So... you don't know what a "hourula" is?navigate an unfamiliar bureaucracy in a language we don't speak.
Help with translation of letter from UVI
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mrshourula
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Well, your emoticons imply something more interesting than my genealogy information (see below). Do you have a story?
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500 years of the Hoffrén Family
The first members of the the Hoffrén family settled down in Bothnia, the Western coast of Finland, close to the present city of Pietarsaari (Jakobstad) about 1490. A German Hansa-merchant, Jöns Fordell, living in Stockholm, Sweden, came over to Finland and stayed. Brita Fordell, the daughter of Jöns Fordell, married a local farmer called Olav. Their descendants moved north to the Pyhäjoki parish where one of their sons settled down by the Houru-falls in the river Pyhäjoki. That's how the family got its name: Houru/Hourula -> Hourenius (the Latin form) -> Hoffrenius -> Hoffren. There are still people living in Pyhäjoki called Hourula...<http://kotisivu.mtv3.fi/hoffren/ehistory.htm>
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500 years of the Hoffrén Family
The first members of the the Hoffrén family settled down in Bothnia, the Western coast of Finland, close to the present city of Pietarsaari (Jakobstad) about 1490. A German Hansa-merchant, Jöns Fordell, living in Stockholm, Sweden, came over to Finland and stayed. Brita Fordell, the daughter of Jöns Fordell, married a local farmer called Olav. Their descendants moved north to the Pyhäjoki parish where one of their sons settled down by the Houru-falls in the river Pyhäjoki. That's how the family got its name: Houru/Hourula -> Hourenius (the Latin form) -> Hoffrenius -> Hoffren. There are still people living in Pyhäjoki called Hourula...<http://kotisivu.mtv3.fi/hoffren/ehistory.htm>
Well, I suppose Hank is drinking beer at Angleterre, so I'll give a try.
Nice family history. Actually a lot of Finnish family roots can be traced to Sweden (500 years ago), just like your's.
Yes, Hourula is a family name, but it's also a kind of nick name for a nut house. "Houruta" or "houria" (verb) means something like talk/being delutional. For example, "houria kuumeessa" is something like "talk/be delutional in high fever".
(Note for Finnish langauge students: It's not a commonly used word.)
Nice family history. Actually a lot of Finnish family roots can be traced to Sweden (500 years ago), just like your's.
Yes, Hourula is a family name, but it's also a kind of nick name for a nut house. "Houruta" or "houria" (verb) means something like talk/being delutional. For example, "houria kuumeessa" is something like "talk/be delutional in high fever".
(Note for Finnish langauge students: It's not a commonly used word.)
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mrshourula
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Well, I shall enjoy thinking of myself as Mrs. Nuthouse -- and sometimes, given that I have two teen-aged children, it does accurately describe my life.
Is this the meaning in the title of the cd by Velvet Nails entitled "Hourula?"
Yes, it is a nice family history --and someone has actually written a book about the Hourula farm and family. Alas, as it is in Finnish it will be a long time before we can read about these ancestors!
Is this the meaning in the title of the cd by Velvet Nails entitled "Hourula?"
Yes, it is a nice family history --and someone has actually written a book about the Hourula farm and family. Alas, as it is in Finnish it will be a long time before we can read about these ancestors!