Sofia Korhonen (Arvison)

Information from Finnish Institute of Migration:

Passport Application:

Issued in Hanko, Jun 1902.

She was Married, Lutheran, a laborer's wife.

Home Parish: Pyhtää, Viipuri Province

Born 1878,

also travelling on her passport daughter Elli, born 1901

Destination, America, Husband already in America

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She and Elli sailed from Hanko, Finland aboard Arcturus 7 Jun 1902, bound for England, the ticket was $30

She was booked on a ship from England on the Allan Line

Listed destination in America as Hancock Mi.

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US border Crossing record from Jun 1902:

Arrived in Montreal Jun 20, aboard the Lake Champlain.

Held in quarantine at Grosse Ile Quebec.

Her child Elli Sofia Korhonen died on Jun 23 according to notes on manifest.

Sofia was released from quarantine on June 28th.

Henrik Korhonen was listed as husband in Hancock MI.

Her last residence was listed as Wiborg (Wiborg is Swedish name for Viipuri Province)

There is also a record of Elli Sofia Korhonen's death in Canadian records :

Name: Elli Sofia Korhonen

Year of Record: 1902

Comments: Religious denomination Protestant; picket #123.

Reference: Transcribed from original documents held in the collection of the National Archives of Canada [Ottawa]: RG 29, vol. 765, file 410-1-10.

Source/Event: Deaths at Quarantine Station, Grosse Isle, Quebec, 1870-1913