File consists of family photographs taken in Finland.
One annotated print copy of a black and white photograph of Matti Nikolai Kantokoski and his wife Maria Sofia sitting in a horse-drawn cart, while a young boy stands beside them holding a bicycle.
One annotated print copy of a black and white photograph of Matias (Matti) Niilo Kantokoski (Koski) with his wife Anna Milia (nee Koivula) and their daughter Eeva Annikki and son Veikko Vesa.
One annotated print of a black and white photograph of Matti Kantokoski standing with two logging horses.
One annotated photograph of Matti Kantokoski and his second wife Laura Siltanen. The photograph has been printed in the form of a postcard.
One annotated photograph of the home of James Ferrier at 461 Howey Crescent in Sudbury, Ontario. This was Ann Koski's place of employment in 1939.
One annotated photograph of a head and shoulders shot of Ann Koski, taken by a Photomatic machine (photo booth) at Olympia Café (owned by Ann's aunt Julia Koivula) in Sudbury, Ontario.
Series consists of official extracts from parish registers of members of the Kantokoski/Koski family from the congregation of Alajärvi, in the diocese of Lapua, Finland and a certificate of confirmation from Sudbury, Ontario. The first church extract from the parish register confirms the dates of birth for Matti Niilo Kantokoski (March 23, 1901), his wife Anna Milja (Sept. 24,1903), and their daughter Eeva Annikki (May 8, 1924). The church record also notes the date Matti Kantokoski married his wife Anna (Nov. 24, 1923) and his date of death (May 15, 1956). The record is dated May 13, 1961 and signed by J. Laurila. The second church extract from the parish register confirms the date of birth for Eeva Annikki Kantokoski (May 8, 1924), the date she was baptized (May 19, 1924), the names of her parents (Matti Niilo Kantokoski & Anna Milja), the names of her godparents (Kustaa Kantokoski & Aino Kantokoski) and the name of the pastor who baptized her (J.H. Peltokallio). This record is dated June 13, 1973 and is signed by O.M. Tunturi. The Certificate of Confirmation was issued to Eeva Annikki Koski, indicating her confirmation at the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sudbury, Ontario on July 23, 1939, signed by pastor [Mathew Lepisto].
Series consists of an annotated autograph book belonging to Ann (Ann Eva) Koski containing brief notes and signatures of her friends and classmates at the Sudbury Central School and a membership card issued to Mrs. Ann Chisholm in Sudbury for the Department of Volunteer Nursing Services in the Ontario Division of the Canadian Red Cross Society. Signatures in the autograph book include Alice Rochon, Verna L. Armstrong, Barbara Tait, Margaret Mac, Shirley Cumming, Laura Koski, Virkko Koski, Ruth Wilson, Edith Vickers, May [Anne Koski's cousin], Anne [Nidgley], Grace Campbell, M.M. Ward, L. J. Lawson, M.B. Thompson, [Helka Hill], Andrew [Grogale], B.K. [Lahtela], Melvin Koski, M.H.K. Koski, Ruth H., Harold, [Malartis], John Cameron, Lillian Smith, Suzanne Koetke, Mary Page, Dorothea Blacklock, Anne Koski, Matthew Wilson, Johne Camerone, Robert Duncan, Francis Pugliese, June Calford, Dorothy Lennox, Lydea [Breifc], Annie Manchur, Verna L. Armstrong, Bill Logue, M.S. Stubbs, James Watt, D.M. Auley, Dirby, Pearl Dickson, Lula Poulas, Selina Brady, Joan Gagnon, Evan Seward, Windna Rostooky, Annie Gogal, Mary Cuper, Jeanette Jackson, Ruska Pustirsky, Doreen Scott, Kay Valiborski Mayorie Young, C.H., Joan Nokes, June M. Wilhelm, P.J. Barbour, Alice M. Hall, Natalie Nellie Mathews, Margie MacDonald, and Hnetnek Chael.
One print of a black and white photograph of Amalia Koivula with [two of her grandchildren].
