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VIINIKAINEN, Viktor (1878-1962) |
VIINIKAINEN, Viktor 1 2 3 4 5 6
Victor was one of many who left Finland for North America in order to escape the advance of the Russians into Finland in the early 1900's. A carpenter by trade, Viktor lost the vision in one eye in an accident shortly after arriving in Canada in 1901. The family eventually moved to Detroit, MI where he and his wife lived out the remainder of their lives. Viktor's death record misspelled his last name as Veinikainen.
Viktor's year of death is reported incorrectly in the Social Security Death Index as 1962. His grandson, Victor, knows that Viktor's wife, Susanna, outlived her husband by a number of years. I think it likely that this is a typigraphical error and the record should read 1942.
Viktor married Susanna Maria NAURISMÄKI, daughter of Jaakko Jaakosson NAURISMÄKI and Anna Juhantytar PRITSILÄ, on 16 May 1903 in Sault Ste Marie, Algoma County, Ontario, Canada.1 (Susanna Maria NAURISMÄKI was born on 3 Jan 1882 in Ylikojola Farm, Lapua Parish, Finland 8, christened on 8 Jan 1882 in Lapua Parish, Finland, died on 21 Aug 1945 in Birmingham, Oakland, Michigan and was buried in Aug 1945 in Evergreen Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan 9.) |
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Ontario Canada Births, 1869-1907 (Sault Ste. Marie, Algoma County, Ontario, Canada: 1885). Surety: 4. Viinikainen, Toivo [spelled Tovio]
Date of Birth: 5 Jan 1907, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Place of Parents Marriage: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Date of Marriage: 16 May 1903
Father's Name: Victor Viinikainen
Address at Time of Birth: 616 Superior St, Sault Ste. Marie
Occupation: Steel Worker
Mother's Name: Marie Maki
Name of Physician: None
Name of Person Supplying Information: Mother of applicant, Marie Maki Viinikainen
Address: 358 Hudson St., Sault Ste. Marie
Declaration made on 15 May 1925
[Signed by Maria Viinikainen]
2 1930 US Census, District 541, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Surety: 4. Lists Victor Viinikainen (age 52, b. Finland), wife Maria S. [Naurismaki] (age 48, b. Finland), and children Toivo (age 23, b. Canada-Eng), Victor V. (age 19, b. Canada-Eng), and Edward A. (age 15, b. Canada-Eng), living in Detroit, Michigan. Victor Sr. is listed as a "carpenter, building/contracting," and indicates that both his parents were born in Finland. Toivo is listed as a "machine hand" for an "auto factory." Victor Jr. is listed as an "installer-electric." Edward is listed as an "electrician's helper - electrical contracting." Victor Sr. indicates that he came to the U.S. in 1924 and was naturalized. Maria indicates that she came to the U.S. in 1929 and was not naturalized. Toivo came to the U.S. in 1925 and was naturalized. Victor Jr. came to the U.S. in 1926 and was naturalized. Edward came to the U.S. in 1928 and was naturalized.
3 1911 Canadian Census, Sub-district 34, Sault Ste. Marie, Algoma West County, Ontario, Canada. Surety: 4. Lists Viktor Viinikainen [spelled Valinikaina] (age 31, b. May 1879, Finland), wife Mary [Naurismaki] (age 29, b. Jan 1881, Finland), and children Ida (age 6, b. Sep 1904, Ontario), Toivo (age 4, b. Jan 1906, Ontario) and Voito [Victor] (age 1, b. Oct 1910, Ontario), living in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Viktor is listed as a "laborer," and indicates that he arrived in Canada in 1901 and was naturalized in 1906.
4
Social Security Death Index. Surety: 4. Name: Victor Veinikainen
Last Residence: Michigan
Born: 12 May 1878
Died: Oct 1962
State (Year) SSN issued: Michigan (Before 1951 )
5
Boston Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (Ancestry.com). Surety: 4. Ship: Cymric
Arrival date: 26 Apr 1909
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Port of Arrival: Boston, Massachusetts
Name: Viinikainen, Viktor
Age: 25
Est. birth year: 1884
Sex: Male
Marital Status: married
Occupation: laborer
Able to read and write: yes
Nationality: Finland
Race or people: Finnish
Last permanent residence: Kangasniemi, Finland
Name and address of nearest relative in the country whence alien came:
Sister, Helma [Hilma] Laarijarvi
Rutamajarven, Kangasniemi
Final destination: Gardnan [Gardner], Massachusetts
6
Passenger Records (Forwarded from Newsprite via Genealogy.com message boards, Finland Genealogy Forum: 27 Aug 2003). Surety: 4. Last name Viinikainen
First names Victor
Age or age class 31
Port of departure Helsinki
Place of destination Montréal
State of destination PQ
Country of destination CDN
Price of ticket FIM 157
Ship from Finland Arcturus
Date of departure from Finland 25.08.1909
Ship from England Victorian
Date of departure from England 13.09.1909
Ocean Line Allan Line
Port of departure in England *
List and page 74/17
Remarks travels with Sanna, Ida ja Toivo Viinikainen.
7 Evergreen Cemetery (Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan). Surety: 4 With thanks to David Kessler, FindAGrave volunteer. Section 21, Lot 1, stone 2
8 Parish Records - Lapua, Finland (Genealogical Society of Finland: http://www.genealogia.fi/hiski/tkzlb7). Surety: 4. Sanna Maria, b. 3 Jan 1882, chr. 8 Jan 1882; daughter of Torp. Jaakko Jaakonp. Naurismaki and v.mo Anna Juhant.r.
9 Evergreen Cemetery (Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan). Surety: 4 WIth thanks to David Kessler, FindAGrave volunteer. Section 21, Lot 1, beside husband.
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