A Changing World.

The Mullo's Escape From War

The patriarch, Waino Mullo experienced life through the two World Wars, born in 1911, thus  growing up and living in Europe for four decades, had finally had enough and emigrated his family to Canada in 1951. He lived in three European countries during those early years; Ingermanland (now Russia), Finland and Sweden, through the good but much bad given the political strife of global conflicts. Waino never wished to talk about war and the insanity surrounding it. He, his family and countless villagers had gotten too used to running from the sounds of tanks and gunfire. The Mullo family lived in a small log home in Inkari, 40 kilometres from Pietari (present day Leningrad). There was daily farming and staying at home at night. Waino became interested in cars and motors before there were even roads and vehicles, but to still make a living at that time, he decided to become a chauffeur and truck driver. Once workers became needed in Finland, he moved there from Ingermanland, a relative of his arranged a bus driver job for him in Somero. Once other wars had ended, Waino decided that he wouldn't return his family to Inkeri, fearing that they may be forced back, Waino was determined to move himself and his family to Sweden. 

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