One annotated print of a photograph of the Maki and Kantokoski families. In the front row from left to right are: Oscar Maki, Julia Maki (holding baby Lilja Maki), Eeva Annikki Kantokoski, Anna Kantokoski, and Veikko Vesa Kantokoski. In the back row are Oiva Maki, Oscar Maki, and Matti Kantokoski.
One annotated photograph of Aino Koivula Kantokoski (left) and Hilma Koivula Roiha (right) standing in front of a building.
One photograph of Lilja Koivula (left) and Taimi Koivula (right).
One annotated photograph of three women standing together. From left to right are: Alice Moray Moercher, Taimi Maki Moray, and Norma Moray Held. Other individuals are partially visible behind them.
Series consists of notes complied by Leslie Hardy of the Kantokoski (Koski), Koivula Families, and notes created by and Nancy Korpela for the Korpela Family in a paper and electronic format. These notes include detailed descriptions of each record they donated to the archives and background histories of the families. These notes were created at the time of donation to aid with descriptions.
One annotated print of a black and white photograph of Anna Kantokoski (fourth from left) and Matti Kantokoski (fifth from left) standing with a logging crew in front of a log cabin. Their children Veikko Vesa (left) and Eeva Annikki (right) are standing in front of them.
One photograph of five boys, one girl, and two pastors posing near the altar in a church. The girl standing in the back row is Ann Koski.
One annotated print of a black and white photograph of Ann E. Koski standing in front of Sudbury Steam Bath.
One annotated photograph of Ann and Archie Chisholm printed in the form of a postcard.
One annotated photograph of a head and shoulders shot of Veikko (Vic) Koski.
File consists of two landing cards issued by Immigration Canada.
Series consists of a note written by [principal] Else Yackman, dated June 17, 1932, certifying that Anni Koski has passed from Sr. Pr. To Jr. I.; an annotated monthly report card of Annie Koski from Kelly Lake Public School (in Sudbury, Ontario), and a certificate of promotion, promoting Anni Koski from the Senior I class to the II class in Kelly Lake Public School, dated June 27, 1933; 3 annotated report cards of Annie Koski from Oshawa Public School, and 3 certificates of promotion promoting Annie Koski from (Junior III class to the Senior III Class in Oshawa Public School, dated June 28, 1935, Senior III class to the Junior IV Class in Oshawa Public School, dated June 26, 1936, and Junior IV class to the Senior IV class in Oshawa Public School, dated June 18, 1937); an annotated Sudbury Public Schools grade 8 report card of Annie Koski for 1938-1939; and a High School Entrance Certificate issued to Anne Koski in Sudbury, Ontario on July 15, 1939.
Series consists of three newspaper clippings from the Sudbury Star. Clippings include "Winning School Receives Its Shield" (In this article, Veikko Koski was part of the winning team for the best schoolboy patrol for the 1939-1940 season. The newspaper clipping has been pasted onto a piece of paper); "Hunchbacks Terrify Reds" (concerning Finnish ski troops in World War II. The newspaper clipping has been pasted onto a piece of paper); and "Will Be Sent to Finland."(Images of a man and a woman, and another image of a man are only partially visible, because the newspaper clipping has been cut. The newspaper clipping has been pasted onto a piece of paper).
File consists of one photograph of the Kantokoski (Koski) Family.
Series consists of photographs of various members of the Kantokoski/Koski family, the Maki family, Laura Siltanen, Saima (Saimi) Susanna Pellikka, Lempi Maria Buerala, Archie Chisholm, Leslie Karen Chisholm, Carl Richard Chisholm, and the residence of Mr. James Ferrier.
File consists of family photographs taken in Canada.
One annotated print copy of a black and white photograph of Matias (Matti) Niilo Kantokoski (Koski) with two of his sisters; Saima (Saimi) Susanna Pellikka (left), who settled in Sudbury, Ontario and Lempi Maria Buerala (centre).
One annotated print of a black and white photograph of Matti Kantokoski (centre) standing outside of the Prince Arthur Café with two other men and his daughter Eeva Annikki.
One annotated photograph of Ann Koski standing in a field near a building on the day of her confirmation in Sudbury, Ontario.
One annotated photograph of Leslie Karen Chisholm and Carl Richard Chisholm.
File consists of two passports issued to Matti Kantokoski.
