[or-roots] Simonson

[Ronda Howard]

Hi Eija,
I grew up in Longview and my Dad still lives there.  He would probably be 
able to get a cemetery photo for you if you'd like.
Ronda

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sue Steward" <ssteward at ccountry.net>
To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 7:02 AM
Subject: Re: [or-roots] thanks Suo for Simonson


> Okay, here's your information.  Since you mentioned that Richard was 
> buried
> in Cowlitz County, Washington, I looked up that way.
>
> 1930 Federal Census
> Kelso, Cowlitz County, Washington
> Joe Simonson b. ca 1891   Washington      Head
> Ina Simonson  b. ca 1897                           Wife
> Hazel Simonson b. ca 1917                        Daughter
> Frances Simonson b. ca 1921                     Daughter
> Richard Simonson                                       Son
>
> (So I assume that Joyce and Gloria were probably born after 1930)
>
> Washington Birth Index 1910-1919
> Name:  Inez Hezel Marie Simonson
> Born:  4 August 1916
> Place:  Cowlitz County, Washington
> Sex:  F
> Race:  White
> Parent:  Joe Simonson
> Parent::  Ina Lahti
>
> (I suppose that Ina is an Americanized version of Aino)
>
> Oregon Death Index
> Ina Hel Simson (maybe this is Helen but number of characters is limited)
> Born 23 June 1896
> Died 10 November 1974
> Multnomah County
> Certificate: 74-17934
> Spouse:  Joe
>
> Mount Solo Cemetery, Cowlitz County, Washington
> SIMONSON, Ina Helena 23 Jun 1896 10 Nov 1974
>
> Mt. SOLO CEMETERY, Mt. Solo Road, Longview, WA 98632
>
> The Mt. Solo Cemetery was founded in 1897 by 29 Finnish citizens of this
> pioneer community.
> One acre of land was purchased from Matt Ryding and is currently under the
> management of the
> Pioneer Mt. Solo Cemetery Association. There are about 242 burials at this
> date, and it is still
> occasionally used by families of the original owners.
>
> There were no known sexton records for this cemetery. The following 
> records
> were gathered from tombstone
> inscriptions, obituary articles, mortuary records and the Washington State
> Death Index. This
> information was compiled by Alice Bortnem and Pam Chilton in 1983.
>
> The US GenWeb Archives provide genealogical and historical data to the
> general public without
> fee or charge of any kind. It is intended that this material not be used 
> in
> a commercial manner.
> All submissions become part of the permanent collection.
>
> caren at knotzmade.com
>
> You might be able to check with this e-mail address above and see if she
> knows if Joe Simonson is buried there as well.  Otherwise, you'd have to 
> get
> a copy of Joe's death certificate to find out where he is buried.  There 
> are
> two Lahti names in that cemetery as well.
> http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wa/cowlitz/cemeteries/mt-solo.txt
>
> LAHTI, Marie 18 Jul 1857 10 Aug 1932
> LAHTI, William Frederic (Hille F.)                 11 Nov 1857 20 Aug 1922
>
>
> Joe Simonson
> Born 27 January 1891 Washington
> Died  9 July 1986
> Certificate:  86-12117
> Multnomah County
> Spouse:  Ina
>
> Good luck!
> Sue
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "eija kristo" <eija.kristo at luukku.com>
> To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
> Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 11:55 PM
> Subject: [or-roots] thanks Suo for Simonson
>
>
> I'm not sure what was Aino Simonson's birth name, maybe Lahti. I know that
> she is relative by my ggfather August Lahti (born in Finland, Muonio
> 1.10.1862), he has also been in USA, but I haven't found the official
> information on that yet.
> Thanks for information of Mark Nyman. I'll contact to him.
> Hope he is one of them.
> Thanks
> Eija Kristo
>
>
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