Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkBios/10699 Surname: Makela ------------------------- Oscar Makela who was born Antti Oskari Hietakangas in Honkajoki, Finland on March 14, 1875. He moved with his parents October 4, 1883 from Isojoki to Ikaalinen. He married Emiilia Korkeakoski on June 26,1899 in Turunlaani, Finland. Emiilia was born in Suodenniemi on March 22, 1881. They had 2 children in Finland, Oiva and Sigrid. Oscar emigrated 1902 from Ikaalinen to America. Emiilia and the two children joined him in America in 1903. They settled for a time in IronWood, Michigan. There they had 4 more children, Arne, Karthryne, Esther and Gertrude. In April of 1913 they moved from Ironwood to an 80 acre farm about 5 miles north of Withee, Wisconsin. Oscar farmed the land and sold milk to the co-op. Two more children were born while they were in Withee, Walter and Roy. In 1917 they moved to Waukegan, Illinois where he lived until he retired at 94 years old. He was a tailor for Fort Sheridan in North Chicago and Great Lakes Naval Base in Waukegan. Emiilia passed away in 1955 and Oscar passed away in Lowell, Michigan in 1976. Webpages: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~makelabille/index.html http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~makela/WC_TOC.HTML Link: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~makela/WC_TOC.HTML URL: <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~makelabille/index.html>