Jack Ruohonen's Oskar, Michigan Manuscript Index

Jack Ruohonen, resident of Oskar, Michigan, typed an informal history of his town, which includes short biographies of many of its Finnish residents.  The information was compiled circa 1953 to 1958 and translated by Joe Kalliokoski and typed by Barb Koski in the Fall of 2008.  What follows is a name index of the manuscript.

 

Name Page number
Abramson, Jacob 22, 59
Ahola, John 63
Ala, Mary (Mrs. Hannula) 122
Alanen, Jacob 97
Aska, Peter 65
Billikangas, John 110
Bohjanen, Adolf North 44
Bohjanen, Henry 22, 43
Bousu, John 77
Burkman, John 53
Burkman, Nils Olaf 22, 27, 45
Dorvinen, Aili Edith (Mrs. Kopman) 57
Dorvinen, Elina 24
Dorvinen, Esias 55
Dorvinen, Hjalmer 24, 56
Eilola, Frank 89
Eliassen, Oskar 30
Garnell, Alex 24, 41
Haakeri, Erick 42
Halonen, Emilia (Mrs. Ojanpera) 36
Hannula, Isak 122
Helttunen, Abel 37
Hendrickson, Henry 63
Hendrickson, Matt 61
Hendrickson, Sakari 30
Hermanson, Oskar 119
Hermanson, Selma (Mrs. Zimmerman) 131
Herrala, Wilhelmina (Mrs. Bousu) 77
Holm, Mari (Mrs. Jukkari) 74
Honkala, Antti 19
Hyttinen, Esseri 127
Jaakkola, Herman 84
Jaakkola, Matti 81
Jaakkola, William 19
Jankala, Gust 17
Johnson, Emil August 114
Johnson, Hilda A. 114
Jukkara, Juho 21
Jukkari, John 74
Juntunen, Katri (Mrs. Hyttinen) 127
Kalliainen, Erkki 17
Kante, Katie (Mrs. Jaakkola) 84
Karppa, John 19
Karvonen, Nils 117
Kauppi, John O. 22
Kellokoski, Heikki 70
Kelly, John 73
Kitti, Edward 67
Kitti, Eino 68
Kitti, Eli 67
Knuuttila, Isakki 107
Knuuttila, Matti 107
Kolehmainen, Jacob 75
Kolehmainen, Jacob Jr. 76
Kolehmainen, William 76
Koller, John 22, 51, 52
Koller, Levi 51, 52
Korpinen (Mrs. Eli Strong) 135
Koski, Hilda 105
Koski, John 33
Koski, Jospefiina 105
Kouri, John 65
Kuru, Victor 130
Kuukas, Mattilda (Mrs. Lahnala) 72
Lahnala, Antti 72
Lahnala, August 72
Lahnala, Kalle 59
Lahti, Alex(ander) 109
Mannilin, Sandra (Mrs. Saatio) 46
Manninen, Lassi 86
Mantynen, Juusefiina (Mrs. Patana) 104
Matoniemi, Olaf 38
Mattson, Nicolai 19
Nelson, Beret Anna (Mrs. Koller) 51. 52
Ojala, Daniel 22
Ojanpera, Jacob 35
Ojanpera, John Jalmar 36
Ollila, Elsa Karoliina (Mrs. Eliassen) 30
Ollila, John Erik 124
Ollila, Karolina (Mrs. Perala) 49
Olson, Alex 19, 24
Olson, Gustav 19, 22, 71
Olson, John 24
Olson, John 95
Patana, Jalmar 103
Patana, John Henrik 103
Peltonen, Jaakko 21
Perala, Victor 49
Perola, Serafiina 49
Piilikangas, John Henrik 110
Pispa, John 64
Porkka, John 69
Puuri, John 19, 47, 70
Pyorre, Maria (Mrs. Kolehmainen) 75
Raatamaa, Briita Kaisa (Mrs. Kellinsalmi) 73
Ravi, Hilda 49
Resdanen, Anna (Mrs. Hendrickson) 61
Riekki, Andrew 22, 24
Ruohonen, Jacob 24, 29
Ruohonen, William 80
Ruottinen, Paavo 58
Saari (Saarenpaa in Finland), Matt 83
Saatio, Fred 79
Saatio, Wilhelmina (Mrs. Ruohonen) 92
Solkela, Mikko 21
Takaharju, Klara (Mrs. Eilola) 90
Takaharju, Maria (Mrs. Uusitalo) 99
Tapio, Hans 17
Tavela, Anna (Mrs. Oja) 60
Tavela, Greeta Johanna (Mrs. Jaakkola) 82
Tervonen, Ella (Mrs. Kettunen) 85
Tikkanen, Emil 87
Tuisku, John 32
Tyni, Matilda (Mrs. Helttunen) 37
Uusikoski, Matti 121
Uusitalo, Ida (Mrs. Rondy) 133
Uusitalo, Jennie (Mrs. Sinko) 113
Uusitalo, Timoteus 99
Vanttaja, Hjalmar 121
Vehka, Johan 62
Vintza / Winsa Karoliina (Mrs. Saatio) 91
Waltari, Tuomas 21
Walz, Maggie 85
Wanttaja, Andred 101
Wayrynen, Greeta Stiina (Mrs. Juotunen) 125
Wehka, Erkki 62