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Christian (Kristian) Ignatius Borissow
b.4 Apr 1788 Hamina, Kymi, Finland
d.2 Nov 1867 Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
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m. 23 Feb 1777
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m. 10 Dec 1819
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geni:occupation Teacher of Commerce and Languages geni:about_me http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Ignatius_Borissow Christian Ignatius, a son of the vicar of Ruokolahti parish in Southeastern Finland, then part of Russia, had to quit his secondary school education in 1803 at 15 years of age, when both his parents had died and presumably there was no money to pay for school and board in Porvoo, located some 300 km away from home and during those years even across the border in another country (Sweden). It is known that he later worked as a merchant in St Petersburg, the capital of Russia, and moved from there to Great Britain. He was married in Bristol, England, in December 1819 with Sarah Peters (see marriage source in Sarah's profile) and had published his first book in the same year. He also functioned as a Consul of the Russian empire. At this time he was already known as Christian Ignatius Borissow.
We can only assume the reasons behind Christian's decision to change his family name to a Russian style Borissow, which actually means "Bengt's son" - perhaps this was in remembrance of his father, and also in order to emphasise his origins in the Russian empire, one of his specialties as a teacher of commerce and languages. References
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