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Sotkamo communion book 1876-1880 page 467 Sumsa no.3 Ruokomäki:
https://www.sukuhistoria.fi/sshy/kirjat/Kirkonkirjat/sotkamo/rippik...
Sotkamo communion book 1891-1900 page 1199 Sumsa "P":
https://www.sukuhistoria.fi/sshy/sivut/jasenille/paikat.php?bid=844...
Matts Johansson Pääkkönen, born 1873, from Sotkamo parish got passport no.341 for America on 3 Apr 1900. (On the same day as his wife Maria Elina Tervonen).
Married Maria Elina Tervonen (b.1878 FI). 2 daughters: Saima (SaimI) Katherine 1902, and Maria 1911. 3 sons: Simon Arthur 1906, Ilmari (Elmer) 1911 and Wilho b.1909 d.1910.
US Census 1910: "Matte Backonen" Quincy, Houghton, Michigan https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML57-GGT
US Census 1920: "Matt Bakkonen" in Houghton County, Michigan https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ3H-FRK
Lived in Hancock, Michigan.
Died 25 Feb 1945 in Michigan.
Find-a-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/164609888/matti-baakonen
1873 |
October 21, 1873
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Ruokomäki, Sumsa, Sotkamo, Finland
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1945 |
February 25, 1945
Age 71
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Hancock, Houghton, Michigan, United States
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March 1, 1945
Age 71
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Lakeside Cemetery, Hancock, Houghton, Michigan, United States
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