Maria ELIASDTR.

Family/Spouse: Elias karki. Elias was born on 30 Jun 1843 in Vasa, Kuortane, Finland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!BAPTISM: Baptized and confirmed in Finland.
!BURIAL: Oneota Cemetery.
!RELIGION: Lutheran.
!NOTES: Maria was first married to Nestor Jacob Mackey but was widowed at
approximately the age of 29 or 30 with 6 children in a new country.
She supported them by taking in roomers and boarders until she married
Jacob Wiita and they bought virgin land in 1913 and built a
farm on Glen Route in Aitkin County, Minnesota.

Maria married Jaakko [Jacob] (Michelson) Wiita, * * in Superior, Douglas, Wisconsin, United States. Jaakko (son of Michel Henrison WIITA [KATILA] and Susanna (Hermansdtr.) Bjorkqvist) was born on 26 Dec 1882 in Viitala, Vasa, Ylistaro, Finland; died about 1955 in Minnesota, United States; was buried in Proctor, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jacob Nestor Mackey. Jacob was born on 18 Aug 1876 in Kuortane, Finland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!STATUS: JULY 1989 CAP:
BIRTH: At home on the family farm.
BAPTISM: At home by Eveangelical Lutheran Pastor, F. Y. Kala
RELIGION: Lutheran.
EDUCATION: Young and Hursh Business College, Duluth, Minnesota, 1933.
Univ. of Wisconsin River Falls, B.S. in Education, 1965.
Post graduate education courses at State U. of Calif., Long Beach
State U. of Calif., Irvine; and at Pepperdine, 1965-1971.
NOTES: Raised on parents' farm on Glen Rte., Aitkin, Minn. Graduated fromAitkin High school 1930; Young and Hursh Business College, Duluth, Minn, 1931;
Crosby-Ironton Normal Training Dept., 1933. Taught in the Aitkin County school
system and worked as a secretary until 1936. Was a pastor's wife, serving in
the various congregations with her husband for many years. Received a B.S.
degree from U. of Wisconsin River Falls in 1965, moved with her husband and
family to California and taught there in the Huntington Beach public school
system until 1973. She and her husband bought their first house in 1971,
which is located in Huntington Beach, and are now retired.
LR: Huntington Beach, CA.

Harriet married Wilhelm Christian Dahl Aanestad, Rev. on 26 Jun 1936 in Esmond, Benson, North Dakota, United States. Wilhelm (son of Rev. Helge Martinus Aanestad and Anna Dahl) was born on 6 Feb 1907 in Cottonwood, Lyon, Minnesota, United States; was christened on 24 Mar 1907 in Cottonwood, Lyon, Minnesota, United States; died on 19 Apr 2003 in Anaheim, Orange, California, United States; was buried on 26 Apr 2003 in Westminster, Orange, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!STATUS: INC 8-10-90.
SO:
BIRTH:
EDUCATION:
OCCUPATION: Homemaker.
DEATH: Pneumonia. Amy had suffered a stroke at her apartment in Hibbing and was
necessarily moved to a rest home a few months prior to her death.
BURIAL:
LR: Hibbing, Minnesota.

Family/Spouse: Karsten Nissen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Wilhelm married Dorothy Mae Harreld [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!STATUS: INC.
BIRTH: Northwestern Hospital.
DEATH: Died from bulbar polio in 1952 at Sister Kenny Institute. The Salk
vaccine had not yet been developed. He was in the third grade.
BURIAL: Stewartville Cemetery.

Notes:

!STATUS: JUNE 1988 CAP:
SO: PDS
BIRTH: St. Luke's Hospital.
EDUCATION: UCLA, 1973
OCCUPATION: Oral and maxillofacial surgeon, California State Assembly, Californiat State Senator
RELIGION: Lutheran
MARRIAGE: He and Susan were married by Samuel's father, Rev. W.C.D. Aanestad.
LR: Grass Valley, CA.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Aanestad

Samuel married Susan Lee Thompson [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Stephen married Nancy Marie Hairsine [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mark Gatti. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ellen married Dan [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!STATUS: INC 8-10-90.
SO:
BIRTH:
EDUCATION:
OCCUPATION:
BURIAL:
NOTES: Karen was handicaped and lived with her mother, Amy, who took care of
her.
LR: Hibbing, Minnesota.