Home listed as R Finland?

[Gjest]

An ancestor in the 1880 Census lists his home as R Finland. Can
someone tell me if this means something specific?
Thanks

[Hugh Watkins]

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An ancestor in the 1880 Census lists his home as R Finland. Can
someone tell me if this means something specific?
Thanks

I think Russia ruled Finland then

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland

On March 29, 1809, after being conquered by the armies of Russian
Emperor Alexander I, Finland became an autonomous Grand Duchy under the

Russian Empire until the end of 1917. During this time, Finnish started
gaining recognition by both the imperial court and the governing bodies,
first probably to sever the cultural and emotional ties with Sweden and
thereafter, from the 1860s onwards, as a result of a strong nationalist
movement, known as the Fennoman movement. Milestones included the
publication of what would become Finland's national epic, the Kalevala,
in 1835; and the Finnish language achieving equal legal status with
Swedish in 1892.<<

I googled to check my guess

remember Swedish is still an offical language in Finland

some families are more Suomi speaking others more Swedish

but you will find Estonians and Russians and any baltic or north
european culture as minorities


Hugh W



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