My great-great-grandparents John and Julia Carlson emigrated from the Åland Islands in the 1890s and settled in Michigan, USA
My great-great-grandparents John and Julia Carlson emigrated from the Åland Islands in the 1890s and settled in Michigan, USA
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Karl Johan “John” Johanson Carlsson was born in Föglö in 1872. Klara Julanda “Julia” Thorsberg was born Föglö in 1873. They traveled separately to America in the 1890s and apparently met in Michigan.
They got married in Bay City, MI in 1900.
Michigan area was popular with Finnish immigrants. Had similar work, like logging and farming.