Friday, 15 October 2021

Success! Identified several people from the same family!

I had a breakthrough in identifying people - managed to find names for several people in the pictures within a couple of days. I keep being amazed! It all started when a Finnish lady posted a picture on a lost relatives group. Her picture was of a family (father, mother, a small son) was taken in the Hirvela Studio in Ironwood around 1910 - 1915. The man seemed familiar, so I checked aunt Helga's pictures. Indeed, there he was! It turned out that the family in the picture was that of her grandmother's aunt's. I found a couple of Ancestry.com trees which had pictures of these people, and so the mystery unravelled. Woman on the right is Riitta Miina (Minnie) Rimpila, maiden name Karppinen. She was born in Manamansalo, Oulu region, in 1884. She settled in Chassell, MI.
This man is Riitta's husband Henry Rimpela (born Heikki Rimpelainen), born in Säräisniemi, Oulu region in 1886 and settled in Chassell, MI.
The man on the right in both pictures is Riitta's brother Antti, who used the surname Lehtimaki in the US. He was born in Manamansalo, Oulu region, in 1884 and he died in Pierce, WA, in 1965.

Success! Identified several people from the same family!

I had a breakthrough in identifying people - managed to find names for several people in the pictures within a couple of days. I keep being ...