OHTOLA

Ohtola Nikodemus

Parkano church records

b.4.2.1864 Parkano

Parents: Nikodemus Juhanpoika Kärkölä b. 7.5.1827 Parkano and Iida Sofia Matintytär Hirvikoski b. 22.5.1827 Parkano

Wife: Matilda Antintytär b.5.9.1865. Married 5.12.1886

Children: Hilda Pauliina b.22.1.1887, Werner b.5.2.1890, Aarne Ilmari b.16.2.1894, Laimi Mathilda b.18.2.1897 and Eino Nikodemus b.25.3.1900, all born in Parkano

Note: Also Nikodemus´s brothers Robert Juhala b. 24.8.1866 and Jalmari Nikodemus Kärkölä b. 16.6.1885 emigrated as did his sister Anna Eufrosyne´s children Hilda Maria Sulkava b. 28.12.1889 and Arvid Anselm Sulkava b. 17.8.1892.

Passport record Apr 1902 to America

b.1864

Occupation in Finland: Farmer, married

Wife and 4 children remain in Finland

Passenger record 26.4.1902

From Hanko on Arcturus, age: adult

Planning to continue on American Line

Destination: Ashtabula OH

New York passenger lists

Sails from Southampton on St Paul 3.5.1902 and arrives in New York 11.5.1902. Going to J Jokisalo, Ashtabula (Harbor?) OH. Also mentioned in the manifest nephew Wm Jokisalo, Box 121 Ashtabula OH

Personal information: Nicodemus Ohtola, 36 years, married laborer from Finland. Ticket paid by brother, Nikodemus has 8 dollars. He is able to read and write. Has not been in the US before.