.база.

Арестован 15 января 1938 г.

Приговорен: НКВД СССР 23 февраля 1938 г., обв.: по ст. 58-10-6.

Приговор: расстрелян Расстрелян 6 марта 1938 г. Место захоронения - ст.Медвежья Гора (Сандармох). Реабилитирован 29 января 1993 г. прокурор Карелии

~ Источник: Книга памяти Республики Карелия

~ Жертвы политического террора в СССР, 4-ое издание

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Vester Sillanpää's Timeline

1889	March 25, 1889	Birth of Vester Sillanpää Teuva, Finland
1912	February 28, 1912	Birth of Toivo Sillanpää Cinnabar Valley, Nanaimo, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
1914	October 13, 1914	Birth of Veikko Sillanpää Cinnabar Valley, Nanaimo, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
1938	March 6, 1938 Age 48	Death of Vester Sillanpää at Karelia Karelia, Russia (Russian Federation)
	March 6, 1938 Age 48	Burial of Vester Sillanpää Sandarmoh, Karhumäki, Karelia, Russia (Russian Federation)

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