SavonAsukkaat - Person Sheet
SavonAsukkaat - Person Sheet
NameAmalia Vacklin
Birth29 Aug 1877
Death1 May 1905, Pyyrinlahti 2, Konginkangas Age: 27
Spouses
Birth19 Jan 1882, Konginkangas, Saarijärvi, Vaasan lääni
Death15 Sep 1939, Ashtabula, Ohio Age: 57
FatherSamuel Vesterinen (1844-1908)
MotherJustina Paatelainen (1842-1915)
Marriage23 Nov 1902
ChildrenKalle Eemil (Died as Child) (1903-1907)
Notes for Amalia Vacklin

Konginkangas RK 1873-1879 LK p 074 Pyyrinlahti 5 Weikonlahti “Tytär” “29/8 77”
Konginkangas 1890-1899 RK p 203 Pyyrinlahti 2 Harjula “piika, 29/8 77” “93 No 294, 96 No 294”
Konginkangas 1900-1909 RK p 228 Pyyrinlahti 2, Autio, Autiomäki “1902 t 227”
Konginkangas 1900-1909 RK p 228 Pyyrinlahti 2 Autio “vmo, 29/8 1877” “1902 fr 227” k 1/5 1905

The first Vacklin in Saarijärvi was probably Nybygge Johan Vacklin b 1780, wife Jacobina Ticcander b 1788 who broke land in Lapinniemi, Pyrinlax 5 in 1814-21

can’t find a synt. date in Viitasaari, Saarijärvi, Konginkangas
Notes for Emil Henrik (Spouse 1)
Konginkasgas Synt. 12.1.1882, Karilan Peltokankaalta 1

1890-1899 RK p 137 Kongingangas 1, Pellokangas, Uotila “Poika, 19/1 1882” “täältä sp 137”” “uk No 171” adm 11/6 98

Konginkangas 1900-1909 RK p 228 Pyyrinlahti 2 Autio “Tp” “19/1 1882” “aviok No 22 1902 siv. 227, Aviok No 60 1906 “t siv 214 1909”
Konginkangas 1900-1909 RK p 228 Pyyrinlahti 2, Autio, Autiomäki “1902 t 227”
Konginkangas 1900-1909 RK p 228 Pyyrinlahti 2, Autio, Autiomäki “Torp, 19/1 1882” “Avoil No 22 1902:227, Aviol No 60 1906” 1909 t p 214”
Konginkangas 1900-1909 RK p 214 Pyyrinlahti 2 Partela “Its.” “2n” “09 fr s. 228” “vih 2/9 1906” “Amerikaan 1909” “Uks. 420”

acc. to family records....Came via Oslo to NY on 4/14/1913 on the ship Baltic ... in to Conneaut, OH, a friend had come earlier and suggested he come there. Emil left Finland because he did not want to serve in the Russian army. Worked as tailor part-time in Finland, and as a farmer..they had two cows. He worked for Lake Shore Gas company in Ohio. The rest of the family came in 1916, after Justiina died.
Sponsored for citizenship by Ash. Harbor bar owner named Minkkinen -death by ruptured stomach ulcer (possibly cirrosis).
The only picture of him as an adult is the family photo. Acc. to 1918 work permit he was 5 ft. 7 in tall, 148 lbs, blue eyes, light brown hair, and occupation was “car repairer”

He was a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and the Autaja Lodge

Jennie Erickson (at the memorial meeting): “never saw him drunk” ..I had asked about Minkkinen’s bar, “looked stern with his mustache, but was a kind, gentle man” “had oatmeal for breakfast every morning, because Maria was cooking it every night”

acc to Ellis Island web site, Emil Henrik Westerinen, age 27, came there on June 19, 1909 from Konginkangas, Finland via the ship St. Louis out of Southhampton. Perhaps this was not his first entry. but I could find none earlier. Acc to Ellis Island records he also arrived 13 apr 1913 on the Baltic from Liverpool, age 31.


from Justiina Westerinen’s book:
Emil Henrik 19.1.1882 Konginkangas, k. USA Ashtabula, Ohio 15.9.1939. V. Samuli 15.7.1844. Emil kävi Amerikassa 1909 ja matkusti uudelleen 1913 määränpäänä Conneaut Ohio. Maria-vaimo ja lapset muuttivat 1916. Matkustusasiakirjoissa Emilistä seuraavat tiedot: pituus 5+9_, tukka vaalea, silmät siniset.
Passin päiväys ja siinä mainittu ammatti: 3.6.1909: itsellinen
Laiva Suomesta: Urania 5.6.1909 Hangosta, Arcturus 26.3.1913 Hangosta
Laiva Englannista: St. Louis/American Line 12.6.1909, Baltic/White Star Line 3.4.1913 Liverpoolista
Matkan hinta: FIM 273 / FIM 313
Saapuminen Ellis Islandille: Emil Henrik 19.7.1909 / 12.4.1913
Maria ja lapset 13.4.1916 Frederik VIII -laivalla

Perhe muutti Ashtabula Ohio vuonna 1918.
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