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| 1 |  | The Archive of American Folksong Recording AFS2392 Side A. Part 1 of the recording done by Alan Lomax on the evening of September 28. 1938, in the home of Kusti Simila, Fulton Michigan. If using the Safari Browser on MacOS, click here to play. | |
| 2 |  | "Photo of photo" of view from Anna Maria Holmberg's house in Lovisa Finland. This was a picture of a photograph owned by the current owners of the house that Anna Maria Holmberg worked in as a maid. It show the view down the road to Lovisa Bay. This is the view that Anna Maria Holmberg would see. | |
| 3 |  | 1856 Map of Kokkola/Lohtaja Area. Updated map received from my 3rd cousin Mika Kero. Blue is the city of Kokkola, Yellow is Lohtaja, and Green is the Kero Farm. The colors are active links that will bring up a current google map of the area. Kiitos Mika! | |
| 4 |  | 1910 Federal Census for Gust Simila and Family - Page 1. Listed on Page1 of this document are Gust and Esther Simila. Living in Calumet Michigan, occupation Copper Miner. | |
| 5 |  | 1910 Federal Census for Gust Simila and Family - Page 2. Listed on the next page are Gust and Esther's first 2 sons - Toivo and Edwin. | |
| 6 |  | 1914 map of Sections 11 and 12, Township 56 R16, St. Louis County, Minnesota Kusti and Esther Simila had their farm in Section 11, Township 56, R16 St. Louis County Minnesota. It was on this farm that our mother Esther Simila was born in 1919. Note that in Section 12 is the property of Thomas Flom Kero, the uncle of Esther Kero. | |
| 7 |  | 1920 Federal Census for Holmberg Family in Cleveland. Census Record from 1920. Einar's name is spelled "Anor". Living at 1540 West 27th Place, Cleveland Ohio. | |
| 8 |  | 1920 Federal Census for Matti Kero. In 1920 he is living with new wife Kattie, lines 39-40. In Allouez Township, Michigan. | |
| 9 |  | 1920 Federal Census for Simila Family in Minnesota. Listed on lines 81-89. Living in Township 56 Range 16. On line 89 is listed 2 month old "Elvira" - our mother. | |
| 10 |  | 1930 Federal Census for Holmberg Family in Cleveland. Living at 2532 Detroit Ave. | |
| 11 |  | 1930 Federal Census for Simila Family. Now living in Mohawk. Esther Simila Holmberg is listed on line 19. | |
| 12 |  | 1940 Census for Simila Family. They are listed on lines 3-13. Still living at 361 Center Street, Mohawk(Fulton) Michigan. | |
| 13 |  | 1940 Census Leo Pekka Holmberg Living in a Rooming House on North LaSalle Street, Chicago. (Line 70) | |
| 14 |  | 1950 U.S. Census for Simila family in Mohawk Michigan. This census form shows Gust and Esther along with son Edwin (age 41) still living at home, daughter Mayme age 19, and granddaughter Rita age 11. | |
| 15 | | 75th Jubilee, Makinen Minnesota. This document, the 75th Jubilee of Makinen/Corbin Minnesota was published in 1975. It contains photographs of Andrew Kero, and his daughters Hilma and Mary. It was sent to me by Bonnie Mills, the granddaughter of one of the original families Antti and Hilma Maki./ | |
| 16 |  | Aapo Simila Birth Record Great Grandfather Aapo (Abraham) Simila birth record from Hiski. | |
| 17 |  | Aapo Simila relationship chart. Aapo Simila is my great grandfather. | |
| 18 |  | Amanda Holmberg 1950 Census. Grandma Holmberg is still living at 2520 Detroit, Apartment #8. It looks like her future husband Thomas Makela (Magena?) was living with her as a lodger. | |
| 19 |  | Amanda Holmberg and Pekka Holmberg arrive in U.S. on S.S. Arabic, sailing from Liverpool November 2, 1913. On this passenger list is Amanda Holmberg - my grandmother, Pekka Holmberg my father, and Anna Holmberg my aunt. | |
| 20 |  | Amanda Valkonen Holmberg | |
| 21 | | Amanda Valkonen Holmberg relationship chart. Amanda Valkonen Holmberg is our paternal grandmother. | |
| 22 | | Amanda Valkonen/Einar Holmberg Divorce papers Grandma's official divorce from Einar. He was already dead for 10 years when this happened. | |
| 23 |  | Amanda Walkonen Census form from the 1908 Helsinki population registry, She is working as a maid in the home of August Benjamin Heickel. The address is Boulevardsgatan 26 (Bulevardi 26) in Google Maps today. Many thanks to Paivi Mecklin who found this information in the Helsinki Registry. Mr. Heickel was an engineer. | |