One annotated Finnish soldier's passport for Matti Kantokoski.
One Passport for Travelling Abroad issued to Matti Kantokoski.
One ticket for Matti Kantokoski, Aune (Anna) Kantokoski and Eeva Kantokoski to board the S.S. Drottningholm to sail from Gothenburg to Halifax on July 26, 1924. The ticket is dated July 19, 1924, and has on it a Canadian immigration stamp from Halifax, Nova Scotia, dated August 2, 1924.
One landing card issued to Matti Kantokoski, age 23, aboard the S.S. Drottningholm, class 3, and stamped by Canadian immigration in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
One landing card issued to Eeva Kantokoski, age 3 months, aboard the S.S. Drottningholm, class 3, and stamped by Canadian immigration in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Series consists of one annotated photocopy of a computer printout of the Koivula family tree, beginning with Henrik Jakobsson Koivula; a photocopy of a handwritten family tree concerning descendants of Susanna Sanna Johansdotter Saarela Koivula; an annotated photocopy of a computer printout of a continuation of the Koivula family tree; a photocopy of an annotated computer printout of a family tree of the Luoma-Aho family; a photocopy of a handwritten family tree beginning with Adolf Henriksson Koivula; one annotated colour computer printout of an image of the Koivula house in Alajärvi Finland and another colour computer printout of two more images of the Koivula house in Alajärvi, Finland (2008); six pages of photocopies of a handwritten family tree of the daughters of Amalia Koivula (born 1863) and their families; an annotated photocopy of an annotated, typed family tree of Hilma Koivula, which was compiled by her daughter Anja (Roiha) Kovala; a photocopy of an annotated, typed list of the children of Taimi Hakomaki Heino Bertrand; a photocopy of a typed list of the children of May (Roiha) & William Kauko Lahti; a photocopy of an annotated, typed list of the children of Enni Yli-Harsila and Henry Roiha; and a photocopy of an annotated, typed list of the children of Anja (Roiha) & Arne Kovala; one newspaper obituary for Oscar Maki from the Sudbury Star in 1939; one photocopy of an obituary [from the Sudbury Star in 1947] for Julia Koivula Maki Salo; and 9 photographs.
One print of a black and white wedding photograph of Ida Marie Koivula and her husband Victor Lehti.
One photograph of Lilja Koivula (far left) posing with her children and grandchildren on the steps of their camp at Lake Penage.
One annotated photograph of Taimi Koivula's daughters (from left to right) Norma Held, Carla Wood and Alice Moercher.
Series consists of one annotated family tree of the Korpela family (including a photocopy of a handwritten family tree beginning with Adolf Henriksson Koivula; an annotated photocopy of a typewritten list of the children of Sandra Korpela; and an annotated, photocopy of a typewritten and hand-drawn family tree beginning with Santra Korpela); one annotated photocopy of an annotated typewritten list of the children and descendants of Santra Korpela, beginning with Kalle Gustaf (Charles) Korpela; one annotated photocopy of an annotated typewritten list of notes regarding the Korpela family, and a list of where descendants of the Korpela family were located at the time it was written; two annotated photocopies of page 8 of the passanger list of the vessel Athenia (November 1910); a computer printout from Ancestry.ca of the Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935 entry for Sandra Korpela (on the ship Athenia arriving in Saint John, New Brunswick on November 28, 1910 with ship information attached; one photocopy of an annotated printout of a newspaper article from the Sudbury Star in 2004 entitled: Well-known Sault Star columnist succumbs to cancer Sunday, concerning Mr. Oliver Lehto; one computer printout of one scanned Sudbury Star newspaper article circa 2002 entitled: Sudbury developer unveils wetland park, and one scanned photograph concerning Korpela Park in Sudbury, Ontario.
This fonds consists of photographs and various textual material.
Sans titreSous-fonds consists of photographs and various textual material.
Sans titreOne photograph of Matias (Matti) Niilo Kantokoski (Koski) and his wife Anna Milia Kantokoski (Koski) taken in Finland. The photographer was Y. Pyhalanhti.
