Jaakko PULJU

                   Buried in the Menahga City Cemetery.

Heikki Pulju laborer age 25, his wife Elisabet Emilia age 21, daughters Hilda Kaisa age 2 and Lyydi Elisabet age 1, and nephews Jaakko Pulju age 11 and Matti Jalmari Pulju age 5, left Finland on 19 August 1903 aboard the "S.S. Arcturus" of the Finnish Steamship Company.  Their ticket was purchased in Oulu, Finland for 130.90 and was for passage from Oulu, Finland to Quebec, Canada.  The passport of the family was issued on 15 August 1903 at the provincial government of Oulu and its number was 1680/1903.  The home parish of all the individuals on the passport was listed as Simo, Finland Province of Oulu.

They departed from Hanko Harbor, Finland aboard the "S.S. Arcturus" to Hull, England with a stop at Copenhagen, Denmark.  From there they probably went by train to Liverpool, England where they departed on teh 26th of August aboard the "S.S. Kensington" of the Dominion Line, J.A. Broomhead, Master, 5645 tons, 305 passengers (222 in Steerage, where they travelled, with destination listed as Menahga, Minnesota), and docked in Quebec, Canada on the 5th of September 1903.  Then by train to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan where they entered the US and on to Menahga, Minnesota where they settled.  Signed papers to become US citizen 3 December 1938, John Juntunen signed as witness.  Became US citizen 6 March 1939.

The above information came from passport and shipping records in Finland, National Archives of Canada and Wadena County copy of intent to become a citizen and citizenship records.

He farmed until 1941 and was a lumber jack the rest of his life.