HEADSTONE with Lena.
FRAMES FOR THE FUTURE Iron River area Michigan centennial book 1981 "Beechwood: Ero Alanen" page 84
Ero Alanen, the oldest son of Simon and Anna Alanen, went to work on the railroad at 14 to help the family budget. He was always interested in cars and took mail order lessons in auto repair. At 15 he was the third person in Beechwood to own a car. It was a Model T. He did not like railroad work so he decided to work in the mine. The first days of mining, some dirt fell on his dinner pail and squashed it. So that was the end of that. He then tried the woods. At 18 years of age, he met Lena Kosky and after a courtship they married on May 7, 1921. The family home burned in 1924 and they moved to Iron River. By this time their two children were born. Phyllis was two years old and Ero Everett one. Ero worked for Walter Kavaleski for a while. Then he went to Lindahls and worked there for many years. He owned his own garage (The Oldsmobile Sales and Service) for a while, but returned to Lindahls. He died on April 16, 1965.
Phyllis married Francis Suksi and they have three children, William, Barbara and Eugene. William and Barbara are married and Eugene in college with intentions of becoming a doctor. Francis Suksi died in 1975. Phyllis is a legal secretary and lives in Cary, Illinois.
Ero Everett joined the Marines right after his graduation from high school. He was in the service for four years in the South Pacific. After returning home from Service he went into the garage business. He married Jean Wingstrom in 1947. They moved to Chicago and Ero worked for the Eastman Kodak Company for about 15 years. He has one son Scott, married and living in Long Grove, Illinois. At present Ero is living with his mother in Iron River.
FRAMES FOR THE FUTURE Iron River area Michigan centennial book 1981 "Beechwood: Simon Alanen" page 85 with photo (excerpt)
Simon Alanen married Anna Liisa in Jarva, Finland on November 30, 1900. They had four living children – Ero Simm, Impi Maria, Lempi Helena, and Esther. When Lempi was just an infant in 1905, Simon came to the United States. He went straight to Beechwood. In 1906, when Lempi was fourteen months, Impi four years old and Ero five years old, they came to Beechwood.
In a couple years the family returned to Finland where Esther was born. Simon came back to Beechwood in 1908 (this time he took his 17 year old brother Samuel with him).
The family returned to Beechwood in 1910. It was winter and there was a lot of snow and it was very cold. They had to get warm clothes and get ready to go to school. Anna was handy with the needle so before long the children were ready for school. (She also knitted all their socks.) Going to school was an adventure and challenge as none of the children spoke English. It took Ero only four years to complete his eight grades. It took Impi five years. Lempi completed her grades in the regular time of eight years.
The children went to school in what was called The Track School. The teacher's name was Amy Mahar. When Simon was transferred to Stager as section foreman, the school was several miles away and the children traveled by train in the caboose or sometimes in the section car or "Pede." The teacher's name was Amelia Paro and the children liked this school and teacher very much. Anna and Simon also liked this location very much, so the family was very happy there. Happiness was short-lived as on December 27, 1912, Simon was hit by a train, or rather he jumped off the pede as the train was approaching and the pede followed him and knocked him over and he landed on a stump of a tree. The result was a fractured skull and he died in the Crystal Falls Hospital on January 3, 1913. These were sad times.
The family moved back to Beechwood.
The family was brought up Lutheran but there were no Finnish churches near by. Simon kept a regular Sunday School and Church session at home, reading Bible lessons and singing hymns. He would give the children lessons to study from Sunday to Sunday. Once in a while there would be traveling ministers or evangelists and Church was held in the larger homes. The Swedes had a mission church in the Benson district and they were in the process of building a Lutheran Church by the cemetery. This church was almost completed when Simon died. However, the family continued having Sunday School at home and Eli was the teacher.
Anna died at age 83 on August 15, 1950 [1960].
MICHIGAN MARRIAGES 1868-1925 at familysearch.org for Ero Alanen age 20 born 1901 in Finland son of Simon Alanen & Anna Halves. Married to Lena Kosky age 21 born 1900 Michigan daughter of Jacob Kosky. Date May 7 1921 in Crystal Falls.
OBITUARY of Ero E. Alanen 2002 says Ero Alanen was his father.
OBITUARY of Helen Alanen 1984 says her brother Ero Alanen died in 1965.
OBITUARY of Lena Alanen 1982 says she married Ero Alanen on May 7 1921 in Beechwood and he died on April 19 [16] 1965.
OBITUARY of Victor Halvas 1961 says Ero Alanen of Iron River is his nephew.
