Fonds 048 - Karl Niemi

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Karl Niemi

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    • 1932 - 1933 (Creation)
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      Niemi, Karl John

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    0.005 m of textual records

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    (1924-2007)

    Biographical history

    Karl John Niemi was born Kaarlo Johannes Niemela, in Copper Cliff, Ontario on June 1, 1924 to Finnish immigrants, Johannes Niemela (1894-1976 aka John Niemela, John Niemi) and Hilda Toykkala Niemela (1895-1969 aka Hilda Niemela, Hilda Niemi). Around 1930, the Niemela family changed their name to Niemi, but were often still referred to as Niemela. During his childhood, Karl Niemi lived at 19 Poland Street and attended South Side Public School, later matriculating to Copper Cliff High School.

    Karl Niemi played hockey, basketball, baseball and participated in diving competitions in his youth. He was a strong swimmer and cross-country skier well into adulthood.

    After graduation in 1942, Karl Niemi first apprenticed before working as a welder, at the Copper Cliff Smelter. By 1945, he was an apprentice electrician before becoming a first-class electrician, continuing to work at the Copper Cliff Smelter until retirement.

    Karl Niemi married Helen Elizabeth Walli (from Sudbury) on June 16, 1945. They lived upstairs in his parents’ duplex in Copper Cliff and had two daughters. In 1950, John and Hilda Niemi moved to a (hobby) farm in Waters Township, while Karl and Helen Niemi moved to Sudbury, Ontario and eventually had a third daughter.

    In addition to working as an electrician, Karl Niemi was an avid accordion player. He began violin lessons at the age of six and accordion lessons at sixteen. Later in life, he taught accordion lessons. His band performed for many years in the Sudbury area at various venues such as the Caruso Club, Idylwylde Golf and Country Club and Sampo & Finn Halls. He also performed at the Crystal Palace in Mitchell, Ontario. The highlight of his musical performances was a multicultural concert in 1991 at Massey Hall in Toronto, Ontario.

    Karl Niemi passed away February 13, 2007 in Sudbury, Ontario at the age of 82.

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    Item was donated by Dean Taylor in 2016. Taylor's friend Gary Lonsberry found the school workbook about seven years prior behind a wall while renovating his house in Copper Cliff, Ontario.

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    Fonds consists of a school workbook.

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    ACC2016-048, Dean Taylor

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        Permission has been granted by Karl Niemi's daughter, Donna Niemi Schoenherr to digitize the workbook and make it accessible to researchers in an online format.

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        Johannes Niemela (aka John Niemi) was born December 21, 1894 in Seinäjoki, Finland. He married Hilda Toykkala and they both immigrated to Canada in 1923 via the passenger ship "Montlaurier" which departed Liverpool, England December 14, 1923 and arrived at Saint John, New Brunswick on December 22, 1923. John Niemi worked as a carpenter in the cabinet-making trade in Finland and continued carpentry projects in Canada. Niemi was employed at the Copper Cliff Smelter before he and his wife moved to a farm in Waters Township in 1950. John Niemi passed away March 6, 1976 at Pioneer Manor in Sudbury, Ontario.

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        To see John Niemi's (aka Johannes Niemela) Declaration of Passenger to Canada document, dated December 22, 1923, visit Library and Archives Canada, http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.01-e.php?q2=5&q3=696&sqn=3350&tt=4530&PHPSESSID=rgi7t06a60or2jdheocn6v65f4

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        To see John Niemi’s name on the list of naturalized immigrants from July 1935, published in the Canadian Gazette, see Library and Archives Canada, http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/citizenship-naturalization-records/naturalized-records-1915-1951/Pages/item-naturalization-1915-1939.aspx?IdNumber=282812&

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        To read John Niemi’s obituary, see the Sudbury Star, March 8, 1976. p. 3

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        Hilda Toykkala was born July 17, 1895 in Finland. She worked as a dairy supervisor in Finland, having won an award for producing the best butter in that country. She married Johannes Niemela (aka John Niemi) and they both immigrated to Canada in 1923 via the passinger ship "Montlaurier" which departed Liverpool, England December 14, 1923 and arrived at Saint John, New Brunswick on December 22, 1923. In Canada, Hilda Niemi continued to make butter and she also wove textiles. In 1950, both Hilda and John Niemi moved from Copper Cliff, Ontario to a farm in Waters Township. Hilda Niemi passed away November 15, 1969 at the Memorial Hospital in Sudbury, Ontario.

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        To see Hilda Niemi's (aka Hilda Niemela)Declaration of Passenger to Canada document, dated December 22, 1923, visit Library and Archives Canada, http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.01-e.php?q2=5&q3=696&sqn=3312&tt=4530&PHPSESSID=rgi7t06a60or2jdheocn6v65f4

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        To see Hilda Niemi’s name (misspelled Hulda Niemi) on the list of naturalized immigrants from March 1938, published in the Canadian Gazette, see Library and Archives Canada, http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/citizenship-naturalization-records/naturalized-records-1915-1951/Pages/item-naturalization-1915-1939.aspx?IdNumber=361799&

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        To read Hilda Niemi’s obituary, see the Sudbury Star, November 17, 1969, p. 3.

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        Karl Niemi wrote his name on his school workbook in 1932 as “Carlo Niemela” and inside the workbook as “Carlo Niemi.” According to his eldest daughter Donna Niemi Schoenherr, the letter “c” is not normally used in Finnish names and his teacher most likely encouraged him to spell his name the English way instead of the traditional Finnish way of “Kaarlo.”

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