My paternal grandfather, Evert Huuskonen, immigrated to America in 1902. He arrived in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, on the SS Tunisian, and entered the U.S. at Buffalo, New York on 29 Oct 1902. He left behind in Finland his wife, Ida Maria, and four children: Edith, Emil, Wilma, and Mary. They would join him the
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More on Grandma Huskonen’s Alien Registration
As I posted yesterday, my grandmother, Ida Maria Huskonen, was required to register as an alien during WWII. As it turned out, she was one of more than 4.7 million people living in America who registered as aliens. In my grandmother’s case, I’m sure that my father, Walfrid, took Grandma to Jefferson, the Ashtabula County
Read on »Grandma Was An Alien!
The Alien Registration Act of 1940 (aka the Smith Act) was enacted by the 76th U. S. Congress on 29 Jun 1940. It required all non-citizen adult residents to register with the government (It also set criminal penalties for advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government). Registrations began on 27 Aug 1940, and the newly
Read on »Finland’s Marimekko Is Bringing Style to USA at Target
I was watching television the other day and a commerical from Target came on with a bold title that appeared to be to be in Finnish. I was immediately intrigued, being a good Finnish-American. Finally today, I was able to do some online research and found that the title was Pöytä Juhlavaksi, which apparently is
Read on »Ancestry.com Providing Thousands of Hints for My Research
Today, I checked my Ancestry.com account and learned that my favorite subscription database provider has found 17,987 “hints” for my research. Many of these are for my Huskonen-Dingman-Van Court-Scheppelmann family tree. But many others are for the some 50 trees that I have created for ancillary research projects, including some for myself and others for
Read on »Evert Huskonen – Laborer, Farm Operator, Farm Owner, Retired Farmer
When my grandfather, Evert Huuskonen, emigrated from Finland in 1902, he left his occupation as a farmer. In America, he worked as a laborer in a railroad car shop, as reported in the 1910 census. The 1908 and 1912 Ashtabula City Directories listed Evert and Ida as living at 11 Bell St. in Ashtabula, presumably
Read on »Grandpa Evert Huuskonen’s Journey to America
On Oct 6, 2011, I posted an article about how my grandmother and her four children traveled from Finland to America. It involved some records research, some detective work with maps, and some speculation about details. I also wrote an article about the details of my grandfather’s journey to America but hadn’t posted it until
Read on »Evert and Ida Huuskonen from Vesanto and Rautalampi, Finland
For years, we wondered about why Grandpa Evert Huuskonen moved from Rautalampi to Vesanto in Finland. The two towns are about 45 km apart. After learning the history of Rautalampi Parish and its daughter parish, Vesanto, we concluded that the Huuskonens did not move at all, but that Evert Huuskonen and his wife Ida simply
Read on »Logging In To Ellis Island Database
I received a call from a fellow member of the Cuyahoga Valley Genealogical Society (http://www.cuyahogagenealogy.org/CVGS/) inquiring how to access Ellis Island records these days. A few years ago, when the Ellis Island records were first made available online, I created an account to look up ancestors who might have come to America through Ellis Island.
Read on »Sisu and the 1939 Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union
I have just finished viewing Fire and Ice : The Winter War of Finland and Russia, a documentary video on YouTube. I was interested in viewing this because of my Finnish ancestry–my paternal grandparents emigrating from Finland in 1902 and 1903. My grandfather had many siblings and half-siblings who remained in Finland, so I probably
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