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Miina (Lahti Ruha) and Andrew Nissila family photos. 1940s |
Description |
Miina Lahti was born in Finland and came to the US in 1900. Her first marriage was to ? Ruha. They had 3 children: Toivo, Art and Vienna. Andrew Nissila was born in Finland and came to the US in 1906. He married Miina in 1913 in Ironwood, MI and have five children: Jenny, Lillian (Lilja), Andrew, Sam and Matt. Andrew spoke broken English; Miina spoke only Finnish. Vienna Ruha married Arvid Seppala. Lillian married Charles Rayala Sr. Andrew and Miina lived on Rest Lake at current address of 13824 Ilg Road (Schott residence); the house was built by Irwin (or Guy) Roe and was identical to Adolf Mussatti's home. Picture 1 was taken next door at Seppela's- current address is 13828 Ilg Road (Long residence) |
Relation |
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Source |
Rayala, Lillian- slides |
Collection |
Family/Historical Narratives & images |
Catalog Number |
2019.19.001 |
Object Name |
Transparency, Slide |
Search Terms |
1940s Family Family photo Rest Lake Finnish |
People |
Nissila, Andrew Nissila, Miina (Lahti) Ruha Nissila, Sam Rayala, Lillian (Nissila) Nissila, Matt Nissila, Jenny Ruha, Art Ruha, Toivo Seppala, Arvid Seppala, Vienna (Ruha) |