HILDÉN

Hildén aka Rakennus Anselmi Matinpoika (Anselm Mattsson)

Parkano church records

b.24.11.1881 Parkano, d. 23.1.1953 Great Falls MT

Parents: Tenant farmer Matti Matinpoika Rakennus b.6.7.1838 Parkano and Rosa Loviisa Abrahamintytär b.27.5.1846 Virrat

Pastor´s certificate for a passport to America 30.4.1899 (date difficult to read, especially month)

Pastor´s certificate for a passport to America 29.7.1902.

Passport record Aug 1902 to America

Anselm Hildén, b.1881

Occupation in Finland: Tenant farmer´s son, single

Passenger record 2.8.1902

From Hanko on Arcturus, age 21 years

Plans to continue on Cunard Line

Destination: Belt MT

New York passenger records

Sails from Liverpool 9.8.1902 on Umbria and arrives in New York 17.8.1902. Going to Belt MT to brother Matti Hilden

Personal information: Anshelm Hilden, 21 years. Single laborer from Finland. Has not been in the US before

Hilden aka Hiltunen Victor

History of the Finns in Michigan

According to the book, the son of a large land-owner in Parkano. The first Finn to arrive in Drummond Island MI. Arrived 1894 or 1896. A single man, whose occupations were lumbering and fishing and who built himself a house on state-owned land at the edge of the village of Maxton.