Eighteen-year-old Johannes Eriksson came to the United States in 1904 from Jeppo, Finland, and settled in Bemidji, Minnesota. In 1905 his friend Anna Johanna Slangar also came to Bemidji from Jeppo. The 1910 US Census indicates that they married in 1906 and had at least one son. The 1920 US Census shows that they have moved to Everett, Washington and now have three children and are using the names John and Hanna Erickson.
In 1913 Johannes Eriksson and Anna Johanna Leadersdotter Slangar are back in Jeppo visiting Johannes' ill mother. This is shown on the appropriate Household Record. The children are not there. There are several cryptic notes that I would like to have interpreted.
- N. 193 / 1913
- L. S. No. 12 - 1906
- L. S. No, 1 - 1912
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