Poavila Ferapontovits SergejeffAge: 105 years1815–1920
- Name
- Poavila Ferapontovits Sergejeff
- Surname
- Sergejeff
- Given names
- Poavila Ferapontovits
- Also known as
- Pavel
| Birth | 1815 15 |
| Birth of a brother | Triihvo Varahvonttan poika Sergejeff about 1817 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a father | Varahvontta Sahharein poika Jamanen about 1850 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Artemij Pavlovits Sergejeff 1855 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a brother | Triihvo Varahvonttan poika Sergejeff about 1894 (Age 79 years) |
| Death | 1920 (Age 105 years) |
| Family with parents |
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Varahvontta Sahharein poika Jamanen Birth: about 1800 Death: about 1850 |
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3 years younger brother |
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| Poavila Ferapontovits Sergejeff + … … |
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Artemij Pavlovits Sergejeff Birth: 1855 40 — IK Uhtua |
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| Media object | Photo by A.O.Väisänen 1915 and reproduced by kind permission of the National Board of Antiquities/Archives for Prints and Photographs, Helsinki. Reproduction is prohibited. |
| Media object | Photo by I.K.Inha 1894. and reproduced by kind permission of the National Board of Antiquities/Archives for Prints and Photographs, Helsinki. Reproduction is prohibited.~~ |
| Note | Poavila, or Pavel as he is often called (I'm not sure which is correct), is one of the generation of singers who were photographed, and who is therefore known fairly widely. The picture of the centenarian singing into an old horn is symbolic and you would be easily trapped into thinking that he was also the best of all the singers. However, this is not the case. Lonnrot wrote that "Jamenen was (probably) the best singer". Following the lead of the phonograph in the picture, I found a recording in the Finnish National Archives made by Pavel. I keep it here at home. It is about 30 seconds long, and sounds like an old man of 100 years old trying to sing - badly. But no matter, it is part of the family history and must be saved for the next generations.
To my mind, the most notable thing about Pavel is that he was born about 1806 and was still around in 1920.
A website that concentrates on these singers is www.juminkeko.fi/viena/index.html. This site is in both languages, so there will be no excuse for avoiding it.
I have obtained permission from the National Board of Antiquities/Archives for Prints and
Photographs of the National Museum of Finland Helsinki to reproduce three photos of the sons, and to publish them on this website only. Please look - but do not reproduce.
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VIENA, UHTUA
Poavila Varahvontanpoika Sirkeinen (n. 1816-1910-luku)
Valokuvaaja I.K.Inha 1894.
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VIENA, UHTUA
Poavila ja Triihvo Sirkeinen (Jamasen veljekset)runoa laulamassa.
Heidän
isänsä oli Lönnrotin parhaita laulajia Uhtuassa.
Valokuvaaja I.K.Inha 1894.
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VIENA, UHUT
Jamani Paavila laulaa fonografiin. Hän oli yli 100-vuotias.
Valokuvaaja A.O.Väisänen 1915.
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Viena Karelia (Russian Karelia), Uhtua
Poavila Varahvontanpoika Sirkeinen (circa 1816-1910s)
Photographer I.K.Inha
1894
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Viena Karelia (Russian Karelia), Uhtua
Poavila and Triihvo Sirkeinen (The Jamanen Brothers) singing a poem.
Their
father was one of Elias Lönnrot´s best singers in Uhtua.
Photographer I.K.Inha
1894
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Viena Karelia (Russian Karelia), Uhut
Jamani Paavila sings and a phonograph records him. He was over 100
years
old.
Photographer A.O.Väisänen
1915 |
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