Maria Esther* Kero

1888 - 1961  (72 years)

• Name	Maria Esther* Kero
  Born	21 Oct 1888	Haukipudas Finland
  Gender	Female
  Died	4 Oct 1961	Mohawk Michigan
  Person ID	P280	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	Matti Kero,   b. 7 May 1859, Lohtaja ,   d. 3 Jul 1922, Allouez,Keweenaw,Michigan,USA  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Anna Greta Grekilä,   b. 4 Feb 1863, Haukipudas ,   d. 4 Aug 1906  (Age 43 years)
  Married	20 Jan 1884
  Family ID	F139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Kusti Simila,   b. 19 Jan 1880, Muhos, Oulun Laani, Finland ,   d. 1958, Mohawk Michigan  (Age 77 years)
  Married	3 Nov 1906
  Children	1. Toivo Simila,   b. 1907, Calumet Michigan ,   d. abo 1922, Makinen Minnesota   2. Edwin Simila,   b. 9 Sep 1908, Calumet Michigan ,   d. 16 Jun 1974, Highland Park, Wayne, Michigan  (Age 65 years)   3. Carl Simila,   b. 1 Jun 1910, Calumet Michigan ,   d. 7 Aug 1956, Chicago, Ill.  (Age 46 years)   4. Eino Simila,   b. 23 Jul 1912, Calumet Michigan ,   d. 24 Apr 1986, Milwaukee WI  (Age 73 years)   5. Uuma A Simila,   b. 29 Apr 1914, Calumet Mi ,   d. 4 Mar 1958, Bellingham WA  (Age 43 years)   6. Oiva Armus Simila,   b. 26 Dec 1917, St. Louis County Minnesota ,   d. 4 Jan 2006, Richmond, Virginia  (Age 88 years)   7. Esther Simila,   b. 15 Dec 1919, Eveleth,St Louis,Minnesota,USA ,   d. 1 Dec 1998, Cleveland,Cuyahoga,Ohio,USA  (Age 78 years)   8. Martha Simila,   b. 23 Oct 1922, Makinen Minnesota ,   d. 5 May 2012, Mohawk Michigan  (Age 89 years)   9. Arthur Ilmar Simila,   b. 2 May 1926, St. Louis County Minnesota ,   d. 25 May 2012, Mohawk Michigan  (Age 86 years)   10. Mary Simila,   b. 30 Sep 1927, Mohawk Michigan ,   d. 7 Sep 2014, Wisconsin  (Age 86 years)   11. Mayme Simila,   b. 17 Apr 1930, Mohawk Michigan ,   d. 15 Feb 2019, Mohawk Michigan  (Age 88 years)   12. Beatrice Marline Simila,   b. 18 Aug 1932, Mohawk, MI ,   d. 24 Dec 1932, Mohawk, Mi  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2019
  Family ID	F137	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Grave of Kusti and Esther Simila Taken at Lakeview Cemetery outside of Calumet Michigan in June 2013.
  		Kusti, Esther, and Toivo Simila done in Calumet Michigan Wathercolor/Sketch of Kusti, Esther, and their first son Toivo. Probably done in 1907-1908 Calumet Michigan.
  		Kusti Simila and Esther Kero Wedding Photo
  		Esther Kero Simila Taken in Calumet, Michigan about 1925.
  		Farm land outside of Makinen Minnesota. I went up to Makinen Minnesota to try and take a photo of the original Simila Farm...my best guess is that this land is currently swamp land. This picture was taken about 0.5 miles to the west of the original Simila Farm.
  		Wilson Road Farm near Makinen Minnesota. This is a farm off the road where the original Simila Farm was. My guess is that this is to the west of the original farm. Note the road - it looks identical to the one in Hankasalmi Finland where Farm#2 was located.
  		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.
  		The S.S. Canada. This is the ship that eleven year old Esther Kero took from Britain to the United States.
  		My closest DNA relative in Finland, Tauno Kero. This is a photograph taken sometime in the late 1940's. The small child is my closest DNA relative in Finland, Tauno Kero. The man by the horses is Matti Kero, the son of Johan Kero, and the nephew of our Great Grandfather, also named Matti Kero. This phototgraph was taken on the Kero Farm, and was sent to me by Mika Kero.
  		Lohtaja Church. This is the church in Lohtaja, built in 1768. This is the church that Esther Kero Simila went to, while she lived with her grandparents, Matti Kero and Elisabet Niemi. She lived on the Kero Farm until 1899, when she came to America.
  		Kero Farm and Lohtaja Church. My 3rd cousin Mika sent me the location of the Kero Farm, and this "photo" shows them both, as shown on google maps. The water out in the distance is the Gulf of Bothnia, separating Finland from Sweden.
  		Location of Simila Farm in Makinen Minnesota, 1913 - 1923. This is my best guess to where the Simila Farm was. The records indicate it was in Township 56 Range 16, which would in this area.
  		Location of Simila Farm, as seen from the west. This is my best guess as to where the Simila Farm was located, looking from the west. "Downtown" Makinen is to the west.
  		Simila Family around 1926-1927. From left to right the girl is Esther Simila, the baby is her brother Arthur. Holding the baby is Esther Kero Simila. The boy standing is probably Uuma. The man is Kustti Simila, and the boy to his side is probably Eino (maybe Oiva).

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Esther Kero Alien Registration Form - Page 1 The World War I Alien Registration form filled out by Esther Kero Simila - Page 1.
  		Esther Kero Alien Registration Form - Page 2. World War I ALien Registration form - Page 2.
  		Federal Census 1900 listing Matti Kero, Anne Kero, and children Annie, Esther, Willie, and Eino. Kero family is on lines 87-92. Living in Allouez Township, Michigan. Matti lists his occupation as miner.
  		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.
  		1930 Federal Census for Simila Family. Now living in Mohawk. Esther Simila Holmberg is listed on line 19.
  		1940 Census for Simila Family. They are listed on lines 3-13. Still living at 361 Center Street, Mohawk(Fulton) Michigan.
  		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.
  		Kusti Simila and Esther Kero marriage record. Marriage record from 1906, on line 66. Notice that they were married by John K. Nickander. He was the first president of Suomi College in Hancock Michigan.
  		Recollections of Grandmother Esther Kero Simila, as recorded by her daughter Mayme SImila. This was written sometime between 1958-1961. It was transcribed by our cousin John Eldon Simila.
  		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!
  		Letter written in 1943 by Esther Kero to Hilma Maki. This is a letter written in Finnish by our Grandmother Esther Kero to her former neighbor in Makinen Minnesota, Hilma Maki. It was sent to me by Bonnie Mills, the granddaughter of Hilma Maki.
  		Translation of Esther Simila letter from Finnish to English. An English translation of the letter sent to her friend Hilma Maki in Makinen Minnesota. They were former neighbors in Makinen. The original Finnish version was supplied by Hilma Maki's granddaughter, Bonnie Mills.
  		Ester Kero birth record from Finland. Birth record of Maria Ester Kero sent to me by Mika Kero.
  		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.

  
  

  Histories

  Esther Kero Simila relationship chart. Esther Kero Simila is our maternal grandmother.