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Re: Cousins

Posted: 26 Jun 2001 11:06PM GMT
YES!!!!! I LOVE THIS!!!!! My address: JA Fulk, 13 Sinking Springs Road, Middlebrook, Va 24459. Hurry, hurry, hurry!! Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I printed out your message, be right back!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keittaa

Re: Cousins

Posted: 27 Jun 2001 4:22PM GMT
I just mailed off some Kivela family genealogy and the little I have on the Pokelas. It was a surprise to learn you are in Virginia. I lived in Farmville, VA from the age of seven until I moved to Connecticut in 1951. I did spend a year in NYC from 1945-46. Deliver me from the city. I am familiar with your area of Virginia, having made several trips out there to see the Blue Ridge. My brother lives in Hopewell, VA with his third wife. He has four daughters by his second wife and they live in the Richmond/Petersburg area. My sister, Jean, has recently suffered a stroke and her husband, Jim Berry, is on dialysis three times a week, end stage renal disease. They have two sons in the Petersburg area.

Our children are all in Connecticut and you will be getting a photocopy of them in the envelope I sent out today.

Our oldest granddaughter, Jaime, is a second year law student and our next granddaughter, Nicole, is going to Baltimore for the month of July to get some college credit towards her degree in art from that school. She will be going to college in 2002. Nicole and her sister Erin have red curly hair and their sister Kate has dark hair.

You didn't mention your maiden name or your father's name so I'll add that information to my data base when you get in touch again. Also any birthdates you have, including yours.

My mother did not like Virginia. We lived on a farm next to my Grandfather Thompson and during the depression years I guess life was pretty hard going. However, she cheerfully cooked, cleaned, and brought in the vegetables to provide wonderful meals for us.

Just thought I'd write a few lines to keep you busy in case you're out in the boondocks. Keep in touch. Dorothy

Re: Kivela/Pokela

S. Woodard (View posts)
Posted: 27 Jul 2001 7:34PM GMT
Surnames: Pokela
I am just starting out trying to trace my mothers family. Her dad's name was Augusta Waltemar Pokela and her mother Elma Fredericka Hiltunen. They both came from Finland. Any information you can give me related to the Pokela's or even good sites to get started tracing would be appreciated.

Re: Kivela, Ida

Posted: 16 Jan 2002 2:54AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 23 Jan 2002 2:17AM GMT
Surnames: Kivela
I have an Ida Kivela who is my aunt - if your g-grandmother Ida married a Bauchan and had a son named Roy (born in Detroit) and married to a Barbara Witkowski (six kids), then we are related. Your msg is kinda old - sure hope you see this. e-mail me at josgt@aol.com

Re: Kivelä

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 12:47AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 22 Jan 2012 2:49AM GMT
My great grandmother's name was Justina, I have her born in 1861, died 1912, buried in Pike, MN. She married John Kivela, born in 1853, My grandfather was Gust Kivela.

Re: Grandfather

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 1:23AM GMT
Classification: Query
I have the same great grandparents. Email me, dpoague@windstream.net

Re: Grandfather

Posted: 7 Apr 2012 3:40AM GMT
Classification: Query
I pretty sure this is one of your cousins. He passed away last year, but the obituary lists his immediate relatives.
Jimmy's parents were William and ???, his grandparents were Gust and Hilda Kivela.
http://www.virginiamn.com/obituaries/article_97675aff-6532-5...

I just did some digging and I don't think Jimmy was related. But here is the census showing your family.


Name: John Kivela
Age in 1910: 55
Birth Year: 1855
Birthplace: Finland
Home in 1910: Pike, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1889
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Justinia Kivela
Father's Birthplace: Finland
Mother's Birthplace: Finland
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
John Kivela 55
Justinia Kivela 49
John Kivela 22
Arthur M Kivela 9
Milda M Kivela 6 Probably should be Hilda or Tilda or Helia??
Ida E Kivela 5

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