FRAMES FOR THE FUTURE Iron River area Michigan centennial book 1981 "Beechwood: Ero Alanen" page 84
Ero Alanen, the oldest son of Simon and Anna Alanen, went to work on the railroad at 14 to help the family budget. He was always interested in cars and took mail order lessons in auto repair. At 15 he was the third person in Beechwood to own a car. It was a Model T. He did not like railroad work so he decided to work in the mine. The first days of mining, some dirt fell on his dinner pail and squashed it. So that was the end of that. He then tried the woods. At 18 years of age, he met Lena Kosky and after a courtship they married on May 7, 1921. The family home burned in 1924 and they moved to Iron River. By this time their two children were born. Phyllis was two years old and Ero Everett one. Ero worked for Walter Kavaleski for a while. Then he went to Lindahls and worked there for many years. He owned his own garage (The Oldsmobile Sales and Service) for a while, but returned to Lindahls. He died on April 16, 1965.
Phyllis married Francis Suksi and they have three children, William, Barbara and Eugene. William and Barbara are married and Eugene in college with intentions of becoming a doctor. Francis Suksi died in 1975. Phyllis is a legal secretary and lives in Cary, Illinois.
Ero Everett joined the Marines right after his graduation from high school. He was in the service for four years in the South Pacific. After returning home from Service he went into the garage business. He married Jean Wingstrom in 1947. They moved to Chicago and Ero worked for the Eastman Kodak Company for about 15 years. He has one son Scott, married and living in Long Grove, Illinois. At present Ero is living with his mother in Iron River.
FRAMES FOR THE FUTURE Iron River area Michigan centennial book 1981 "Beechwood: Simon Alanen" page 85 with photo (excerpt)
Simon Alanen married Anna Liisa in Jarva, Finland on November 30, 1900. They had four living children – Ero Simm, Impi Maria, Lempi Helena, and Esther. When Lempi was just an infant in 1905, Simon came to the United States. He went straight to Beechwood. In 1906, when Lempi was fourteen months, Impi four years old and Ero five years old, they came to Beechwood.
In a couple years the family returned to Finland where Esther was born. Simon came back to Beechwood in 1908 (this time he took his 17 year old brother Samuel with him).
The family returned to Beechwood in 1910. It was winter and there was a lot of snow and it was very cold. They had to get warm clothes and get ready to go to school. Anna was handy with the needle so before long the children were ready for school. (She also knitted all their socks.) Going to school was an adventure and challenge as none of the children spoke English. It took Ero only four years to complete his eight grades. It took Impi five years. Lempi completed her grades in the regular time of eight years.
The children went to school in what was called The Track School. The teacher's name was Amy Mahar. When Simon was transferred to Stager as section foreman, the school was several miles away and the children traveled by train in the caboose or sometimes in the section car or "Pede." The teacher's name was Amelia Paro and the children liked this school and teacher very much. Anna and Simon also liked this location very much, so the family was very happy there. Happiness was short-lived as on December 27, 1912, Simon was hit by a train, or rather he jumped off the pede as the train was approaching and the pede followed him and knocked him over and he landed on a stump of a tree. The result was a fractured skull and he died in the Crystal Falls Hospital on January 3, 1913. These were sad times.
The family moved back to Beechwood.
The family was brought up Lutheran but there were no Finnish churches near by. Simon kept a regular Sunday School and Church session at home, reading Bible lessons and singing hymns. He would give the children lessons to study from Sunday to Sunday. Once in a while there would be traveling ministers or evangelists and Church was held in the larger homes. The Swedes had a mission church in the Benson district and they were in the process of building a Lutheran Church by the cemetery. This church was almost completed when Simon died. However, the family continued having Sunday School at home and Eli was the teacher.
Anna died at age 83 on August 15, 1950 [1960].
MICHIGAN MARRIAGES 1868-1925 at familysearch.org for Ero Alanen age 20 born 1901 in Finland son of Simon Alanen & Anna Halves. Married to Lena Kosky age 21 born 1900 Michigan daughter of Jacob Kosky. Date May 7 1921 in Crystal Falls.
OBITUARY of Ero E. Alanen 2002 says Ero Alanen was his father.
OBITUARY of Helen Alanen 1984 says her brother Ero Alanen died in 1965.
OBITUARY of Lena Alanen 1982 says she married Ero Alanen on May 7 1921 in Beechwood and he died on April 19 [16] 1965.
OBITUARY of Victor Halvas 1961 says Ero Alanen of Iron River is his nephew.
