Jully Ramsay
Portrait of Jully Ramsay
Born
Julia Maria Ekström

(1865-08-05)5 August 1865[1]
Leppävirta, Grand Duchy of Finland
Died24 March 1919(1919-03-24) (aged 53)[1]
Helsinki, Finland
Occupation(s)Historian, genealogist
Notable workFrälsesläkter i Finland intill stora ofreden (1909-1916)
Spouse
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(m. 1883)​

Julia ”Jully” Ramsay (née Ekström; 1865—1919) was a Finnish historian and genealogist.[2]

Career

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 collectionSkuggor 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]

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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ramsay, Julia (Jully)". Uppslagsverket.fi (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Ramsay, Jully (1865-1919)". Kansallisbiografia.fi (in Finnish). National Biography of Finland. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "RAMSAY, Jully". BLF.fi (in Swedish). Bibliografiska Lexikon för Finland.
  • Obituary in Suomen Nainen (12 April 1919, issue 14, p. 220; in Finnish)
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