Re: Wayne & Felix Jarvinen + mom Wiirtanen
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Re: Wayne & Felix Jarvinen + mom Wiirtanen
Bobbie [Speir] Jarvinen 12/24/99
Regarding the birth of the first child, more has come to light and the child mentioned probably was conceived and born in the USA and not Finland.
Wilhelmina came to America as a 17 year old girl around 1900, she worked as a cook for a Senator in New York, this Senator liked her Finnish cooking and sponsored her stay her in USA.