The surname Ylönen originated in the same way as almost every other surname in Savo. It meant the son of Yllö or Yrjö. We have a very distant ancestor Yllö, whose sons were called Yllö's sons or Ylönen's. For some reason, this partonym form became a surname.
The Ylönen family descends from Jussi Ylönen, who was born around 1470. His son Jussi owned the Ylölänmäki farm in Kangasniemi.
With a few exceptions, the current Ylönen are descendants of the eldest, Jussi Ylönen (family 1). The eldest Jussi Ylönen's son Jussi (family 2), who is also our common ancestor, lived on his farm in Ylölänmäki.
At that time, the Ylölänmäki farm had no less than 8000 hectares in size. In addition to the current Kangasniemi, it included areas in the current Pieksämäki rural municipality and Hankasalmi area.
Ylölänmäki can be found about 15 km from Kangasniemi towards Pieksämäki. The hill is quite high and offers good views of the surrounding terrain. The value of Jussi Ylönen's (family 2) land holdings can be estimated at at least 100 million so called grandmother's marks (about 17 million euros) and he had no debts at all. Jussi's estate has been divided into hundreds of plots over the centuries, most of which were owned by his descendants for a long time, as they still are today.
The tables below show the father-son line in bold. The table also shows how many children the person in question had in the sibling flock.
Starting from the first Jussi and his descendants who lived mostly on 16th century:
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Jussi
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Pekka
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Antti
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Niilo
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Matti
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Jussi 1470 -
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Jussi 1500 - 1555
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Olli 1530 - 1578
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Pekka 1555 - 1618
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Pekka
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Heikki
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Olli
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Antti
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Lassi
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Lassi
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Paavo
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These Ollis and Lassis lived between the end of 16th century and the start of the 18th century:
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Matti
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Lassi
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Lassi
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Olli n. 1580 - 1616
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Lassi n. 1600 - 1657
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Olli 1620 - 1666
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Olli 1642 - 1732
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Jussi
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tyttö
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Hannu
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Lassi
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Lassi and Hannus from late 17th century to beginning of the 19th century.:
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Anna
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Lassi
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Kaisa
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Heikki
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Heikki
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Hannu
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Anna
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Valpuri
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Liisa
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Lassi 1671 - 1759
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Hannu 1708 - 1740
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Hannu 1734 - 1791
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Hannu 1765 - 1808
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Olli
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Lassi
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Maria
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Maria
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Jussi
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Liisa
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Jussi
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Reetta
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Heikki
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Reetta
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Eeva
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Magdaleena
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Stiina
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Nuutti
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Jussi
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Antti
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Pekka
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The following 4 descendants lived from the end of the 18th century to midlle of the 20th century:
Also there are pictures of Olivier and Oskar.
Olivier and Eeva Kristiina
Oskar and Ida (Meeri, Einar ja Kirsti)
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Anna Kaisa
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Emil
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Anna Maria
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Kaleb
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Ville
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Hannu
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Heikki
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Akseli
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Heikki 1792 - 1837
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Kaleb 1823 - 1877
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Olivier 1851 - 1934
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Oskar 1882 - 1952
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Mikko
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Johannes
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Kaleb
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Taniel
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Hannu
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Isak
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Iida
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Hilja
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Sakari
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Eeva
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Jussi
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Aati
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Kaisa
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Ulriika Loviisa
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Matilda
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Otto
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poika
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Liisa
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Manta
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Fabian
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Taneli
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Ville
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Descendants from 20th and 21st century.:
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Meeri Mirja
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Einar Erland 1920 - 2013
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Simo Markku Einari 1955 -
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Samuli Oskari 1987 -
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Kirsti Annaliisa
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Osmo Veikko Tapani
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Airi Hannele
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Väinö Kalevi
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Vesa Aulis Kalervo
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