This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sallinen, Arcimas, Doran, Sverko Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UW.2ADE/1699 Message Board Post: The Mendocino Beacon newspaper Mendocino, California Friday 30 Nov l973 EMMA SALLINEN Emma Sallinen passed away Monday, November 19, at her home in Fort Bragg. A native of Finland, she was 94 and had lived in Fort Bragg for almost seventy years. She was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church. Mrs. Sallinen is survived by her daughters, Stella Arcimas of Concord, Helen Doran, Menlo Park and Elsie Sverko, Fort Bragg, and her son Ernest Sallinen, Fort Bragg. She was the grandmother of 7 and the great grandmother of 13. The Reverend W. J. Forsyth officiated at funeral services for Mrs. Sallinen at three p.m. Wednesday, November 21 at the Cannarr, Fairlee Funeral Home. Ellen Nylund sang two hymns in Finnish and Amy Hautala was organist. Burial took place in the lawn section of Rose Memorial Park. Members of the family acting as pallbearers were Oliver Granvall, James Conner, William Arcimas, Al Doran, William Fredson and Robert Sallinen. 1920 census California, Mendocino Co., Fort Bragg city - Ten Mile township 21 January 1920 - sheet 195 A – pg. 195 105 / 110 Sallinen, William – head – age 43 – married – yr immig. 1881 / Naturalized / yr nat’l 1895 - b. Norway – parents born Norway / Norway – occ. Carpenter Sallinen, Emma – wife – age 40 – md. – yr. immig. 1905 / Naturalized / yr nat’l ---- b. Finland – parents born Finland / Finland Sallinen, Eino – son – age 12 – b. Calif. – parents Norway / Finland Sallinen, Stella – daug. – age 10 – b. Calif. – parents Norway / Finland Sallinen, Helene – daug. – age 9 – b. Calif. – parents Norway / Finland Sallinen, Ernest – son – age 7 – b. Calif. – parents Norway / Finland Sallinen, Elsie – daug. – age 5 – b. Calif. – parents Norway / Finland Sallinen, Wesley – son – age 2 – b. Calif. – parents Norway / Finland 1930 census – California, Mendocino Co., Fort Bragg city – Precinct 6 - Ten Mile twp. 15 April 1930 – sheet 14 B – pg. 181 77 / 77 Sallinen, William – head – age 54 – md. (md. at age 30 ) b. Norway – parents b. Norway - yr immig. 1883 / Natualized yes – Carpenter / House Sallinen, Emma – wife – age 50 – md. (md. at age 26) b. Finland – parents b. Finland - yr immig. 1905 / Naturalized yes. Sallinen, Eino – son – age 22 – b. Calif. – occ. Carpenter / House Sallinen, Helen – daug. – age 19 – b. Calif Sallinen, Ernest – son – age 17 – b. Calif. Sallinen, Elsie – daug. – age 15 – b. Calif. Sallinen, Wesley – son – age 12 – b. Calif. (Note: all 5 children are listed in 1930 census with both parents b. Finland, when actually their father b. Norway & mother b. Finland.) California Death Index 1940 – 1996 Sallinen, Eino William – b. Aug. 20, 1907 in Calif. & died Jan 18, 1943 in Mendocino Co., Calf. at age 35 – mother’s maiden: Aronen / father: Sallinen. Sallinen, Ernest W. – b. Aug 5, 1912 in Calif. & died June 14, 1974 in Mendocino Co., Calif. at age 61. Sallinen, Wesley – b. Nov 29, 1917 in Calif. & died Oct 26, 1941 in Mendocino Co., Calif. at age 23 – mother’s maiden: Arronen / father: Sallinen. Sallinen, Emma – b. Sept 7, 1879 & died Nov. 19, 1973 in Mendocino Co., Calif. at age 94. Sverko, Elsie Edith – born July 26, 1914 in Calif. & died Aug. 9, 1995 in Mendocino Co., Calif. at age 81 – father’s surname: Sallinen. Social Security Death Index: Stella M. Arcimas – born 28 Feb 1909 – died 25 Dec 2000 last residence: Walnut Creek, Contra Costa Co., Calif. – SS# issued Calif.