Thomas Ahola Olsen was the name given on the death certificate. The birth year was approximate, 1846. He was an elderly fisherman, who lived the last two years of his life at the Poor-House Infirmary. No family information was given. The informant, Wm G. Wahl, was the "Keeper of the Infirmary."
Ahola would have been his family "farm" name, back in Finland. Olsen was his patronymic surname, meaning son-of-Ole. Both are part of the surname, though in the USA, often one or the other were dropped, after staying here awhile.
Ahola would have been his family "farm" name, back in Finland. Olsen was his patronymic surname, meaning son-of-Ole. Both are part of the surname, though in the USA, often one or the other were dropped, after staying here awhile.
Thomas Ahola Olsen was the name given on the death certificate. The birth year was approximate, 1846. He was an elderly fisherman, who lived the last two years of his life at the Poor-House Infirmary. No family information was given. The informant, Wm G. Wahl, was the "Keeper of the Infirmary."
Ahola would have been his family "farm" name, back in Finland. Olsen was his patronymic surname, meaning son-of-Ole. Both are part of the surname, though in the USA, often one or the other were dropped, after staying here awhile.
Ahola would have been his family "farm" name, back in Finland. Olsen was his patronymic surname, meaning son-of-Ole. Both are part of the surname, though in the USA, often one or the other were dropped, after staying here awhile.
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