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Jully Ramsay
Finnish historian (1865–1919) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Julia "Jully" Ramsay (née Ekström; 1865–1919) was a Finnish historian and genealogist.[2]
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Ramsay is notable not only as the first woman genealogist in Finland, but also as a pioneer of Finnish genealogy in general.[2]
She is best remembered for her monumental four-part work, Frälsesläkter i Finland intill stora ofreden (lit. 'Noble families in Finland before the Great Wrath'), published 1909—1916, and based on her extensive archive research over many years.[1]
She also published a personal history collection Skuggor vid vägen (lit. 'Shadows by the roadside') (1917) about 16th and 17th century events and people of Finland.[3]
Ramsay was the first woman to be bestowed an honorary membership of the Genealogical Society of Finland, more than half a century before the next woman was granted the same honour.[2]
She was also active in many other areas of society, including education and a deaf charity.[3]
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Personal life
Julia Maria Ekström was born to an upper middle class family; her parents were the military engineering officer Carl August Ekström and Alexandrine née Hackman, of the Hackman industrial family.[3]
She married, at age 18, the mathematician and finance executive, later Minister of Finance, August Ramsay, of the noble Ramsay family; the couple had five children, including the economist and politician Henrik Ramsay.[3]
She died at the relatively young age of 53, following a long illness.[3]
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Publications
- Frälsesläkter i Finland intill stora ofreden (1909-1916)[4]
- Skuggor vid vägen (1917)
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