LÄNSIMÄKI

Länsimäki Juho Hermanninpoika

Parkano church records

b. 11.10.1879 Kauhajoki d. 2.4.1949 Ironwood MI

Moved to Parkano 1902. Pastor´s certificate for a passport to America 2.2.1906

Passenger record 21.2.1906 (Johannes Länsimäki)

From Hanko on Arcturus, age 26 years

Plans to continue 1.3.1906 on Sicilian, Allan Line. Destination Tawas City MI

Border crossings from Canada (Johannes Lansimaki)

Sails from Liverpool on Sicilian 1.3.1906 and arrives in Halifax 14.3.1906. Crosses the border to the US from Canada. Going to friend A Kirvela in Alabaster MI.

Personal information: Johannes Lansimaki, married farm laborer from Parkano. Able to read and write. Has paid his own ticket and now has 10 dollars. Not in the US before

US Census 1920 (John Lansimaki)

John Lansimaki, 40 years, single, living in L´Anse, Baraga MI. Able to read and write. Immigration 1905, alien. Occupation: lumberjack in log camp