Is your surname Kakela?

Research the Kakela family

Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love

  • Build your family tree online
  • Share photos and videos
  • Smart Matching™ technology
  • Free!

Erick Kakela

Finnish: Erik Elias Käkelä
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Kuusamo, Finland
Death: Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Erkki Johaninpoika Käkilehto Käkelä and Maria Magdalena Sakarintytär Leinonen
Husband of Hannah Kakela
Father of Ellen Oikarinen; Annie Kakela; John Kakela and Ollie Kakela
Brother of Anna Kaisa Käkelä; Maria Sofia Käkelä and Johan Herman Käkelä

Occupation: Lumberjack, Real Estate Ownwer,
Managed by: Private User
Last Updated:

About Erick Kakela

Born in Kuusamo, Finland and arrived in America in 1873. He lived in Phoenix, Keweenaw County and Worked in the Phoenix Copper Mine also for some time in the log camps; lumbering, was the owner of valuable real estate, was credited with conceiving the idea of the Finish Mutal Fire Ins. CO. and President of the same.

http://magetsu.kapsi.fi/Sukututkimus/dat328.htm#14

view all

Erick Kakela's Timeline

1842
June 24, 1842
Kuusamo, Finland
1889
October 3, 1889
Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, United States
????
????
????
????
Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, United States