One annotated print copy of a black and white photograph of Juho (John) Heikki Kantokoski (1888-1957), son of Matti Nikolai Kantokoski. In Sudbury he worked with his brother Matias (Matti) Niilo Kantokoski in the Prince Arthur Café.
One annotated print copy of a black and white photograph of Matias (Matti) Niilo Kantokoski (Koski) with his second wife Laura Siltanen whom he married on September 25, 1938 in Copper Cliff, Ontario.
One annotated print copy of a photograph of the Maki and Kantokoski families. In the front row from left to right are: Oscar Maki, Julia Maki (holding baby Lilja Maki), Eeva Annikki Kantokoski, Anna Kantokoski, and Veikko Vesa Kantokoski. In the back row are Oiva Maki, Oscar Maki, and Matti Kantokoski.
One annotated photograph of Laura Koski holding her daughter Marilyn. Standing beside them is her son Melvin.
Series consists of passports, tickets, and landing cards, pertaining to Matti Kantokoski's military service, and the immigration of the Kantokoski/Koski family to Canada.
File consists of travel tickets from Finland to Canada.
Series consists of two handwritten reference letters; one for Anna Koivula (Kantokoski/Koski) and one for her daughter Ann Chisholm (Ann Eva Kantokoski/Koski). The reference letter for Anna Koivula (born 1903) was written by Lydia Lofman, a pharmacist's wife, in Lapua Finland, dated May 1, 1921, regarding work in a kitchen, while the reference letter for Ann Chisholm (nee Koski, born 1924) was written by Mrs. J. Ferrier from Sudbury, Ontario, dated June 14, 1942 concerning her job doing housework.
Series consists of a letter dated April 6, 1939, to Matti Kantokoski from E.D. Wilkins, Clerk of the Peace, with his Certificate of Naturalization (dated March 30, 1939) attached; and a certificate of greetings from the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (I.O.D.E.) to Matti Kantokoski on the occasion of him becoming a British subject and Canadian citizen by naturalization in Sudbury, Ontario.
Series consists of a ceramic depiction of a church inscribed with the word: Alajärvi (This is a depiction of the church in Alajärvi, Finland where Eeva Annikki Kantokoski was baptized in 1924.); an annotated pocket-sized "New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Translated out of the Original Greek and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised by his Majesty's Special Command," published in London by Collins' Clear-Type Press in 1936 (This pocket-sized bible was a gift given to Ann Koski on the occasion of her confirmation by her Confirmation Teacher pastor [Mathew H. Lepisto], and is signed by him); and a book entitled: "Jane Withers Twentieth-Century Fox Film Star - Her Life Story," published in Racine, Wisconsin by Whitman Publishing Company, 1936 (The inside cover of the book is annotated and reads: Christmas 1936 to Anne Koski From Veikko Koski).
Series consists of an annotated envelope containing a photocopy of The Last Will and Testament of Ann Eva Chisholm; an annotated photocopy of a computer printout of a Kantokoski/Koski ancestor chart, ending with Matti Nikolai Kantokoski; one annotated photocopy of a computer printout of the Kantokoski/Koski family tree, ending with Matti Nikolai Kantokoski; one photocopy of a typed list of descendants of the Kantokoski/Koski family beginning with Eva Annikki (Ann) (The family tree includes five generations of Kantokoski/Koski family.); a computer printout of Pier 21 Ship Virginian/Drottningholm/Brasil/Homeland, the ship on which the Kantokoski family immigrated to Canada, and an additional page containing ship facts attached; and one annotated copy of Long Lake Finnish Cemetery, compiled by the Finnish Canadian Historical Society, published in May 2006 by the Finnish Canadian Historical Society Inc., in Sudbury, Ontario. (Included in the book are two annotated newspaper clippings from the Sudbury Star dated September 3, 2002 and September 10, 2002; one annotated newspaper clipping from the Northern Life, dated September 6, 2002; one newspaper clipping and one photocopied newspaper clipping of Mrs. Matti Koski's obituary from the Sudbury Star dated 1933, and one photograph of Matti and Anna Kantokoski.)
One print of a painted photograph of Matti and Anna Kantokoski.
File consists of nine photographs of the Korpela family.
One annotated photograph of Oskaria Koivula.