Ulvila Parish, Turku-Pori, Finland Genealogy

Guide to Ulvila parish, Finland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

History
Ulvila is a town and municipality of Finland. It is one of the six medieval cities of Finland, as well as the third oldest in the country. Its position as city was taken over by the Pori in the 16th century. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Swedish name is Ulvsby.

A parish that belonged to Kokemäki, mentioned in 1355 or already in 1311 when the first wooden church was built on the river island of Liikistö. Ulvila's name comes from the second St. Olav's church built in 1332, around which the town of Ulvila formed, which received city rights in 1365. The city was later moved in 1558 to the current site of Björneborg, i.e. the former royal mansion. This Pori was ordered to be separated from Ulvila in 1877 as its own parish; the separation had to wait a long time, vicar K. E. Stenbäck died only in 1919 and the first vicar of Pori, Stenbäck's son Kaarlo Jooseppi Kivekäs, took over in 1922. Reposaari was separated from Ulvila in 1602 into the harbor area of Pori, which was formed into the Pori prayer house in 1876.

Merikarvia, who was separated from Ulvila's main congregation, was separated as his own pastor in 1639. Ahlainen was founded as Ulvila's chapel in 1691 and was moved to Noormarku's chapel in 1861 together with Pomarku, which had been Ulvila's preaching house in 1802-34 and then as a chapel. Noormarkku was founded as the prayer room of the Ahlaiten chapel in 1736, it became Ulvila's chapel in 1771 and the parent congregation in 1861. Nakkila was founded as Ulvila's preaching house in 1763 and the very next year as a chapel and became independent in 1861. Kullaa became Ulvila's chapel in 1766 and was separated from 1901-20. Kaarmarki's prayer room is located in Ulvila.

The stone church was rebuilt due to a fire, for which prayer books were published in 1429. The medieval documents in the parish's possession, 10 of which were taken by Ulvila's vicar Professor Gabriel Erici Fortelius to copy, were burned in the Pori rectory in the city fire of 1698. The copies prepared for Professor Enewald Svenonius are in unknown locations, perhaps destroyed in the Turku city fire of 1827. The rectory burned in 1715 and 1761. bells and church clothes from the church. The prayer room of the rectory burned down on 1/12 1934 due to arson (Kalle Johannes Mattsson). [O. Durchman: The destruction of church archives, and supplement II. Genos 3(1932). Supplement VII. Genos 6(1935), Supplement VIII. Genos 15(1944), Fires in Church Buildings. Genos 5(1935)]

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Friitala, Haistila, Kaasmarkku, Trumeetari, Ulvila, Vanha-Ulvila.

Place Names
To see what kind of place it is you will need a Finnish gazetteer.

Surrounding Parishes
Kullaa, Luvia, Nakkila, Pori (Björneborg), Noormarkku (Norrmark)

Church Records

 * 1631-1921 (*); Ulvilan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1657-1890 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1657-1915 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index & images
 * 1665-1859 (*); Ulvilan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1814-1890 (*); Ulvilan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1863-1902 (*); Ulvilan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Ulvila - Ulvsby at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Ulvila - Ulvsby at HisKi, Genealogical Society of Finland (Suomen Sukututkimusseuta) &mdash; index. More information about the church

Emigration and Immigration Records

 * 1900-1920 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index

Taxation Records

 * 1809-1915 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images