AMERICAN FINN JENNY 

I love this!! My Grandma Jingo, my dad was her oldest. I watch it over and over, especially when needing a little extra SISU. I feel like she guides me when times are rough. I had such fun with her when I was a kid. Grandma passed quite a few years ago and had the beginnings of Dementia towards the end. She made an error in this film, saying her father came to America in 1918. She was born in 1918. He came here before 1901 I believe. He built the homestead in Misery Bay in 1901 or 1902. Grandma would say "Well, I'll be damned!! My mind just goes like dis, you know." ;)

This was, my aunt and she had a heart of gold, she mentions how tough the women were, and and still are I admire them and respect them in my heart-Howard Wiitala

This JENNY she is wonderful if you understad what she speaks makes your smile old women and humour like that Perfect we should all be like she is ;)

This is my great aunt Jingo and I LOVED her!! She was quite a talented, colorful lady!!!

This is so cool! I didn't know this video existed. My family are also Finnish immigrants who settled in Toivola and I knew Jingo. She is missed!

What a wonderful film and a wonderful woman. This strikes of happy and sad times, of melancholia, and of times we need to know about a small slice of American history and the immigrants that built this part of the USA. I thoroughly enjoyed this film.

Amazing that she had opportunity to share her stories :)

amazing...we need more women like her

reminds me of my great grand mother. absolutely full of energy. even in the jaws of death. rip and god bless

i met jingo at misery bay with peg and eric. she was so interesting i am so blessed even for that short time. i am finn myself this brings back good memories of home.

My Mom :-( Good to hear her voice

Olipa elämänmyönteinen ihminen! Mielenkiintoinen pätkä, kiitos!

Mahtavan hieno Ameriikan Jenny ja hänen tarinansa. Kiitokset tekijöille.

Wow ! What a gal.

She speaks like my grandma

What a lovely lady! 💖

This Erkki was my classmate in Tohmajärvi, Finland in the 1970's. Our hometown was almost at the Finnish-Russian border. He has made many movies of "ordinary people", but also they have been real personalities, too.

Thankyou for posting.

Leeki.. Leekissä harrastettiin swimminkiä ja fishinkiä , aaaaaargh !

Miltä vuodelta tämä video on? Mielenkiintoinen kun oma isoisoisä lähti Kanadaan 1926 ja hänen elämästään Kanadassa ei hirviästi tietoa ole.. nin mukava nähä näitä amerikan suomalaisten elämästä..

voe tokkiisa, hillbilly finnish = savon murre :D

My home town.

Kukaan muu täällä historian tunnilla?

onneks hän sai jakaa tarinansa. oikein mielenkiintoinen :)

Tämä on todella mainio

Many times I would go to the Toivola coffee shop to have pasties....the ones with potatos, meat, etc in them...couldn´t eat the bottom crust because it was too greasy

my brothers grandma was quite a woman

too good!

Rakastan sitä, ei järvi mutta Superion "leeki" Sitä kutsutaan "Finglish"iksi. Mikä ilo

My surname is Toivola...... :-)

Ihanan tarttuva nauru!

Tämän videon anti 19:39

On se Suomen kieli muuttunut ajan kanssa aika radikaalisti

kyllä kelpaa asua amerikassa

Amazing video. You were 20 years old and not married, therefore lesbian. LOL.

Mahtava nainen!