HEADSTONE with Lena.
FRAMES FOR THE FUTURE Iron River area Michigan centennial book 1981 "Beechwood: Ero Alanen" page 84
Ero Alanen, the oldest son of Simon and Anna Alanen, went to work on the railroad at 14 to help the family budget. He was always interested in cars and took mail order lessons in auto repair. At 15 he was the third person in Beechwood to own a car. It was a Model T. He did not like railroad work so he decided to work in the mine. The first days of mining, some dirt fell on his dinner pail and squashed it. So that was the end of that. He then tried the woods. At 18 years of age, he met Lena Kosky and after a courtship they married on May 7, 1921. The family home burned in 1924 and they moved to Iron River. By this time their two children were born. Phyllis was two years old and Ero Everett one. Ero worked for Walter Kavaleski for a while. Then he went to Lindahls and worked there for many years. He owned his own garage (The Oldsmobile Sales and Service) for a while, but returned to Lindahls. He died on April 16, 1965.
Phyllis married Francis Suksi and they have three children, William, Barbara and Eugene. William and Barbara are married and Eugene in college with intentions of becoming a doctor. Francis Suksi died in 1975. Phyllis is a legal secretary and lives in Cary, Illinois.
Ero Everett joined the Marines right after his graduation from high school. He was in the service for four years in the South Pacific. After returning home from Service he went into the garage business. He married Jean Wingstrom in 1947. They moved to Chicago and Ero worked for the Eastman Kodak Company for about 15 years. He has one son Scott, married and living in Long Grove, Illinois. At present Ero is living with his mother in Iron River.
FRAMES FOR THE FUTURE Iron River area Michigan centennial book 1981 "Beechwood: Simon Alanen" page 85 with photo (excerpt)
Simon Alanen married Anna Liisa in Jarva, Finland on November 30, 1900. They had four living children – Ero Simm, Impi Maria, Lempi Helena, and Esther. When Lempi was just an infant in 1905, Simon came to the United States. He went straight to Beechwood. In 1906, when Lempi was fourteen months, Impi four years old and Ero five years old, they came to Beechwood.
In a couple years the family returned to Finland where Esther was born. Simon came back to Beechwood in 1908 (this time he took his 17 year old brother Samuel with him).
The family returned to Beechwood in 1910. It was winter and there was a lot of snow and it was very cold. They had to get warm clothes and get ready to go to school. Anna was handy with the needle so before long the children were ready for school. (She also knitted all their socks.) Going to school was an adventure and challenge as none of the children spoke English. It took Ero only four years to complete his eight grades. It took Impi five years. Lempi completed her grades in the regular time of eight years.
The children went to school in what was called The Track School. The teacher's name was Amy Mahar. When Simon was transferred to Stager as section foreman, the school was several miles away and the children traveled by train in the caboose or sometimes in the section car or "Pede." The teacher's name was Amelia Paro and the children liked this school and teacher very much. Anna and Simon also liked this location very much, so the family was very happy there. Happiness was short-lived as on December 27, 1912, Simon was hit by a train, or rather he jumped off the pede as the train was approaching and the pede followed him and knocked him over and he landed on a stump of a tree. The result was a fractured skull and he died in the Crystal Falls Hospital on January 3, 1913. These were sad times.
The family moved back to Beechwood.
The family was brought up Lutheran but there were no Finnish churches near by. Simon kept a regular Sunday School and Church session at home, reading Bible lessons and singing hymns. He would give the children lessons to study from Sunday to Sunday. Once in a while there would be traveling ministers or evangelists and Church was held in the larger homes. The Swedes had a mission church in the Benson district and they were in the process of building a Lutheran Church by the cemetery. This church was almost completed when Simon died. However, the family continued having Sunday School at home and Eli was the teacher.
Anna died at age 83 on August 15, 1950 [1960].
MICHIGAN MARRIAGES 1868-1925 at familysearch.org for Ero Alanen age 20 born 1901 in Finland son of Simon Alanen & Anna Halves. Married to Lena Kosky age 21 born 1900 Michigan daughter of Jacob Kosky. Date May 7 1921 in Crystal Falls.
OBITUARY of Ero E. Alanen 2002 says Ero Alanen was his father.
OBITUARY of Helen Alanen 1984 says her brother Ero Alanen died in 1965.
OBITUARY of Lena Alanen 1982 says she married Ero Alanen on May 7 1921 in Beechwood and he died on April 19 [16] 1965.
OBITUARY of Victor Halvas 1961 says Ero Alanen of Iron River is his nephew.
