World War II Gift Parcels to Finland
By Martin Wallenius, Superintendent at the General Direction of Posts and Telegraphs foreign section, Helsinki.Translated by June Pelo During the war immigrant families from Finland worried…
Emigration
Before Modern Conveniences
Based on the book “Before Modern Conveniences”, by Helmi Kortes-Erkkila. It is about a Finnish farm family 1917-1927.Submitted by June Pelo. The author grew up on…
Finland-Swedes in America
By Anders Myhrman, 1972. Excerpted from “Finlandsvenskar i Amerika” (The Finland-Swedes in America)Translation by June Pelo. The number of emigrants from Finland to America during the…
Eli Johnson (1891-1967)
From: “Roots in the Past – Seeds for the Future” Published 2001 in Duluth, MN by Clover Valley/French River Community History Committee. June Pelo Eli Johnson…
Emigration from Ostrobothnia
Extracts from Journal of Finnish Studies, “Exploring Ostrobothnia” by Mari Niemi.Translated by June Pelo The first Finns and Swedes came to America in the 1600’s when…
Ruth B. Pelo: Mother’s and Father’s Family
By Ruth B. Pelo, November 21, 1941.Translated from Swedish by her niece, June Pelo Anders Pelo was born 16 August 1838 in Nedervetil. He married Greta Sofia Skriko,…
Waiting to go to America
This is the story of the life of Aina (Teeri) Maki Nyman, born in Kampinkyla, Kurikka, Finland on 1 January 1907. Aina died at age 85…
Emigrants Who Found Their Roots
By Per Björkgren – “Karlebynejden No. 25, 1993”. Translated by June Pelo A genealogist often comes to a blank wall, but after diverse contact with other…
Emigration to North America
“Rödsöboken”, by Ole GranholmEnglish translation by June Pelo The great emigration to North America began at the close of the 1800’s and the beginning of the…
Elmer Alexander Forsberg 1883-1950
By June Pelo Elmer Forsberg was born in 1883 at Yxpila in Karleby, Finland, son of Adolf Alexander Forsberg and Signe Katherine Bonde, and emigrated to…
Bror and Gunnel Hedman – War Children with Good Memories
From Historiska nedslag by Ole Granholm.English translation by June Pelo. Siblings Bror and Gunnel Hedman from Karleby traveled in 1941 to Gällinge in Halland, Sweden as…
Children of Labor
June Pelo’s information gleaned from: Excerpts from “Children of Labor: A Finnish-American History” & from author, Mayme Sevander’s three books: “They Took My Father”, “Red Exodus”…