| 24 |  | Anders Kero and Selma Nixon Kero Gravesite of Great*2 Uncle Anders Kero and his wife Selma Nixon, Hortonville Cemetery, Sullivan County New York. | |
| 25 |  | Andrew Kero in Makinen Minnesota. This photo is from the 75th Jubilee Publication for Makinen Minnesota, where Andrew Kero lived until 1921. | |
| 26 |  | Anna Greta Grekila Burial SIte. Anna Greta Grekila is buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Calumet Michigan. This is the spot, according to cemetery records that she is buried at. There is another headstone in this location from 1906, but her headstone is missing. | |
| 27 | | Anna Greta Grekila Kero relationship chart. Anna Greta Grekila Kero is my great grandmother. | |
| 28 |  | Anna Kaikkonen/Johan Suomela marriage record from Hiski. Record of the marriage of Anna Kaikkonen and Johan Suomela. Married on March 11, 1827 in Haukipudas Finland. | |
| 29 |  | Anna Kärsämä. Wife of Heikki Similä ,my 1st cousin 2x removed. | |
| 30 |  | Anna Maria Birth Record. The original birth record of Anna Maria Holmberg. Born on January 27, 1823, and christened on January 29, 1823. | |
| 31 | | Anna Maria Holmberg info received in email from Ritva Heinonen in Finland This is a table created by Ritva Heinonen, from the original Finnish records. She said : "I have made a table of ancestors for both Anna Maria Holmberg and Maria Sofia Ruotsalainen. Anna Maria has two sets of grandparents - Gustaf Holmbergs parents Gustaf and Lena (Helena), and his wife Maria Lena's parents Mats Qvarnström and Helena Bertilsdotter. It was Mats Qvarnström who worked at Strömfors Iron Works." | |
| 32 | | Anna Maria Holmberg relationship chart. Anna Maria Holmberg is my Great*2 Grandmother. | |
| 33 |  | Antti Kero Relationship Antti Kero is Leo's Great X 2 Grandfather. | |
| 34 | | Antti Vihtori Relationship Chart. Antti Vihtori Simila is my second cousin, once removed. | |
| 35 |  | Army photo of Wilho Simila. In this photo, Wilho is standing, second from the left. | |
| 36 |  | Army photo of Wilho Simila. Wilho Simila is kneeling in the front row, in the middle. Probably taken in England, 1944. | |
| 37 |  | Arthur Simla Headstone. Arthur Simila Headstone in Ahmeek Cemetery. | |
| 38 |  | Article from the Sullivan County Democrat, August 3, 1950. This is a story about the 50th wedding anniversary of Andrew Kero and Selma Nixon. | |
| 39 |  | Baptism Record for Maria Sofia Ruotsalinen Copy of Baptism record from familysearch.org. Christened Aug. 20, 1848. | |
| 40 |  | Birth Certificate of Esther Elvira Elizabeth Holmberg. Certified copy of Esther Simila Birth Certificate, obtained from St.Louis County, Minnesota. | |
| 41 |  | Birth of G3 Grandfather Gustaf Holmberg Born June 7, 1802 in Askola Parish, Stigsbole(Tiilla) Village. | |
| 42 |  | Birth of Gustaf Holmberg and Lena Nordstrom's first child - Lena Lovisa Born in Mantsala Parish, August 23, 1800. | |
| 43 |  | Birth record for Anna Kaikkonen. Record from Familysearch.org. | |
| 44 |  | Birth record from hiski. | |
| 45 |  | Birth records for children of Matti Similä and Maria Henttunen. It looks like there were six children born to Matti and Maria. Our Great Grandfather Aapo (Abrahamus) was the youngest. He named his son Gustaf - our Grandfather - after his older brother Gustaf, born a year and a half earlier. | |
| 46 | | Bureau of Land Management Deed - Anders/Andrew Kero. The original deed from the Bureau of Land Management. Land was located in Township 46, Range 20, Section 20. | |
| 47 | | Bureau of Land Management Deed - Thomas Flom Kero. The dded to Thomas Kero Flom's land - Section 3, Township 56, Range 16W in St. Louis County, Minnesota. | |
| 48 |  | Calumet Michigan City Directory - 1910. Gust Simila is listed about 1/2 way down on the left. Address is 238 2nd, Cent. Heights. Occupation is miner. | |
| 49 |  | Charles Simila Employment Card. This card show that he worked for the Chicago and North Western Railroad. Started July 11, 1945. His address then was 2612 Lincoln Ave., Chicago. | |
| 50 |  | Charles Simila World War II Draft Card. At the time the card was filed out - after June 1, 1940, he was still living at home, and working for the Bonifas Gorman Lumber Company in Lake Linden Michigan. |