FRAMES FOR THE FUTURE Iron River area Michigan centennial book 1981 "Beechwood: Ero Alanen" page 84
Ero Alanen, the oldest son of Simon and Anna Alanen, went to work on the railroad at 14 to help the family budget. He was always interested in cars and took mail order lessons in auto repair. At 15 he was the third person in Beechwood to own a car. It was a Model T. He did not like railroad work so he decided to work in the mine. The first days of mining, some dirt fell on his dinner pail and squashed it. So that was the end of that. He then tried the woods. At 18 years of age, he met Lena Kosky and after a courtship they married on May 7, 1921. The family home burned in 1924 and they moved to Iron River. By this time their two children were born. Phyllis was two years old and Ero Everett one. Ero worked for Walter Kavaleski for a while. Then he went to Lindahls and worked there for many years. He owned his own garage (The Oldsmobile Sales and Service) for a while, but returned to Lindahls. He died on April 16, 1965.
Phyllis married Francis Suksi and they have three children, William, Barbara and Eugene. William and Barbara are married and Eugene in college with intentions of becoming a doctor. Francis Suksi died in 1975. Phyllis is a legal secretary and lives in Cary, Illinois.
Ero Everett joined the Marines right after his graduation from high school. He was in the service for four years in the South Pacific. After returning home from Service he went into the garage business. He married Jean Wingstrom in 1947. They moved to Chicago and Ero worked for the Eastman Kodak Company for about 15 years. He has one son Scott, married and living in Long Grove, Illinois. At present Ero is living with his mother in Iron River.
FRAMES FOR THE FUTURE Iron River area Michigan centennial book 1981 "Beechwood: Simon Alanen" page 85 with photo (excerpt)
Simon Alanen married Anna Liisa in Jarva, Finland on November 30, 1900. They had four living children – Ero Simm, Impi Maria, Lempi Helena, and Esther. When Lempi was just an infant in 1905, Simon came to the United States. He went straight to Beechwood. In 1906, when Lempi was fourteen months, Impi four years old and Ero five years old, they came to Beechwood.
In a couple years the family returned to Finland where Esther was born. Simon came back to Beechwood in 1908 (this time he took his 17 year old brother Samuel with him).
The family returned to Beechwood in 1910. It was winter and there was a lot of snow and it was very cold. They had to get warm clothes and get ready to go to school. Anna was handy with the needle so before long the children were ready for school. (She also knitted all their socks.) Going to school was an adventure and challenge as none of the children spoke English. It took Ero only four years to complete his eight grades. It took Impi five years. Lempi completed her grades in the regular time of eight years.
The children went to school in what was called The Track School. The teacher's name was Amy Mahar. When Simon was transferred to Stager as section foreman, the school was several miles away and the children traveled by train in the caboose or sometimes in the section car or "Pede." The teacher's name was Amelia Paro and the children liked this school and teacher very much. Anna and Simon also liked this location very much, so the family was very happy there. Happiness was short-lived as on December 27, 1912, Simon was hit by a train, or rather he jumped off the pede as the train was approaching and the pede followed him and knocked him over and he landed on a stump of a tree. The result was a fractured skull and he died in the Crystal Falls Hospital on January 3, 1913. These were sad times.
The family moved back to Beechwood.
The family was brought up Lutheran but there were no Finnish churches near by. Simon kept a regular Sunday School and Church session at home, reading Bible lessons and singing hymns. He would give the children lessons to study from Sunday to Sunday. Once in a while there would be traveling ministers or evangelists and Church was held in the larger homes. The Swedes had a mission church in the Benson district and they were in the process of building a Lutheran Church by the cemetery. This church was almost completed when Simon died. However, the family continued having Sunday School at home and Eli was the teacher.
Anna died at age 83 on August 15, 1950 [1960].
MICHIGAN MARRIAGES 1868-1925 at familysearch.org for Ero Alanen age 20 born 1901 in Finland son of Simon Alanen & Anna Halves. Married to Lena Kosky age 21 born 1900 Michigan daughter of Jacob Kosky. Date May 7 1921 in Crystal Falls.
OBITUARY of Ero E. Alanen 2002 says Ero Alanen was his father.
OBITUARY of Helen Alanen 1984 says her brother Ero Alanen died in 1965.
OBITUARY of Lena Alanen 1982 says she married Ero Alanen on May 7 1921 in Beechwood and he died on April 19 [16] 1965.
OBITUARY of Victor Halvas 1961 says Ero Alanen of Iron River is his nephew.
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