Mine entered from Canada and since my grandfather was born in Manitulin Island, were the ferries ran weekly, we wondered if they had come from there that way, to Cheboygan. Betty Wheeler Boot, Daytona Beach, FL >From: "PATRICIA L CUTWAY" <pcutway@worldnet.att.net> >Reply-To: MI-GENEALOGY-L@rootsweb.com >To: MI-GENEALOGY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [MI-Genealogy] Karppinen finnish book printer >Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 16:35:09 -0800 > >Your ancestors could of entered through Canada. >----- Original Message ----- From: <rob710@juno.com> >To: <MI-GENEALOGY-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 3:23 PM >Subject: Re: [MI-Genealogy] Karppinen finnish book printer > > >> >>Hi >>I did some figuring and my Henry would have been 71 years old in 1917 So >>this is probably not him.He and his wife are listed in passenger and >>passport list as coming toHancock michigan in 1904 from Finland with >>children but they are not named. I thought my great grandmother Johanna >>Karppinen Fraki came with him but she was married in Hancock Michigan in >>1902 so that cant be .she was already here. I find no record of Henry >>born 1846 in any census records . I cant find them at the Elis Island >>site. and I can find no record of Johanna in any passenger or passport >>lists.So I dont know when or how or if she came with someone. >>Also I can find no record of her Husband Isaac Fraki in any passenger >>passport or ships records coming from Finland I did find one that he was >>on the Cymric from liverpool to New York but cant find it at Ellis Island >>site. >>Anyway to make a long story short ( I know to late) I do not know how my >>great grandmother Johanna came to USA or how her Father Henry came >>exactly or where he went after he got here except that it was in Hancock >>or that area. >>Also I did find a Jacob fraki In ellis Island records. Wrong name ,age >>was a few years off but It was the SS Cymric and the right year.Jacob is >>a big change from Isaac and his middle name was William >>Robin >>>It probably means he was a Boarder at 87 Frenchtown >>>bds=board and 87=house number and the Frenchtown is most likely the >>>Street. >>>Anyone else have any ideas for Robin? >>>Pamela Cutway >>>----- Original Message ----- From: <rob710@juno.com> >>>To: <MI-GENEALOGY-L@rootsweb.com> >>>Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 12:31 PM >>>Subject: [MI-Genealogy] Finnish lutheran book printer >>> >>> >>> > Hi >>> > I just found this listing in the Hancock polk directory 1916-1917 My >>> > great great grandfather was Henry Karppinen . What is the finnish >>> > Lutheran Book Concern. where can I find one and where was Frenchtown >>>what >>> > dose bds 87 mean .As his age is not listed I do not know for sure if >>>this >>> > my Henry but I would like to find out more >>> > Robin >>> > > Karppinen Henry, printer Finnish Lutheran Book Concern, bds 87 >>>Frenchtown >>> > > > ==== MI-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== >>> > MI-Genealogy Subscribe and Unsubscribe Instructions >>> > Administrator Contacts, Rules and Guidelines >>> > http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/maillist.html >>> > > ============================== >>> > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >>> > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >>> > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >>> > > >>> >>> >>>==== MI-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== >>>MIGenWeb. Michigan Genealogy. http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/ >>>Locate resources, browse counties, search and contribute to special >>>projects. >>> >>>============================== >>>Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >>>ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >>>http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>==== MI-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== >>MI-Genealogy Subscribe and Unsubscribe Instructions >>Administrator Contacts, Rules and Guidelines >>http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/maillist.html >> >>============================== >>Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >>areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >>Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> >> > > >==== MI-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== >MI-Genealogy Subscribe and Unsubscribe Instructions >Administrator Contacts, Rules and Guidelines >http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/maillist.html > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >