MAKINEN

Makinen John aka Johannes Joosepinpoika Niemelä

Parkano church records

b. 8.1.1888 Parkano

Parents: Tenant farmer Jooseppi Eevanpoika Mäkinen, Niemelä b. 20.6.1859 Parkano and Aleksandra Mikontytär b. 14.12.1863 Parkano

WWI Draft registration cards 5.6.1917

John Makinen, 29 years, resident of Mass MI. Born 8.1.1888, Turun, Finland. Occupation carpenter, employer Gus Antila, Mass MI. Dependants father, mother, wife and two children.

Of middle height 5ft 8 inch, has blue eyes and brown hair

US Census 12.1.1920

Michigan, Ontonagon county, Greenland: John Makinen, 31 years, married carpenter. Emigrated 1909, naturalized 1914. Working from home.

Family members: Wife Aina 24 years, born in Finland, emigrated 1902, son Arna 4,5 years, daughter Hilda 3 y 5 mo, son Arthur 2 y. All children born in Michigan

SSDI

John Makinen b. 8.1.1888 d. May 1964. Last residence Michigan

Obituary in The Ontonagon Herald newspaper May 14, 1964

b.8.1.1888 Parkano

Emigrated to the US in September 1907 to Mass, MI

Has worked in the building and contracting business.

Wife: Nelma Erickson of Greenland, married Jan 1928. The family lived in Mass.

Children: Arne (San Antonio, Texas), Arthur (Escanaba) and Norman (Ontonagon), Hilda Constantineau (Escanaba), Anita Viita (Rolling Meadows IL), Ilona Barron (Saginaw) and Mary (at home).

Other persons mentioned in the obituary: Seven grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Tyyne Hietala and Mrs Senja Salo at Cloquet MN and one brother, Elmer in Ontonagon. Father Joseph Niemelä d.1937 and mother d.1952.

Buried in Maple Grove Cemetery at Greenand