Seven Weddings In One Day

14 Oct 1804 was a busy day for weddings in Evijärvi, Finland, seven weddings took place that day! Here is a screenshot from HisKi Project showing the weddings on that date.

The Day My 3rd Great Grandparents Married

My 3rd great grandparents Johan Abrahamsson Särkijärvi and Lisa Eriksdotter Pesonen are third in this list.

Johan Abrahamsson Särkijärvi died in 1817 at the age of 37, and Lisa Eriksdotter Pesonen died at the age of 75 in 1852. Johan and Lisa had 6 children, 5 daughters and one son. Their 3rd daughter, Maria, was my 2nd great grandmother.