Parents and siblings of Veikko Petter Mehtonen born 1912 Lapinlahti
Lähetetty: 31.03.2024 13:58
This is a bit of a long story but I will try and keep it short hopefully. If more information is needed I can try and provide that. My husband's mother was born in Helsinki February 7th 1941 and she passed a couple of years ago. She came as a foster child to Sweden in 1942 and was eventually adopted by a Swedish family in Örkelljunga. We have old letters from her foster family in Finland (who she came to a few months old) and also her biological mother who she reconnected with in later years. So on the mother's side we know a lot.
We know that my husband's biological mother was engaged to the biological father due to the letters we have. The biological father was Veikko Petter Mehtonen born October 16th 1912 Lapinlahti. He died in WWII on August 9th 1944. We have a newspaper clipping of his death notice and we also have plack of a signed death notice.
We also know that my husband's mother had a brother (same both parents), Matti Ilmari born March 20th 1939 and who died January 17th 1940.
The biological mother was Anna Helmi Virranta born August 30th 1917 Varpaisjärvi, died March 16th 1997 Helsinki.
What we don't know is the biological father's side of the family. And if there maybe is family living today that we can connect with. So many years have passed and I don't know if that side ever knew about my husband's mother. She was not mentioned in the death notice for Veikko (nor was Anna).
The birth records for Lapinlahti only go up to 1907 but according to Veikko's military records his father's name was Pekka. The death notice only says mom and dad without their names and two other female names, Lyvti and Mari.
There is a birth record for a Lyddi born May 25th 1907 Lapinlahti. Her parents were Pekka Mehtonen and Loviisa Väisänen and they were from Ollikkala 17:
https://www.sukuhistoria.fi/sshy/sivut_ ... 9&pnum=446
I can trace that family backwards, but I would like to verify if this is the correct family for Veikko. So I was wondering if maybe someone here could advise me on how to do that? Would there be estate inventories made after the parents or maybe after Veikko that I could try and find? Or how would you go about it?
We know that my husband's biological mother was engaged to the biological father due to the letters we have. The biological father was Veikko Petter Mehtonen born October 16th 1912 Lapinlahti. He died in WWII on August 9th 1944. We have a newspaper clipping of his death notice and we also have plack of a signed death notice.
We also know that my husband's mother had a brother (same both parents), Matti Ilmari born March 20th 1939 and who died January 17th 1940.
The biological mother was Anna Helmi Virranta born August 30th 1917 Varpaisjärvi, died March 16th 1997 Helsinki.
What we don't know is the biological father's side of the family. And if there maybe is family living today that we can connect with. So many years have passed and I don't know if that side ever knew about my husband's mother. She was not mentioned in the death notice for Veikko (nor was Anna).
The birth records for Lapinlahti only go up to 1907 but according to Veikko's military records his father's name was Pekka. The death notice only says mom and dad without their names and two other female names, Lyvti and Mari.
There is a birth record for a Lyddi born May 25th 1907 Lapinlahti. Her parents were Pekka Mehtonen and Loviisa Väisänen and they were from Ollikkala 17:
https://www.sukuhistoria.fi/sshy/sivut_ ... 9&pnum=446
I can trace that family backwards, but I would like to verify if this is the correct family for Veikko. So I was wondering if maybe someone here could advise me on how to do that? Would there be estate inventories made after the parents or maybe after Veikko that I could try and find? Or how would you go about it?