The family of KK's mother's father Vihtori Vaara (Nyman), 1881-1962

The parents of Vihtori Vaara (Nyman), 24.4.1881 (Mäntsälä, Nummistenkylä, Takalan torppa) - 17.11.1962, here:


are Erik Nyman, 19.5.1841 (Pornainen, Kupsenkylä, Peisa) - 15.12.1926 and Maria Frisk, 30.9.1835 (Pornainen, Kirveskoski, Ruskeepää) - 5.8.1922. They were married on 25.5.1862.

During the hunger year 1866 they moved with 6 children to Helsinki to find some living. They were working in the construction of the present Uspensky Cathedral ("Venäjän kirkko"); Erik was a carpenter (his salary was 1 mk 40 penni/day), Maria carried mortar upstairs (her salary was 1 mk/day). They were housed by the Russian merchant Perkavoi, the rent was 9 mk/month.
In the autumn of the same year they worked in the construction of the Helsinki-St.Peterburg railway near the station of Lappila; Erik's salary was 1 mk 20 p/day.

The parents of Erik Nyman were farm worker (torpare, dräng,renki) Elias Johansson, 22.1.1822 (Pornainen, Kupsenkylä, Kalsola) and Gretha Mattsdotter, 28.8.1810 (Pornainen, Kirveskoski, Seppä) - 10.8.1845 (she died in giving birth, "barnsbörd", the baby lived 7.8.1845 - 5.9.1845 and died in "Messl" - measles?)

The grandparents of Erik Nyman were bondeson Johan Johansson (Pornainen, Kopsby, Kalsola), bondedotter Helena Andersdotter, 25.5.1798 (Pornainen, Halckis, Alhobacka) - , married on 12.10.1819 and Matts Johansson, Caisa Henricdotter, c. 1789

The parents of Maria Frisk were farm worker (dräng) Johan Henrik Mattson Frisk, 29.8.1808 (Pornainen, Iso-Laukkoski)- and Gretha Lisa Fredriksdotter, 2.7.1809 (Pornainen, Kupsenkylä, Filppula)- . They were married on 24.10.1830.