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Pasanen

Posted: 25 Mar 2000 2:44PM GMT
Edited: 27 Jun 2001 9:40PM GMT
I am looking for my great-grandparents, parents of
William Pasanen. They lived in Calumet, MI in the early
1900's and Bill is one of their children, he has 6 more siblings.
I also have papers that show that at one time my great-grandfather's
namewas spelled as"Passonen". Hope someone can help.
Jan

Pasanen family

Susan Elizabeth Pasanen Lehman (View posts)
Posted: 24 Aug 2000 1:22PM GMT
I just talked to my mom who is 72 and can remember part of my dad's family history. She was married to John Hill Pasanen at 18 and knew his parents and my grandfather Walter Ainard Pasanen's brothers.
However, she cannot really remember all of their names and some are thought to have died young. My Aunts Charlette Pasanen Kaarto and Sallie (not sure) who both live in MI might know more as they might have the family certificates, etc.
According to my mom, there was only one Pasanen family in MI and that they were all realated as far as anyone knew. My grandmother Esther, widow of Walter, went to Finland and looked in Church records and might have written things down. I'll ask my Aunt Char.
Anyway, Walter, who was born in 1909 in MI in or around Calumet had 6 brothers. My mom remembers nicknames-- Ista (Israel), Tunna(Ainard), Sulo (?), Twins John and an unknown who died in Finland (John died young also but in US), and maybe a baby who also died.
Yearwise this could be all early 1900's. My mom could be wrong about some of this. She says she thought Walter's dad was named John and came from Finland where some of his children were born.
My mom thinks they are buried in cemetaries around Baraga and L'Anse. I'll contact my Aunties about more information. I think Tunna died only a few years ago, so now they're all gone.
I do know that when Esther went to Finland, there were hundreds of Pasanen's-- she said like Smith here! I'll let you know what if anything I find out.

Pasanen

Posted: 25 Aug 2000 9:15PM GMT
Edited: 27 Jun 2001 9:40PM GMT
Thanks Susan:
I will send you what I have on the Pasanen. My grandmothers
maiden name was spelled "Passonen", but when I found her brothers,
the last name was spelled as "Pasanen". My grandmother's parents
names were Frederick Bertha. Any connection? On my grandmother's second marriage
certificate, she had my great grandfather's born in Sweden and his wife born in
Norway, but their last names were "Ferguson"???? That is where I am stuck.
Let me know what you find out.
Jan

Pasanen-family from Michigan?

Sami Pasanen (View posts)
Posted: 18 Nov 2000 3:51AM GMT
Susan Elizabeth Pasanen Lehman wrote in august about the Pasanen-family
from MI(chigan, I think...) as a reply to Jan Sylvester. You seemed to have
some clues about the origin of this family. Somebody from your family had
visited Finland and searched for information about this subject from the
files of the church or congregation. I have tried to hunt down my possible
relatives from the United States, but I have not had any luck on finding
them from my father's side. So, I want to ask if you have any information
about the origin of the Pasanens of Michigan: especially, from which part
of Finland do they originate from, when has the first generation migrated
to the American continent and so on. I'm interested in any information about
the subject. Like you wrote, there are quite many separate families named
Pasanen in Finland. My accurate family originates from the northern part of the
central Finland (Viitasaari-Pihtipudas -region) and it is descended from some
bigger kin of Pasanens from the vicinity of Kuopio, which is in the central
Savonia, a bit more to the northeast from Viitasaari. There are about three
separate families of Pasanen in this area alone, but I would be grateful on any
any information you or somebody else reading this message might have.
Posted: 9 Jan 2001 10:20PM GMT
Edited: 19 Nov 2004 3:30AM GMT
My grandfather Edward (Ade) Pasanen emigrated
in the early 1900's. He was born of Yussi
Pasanen and Riika??? in Pihtipudas, Finland.
He emigrated as far as I know to Massachusetts
but spent some time in Michigan in the mines.
He had a brother, Otto, who emigrated also.
Two siblings, Hilja and Wilho, stayed in
Finland.

Pasanen

Posted: 4 Mar 2001 9:44AM GMT
Edited: 3 Jul 2001 12:14AM GMT
My maternal grandmother was Anna Pasanen from Michigan. According to her marriage record, her father's name was Johan Pasanen. The family emigrated to the United States in 1882/1883 and were from Passalassa,Pihtipudas, Finland. Johan Pasanen was married to Kristiina Kopsa of Haapjarvi,(sp?),Pihtipudas, Finland.

Information about Passalassa

Sami Pasanen (View posts)
Posted: 4 Mar 2001 11:23AM GMT
Interesting! The place You mentioned has to mean a small rural
village named Pasala. "Passalassa" may originate from this place,
more exactly from the finnish language's inflectional form which
means locating somewhere (marked with inflexion -ssa). So there must
be some kind of entry log of the US immigration officials, where the
place of birth has been asked from the immigrants. Your grandmother
has filled in this question in finnish "Pasalassa" (meaning "in Pasala"),
which has been translated to mean a place in Finland as such by the
immigration officials.

You can still find this village Pasala nowadays. It is located right
between Viitasaari and Pihtipudas, 20-30 kilometers northeast of Viitasaari,
a bit east from the main road. Pasala lies on the eastern side of the lake
Kolima, and my family happens to originate right from the opposite side of
the same lake, from a village called Kuorikoski!

Another interesting point can be seen in the name of the village Pasala.
The surname "Pasanen" has the same etymological body "pasa" in it. I don't
know, however, if there is anything precise, that this word pasa means.
"Pasanen" is very common surname among the savonian "tribe" of Finns, and
there seems to be certain difficulties to locate the origine of this surname.

Surnames

Posted: 4 Mar 2001 11:57AM GMT
Edited: 3 Jul 2001 12:14AM GMT
Thanks for the information regarding my grandmother's birthplace. In regards to surnames, out genealogy instructor told us that years ago peoples surnames were taken from the area they lived or their occupation.

Surnames

Posted: 4 Mar 2001 11:58AM GMT
Edited: 3 Jul 2001 12:14AM GMT
Thanks for the information regarding my grandmother's birthplace. In regards to surnames, out genealogy instructor told us that years ago peoples surnames were taken from the area they lived or their occupation.

Re: Pasanen-family from Michigan?

Elsa Pasanen (View posts)
Posted: 28 Jul 2003 1:45AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Pasanen
My father, Hubert Otto Pasanen, was born in Michigan in 1914. He passed away in Texas in 1995. After his death, I located a letter (written in Finnish) and asked a friend living in Kotka to translate it. My friend contacted the family of the letter writer (who was deceased) but learned the whereabouts of these relatives, the Moilanen's, in Hyrynsalmi who gave me information about my father's mother's family. It was a truly wonderful trip, and I treasure meeting these relatives. (My husband, daughter and I traveled to Finland in 1997 and retrieved information about the links of my paternal grandmother with the Moilanen family.)
I have absolutely no information about my father's father (Pasanen) and his side of the family. If you think this is the family you are searching for let me know.
My grandmother, Elsa Pyykkonen emmigrated to the United States, settled in Michigan (where so many other Finnish immigrants settled), married John Pasanen. They had several children. My father, Hubert Otto, was third from the youngest.
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