Genealogy Jottings

Some time ago, I wrote about my search for the roots of my grandmother’s cousin, Rosie Porras. She came from Finland, and I theorized that she was the daughter of Ida Mattila of Biwabik, MN. Today I came across some new information that makes me think otherwise.

As I went through Finnish baptism records for Ida’s children, I never found a child with a name anything like “Rose”. Then I turned to searching for a marriage and children for another Mattila sister, Sofia. There I found a record for the birth of a daughter, Rosa Wilhelmina, in 1896, prior to Sofia’s marriage to Kalle Ripatti. Could she be the Rosie who came to America separately from Ida in 1913? In Finland, was she always known as Rosa Mattila or was she Rosa Ripatti?

I have a new clue to search in the emgration/immigration records! Rosie, I am on the way to getting you figured out.