Ida Agneta Ek Halla

1887 - 1961  (74 years)

• Name	Ida Agneta Ek Halla  [1]
  Born	10 Jan 1887	, Pernio, Turku-Pori, Finland   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Moved	13 Sep 1904	Raisio, Finland
  	from Pernio, Finland
  Census	4 May 1940	Ault Twp., St. Louis, Minnesota, United States   [2]
  	1940 US Federal
  	in the Samuel Niemi household (owned worth $850) Enumerated were SAMUEL NIEMI head male white 59 married completed grade 8 born in Finland naturalization papers filed lived in same house in 1935 section hand for railroad (48 hrs worked Mar 24-30, 1940) worked 52 wks in 1939 and was paid $1200 / IDA NIEMI wife female white 52 married completed grade 6 born in Finland alien lived in same house in 1935 / RUTH SIMOLA foster daughter female white 11 single completed grade 5 born in MN lived in same house in 1935
  Died	1 Jun 1961	St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States   [1]
  	Mrs. Ida A. Niemi Obituary "Duluth Herald" June 2, 1961 Page 2 Col. 2 Mrs. Ida A. Niemi, 74, Brimson, died Thursday in St. Paul while visiting relatives. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Harry McKinney, Brimson; a sister and a brother in Finland, and one grandchild. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Johnson Funeral Home, Two Harbors. From Ruth Simola Niemi Scrapbook Mrs. Ida Niemi Rites Are Held On Saturday Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Niemi, 74, resident of Brimson, were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Johnson funeral home with Rev. Thomas Smith of Duluth officiating. Interment was made in the Brimson cemetery. Mrs. Niemi died Thursday, June 1, at St. Paul, Minn. She was born Jan. 10 in Pernio Aimon Tato, Finland, Europe. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Harry McKinney, Brimson; a stepbrother, Arthur Sarni; a stepsister, Mary Beck, both of Finland, Europe; two aunts, Mrs. Lydia Ahonen, Duluth, and Mrs. Edla Simola, Brimson, and one granddaughter.
  Buried	3 Jun 1961	Brimson Cemetery, Brimson, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States   [1]
  		Niemi, Ida (Ek) Halla Gravestone (1887-1961)
  		Niemi, Samuel Family Headstone
  Person ID	I1646	Brendas Branches
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2014

  
  

  Father	Gustaf Vilhelm Ek,   b. 15 Jul 1861, , Pernio, Turku-Pori, Finland ,   d. 11 Dec 1905, , Pernio, Turku-Pori, Finland  (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Sophia Vilhelmina Kaarlesdotter,   b. 5 May 1863, , Pernio, Turku-Pori, Finland ,   d. 18 Aug 1891, , Pernio, Turku-Pori, Finland  (Age 28 years)
  Married	22 Jun 1884	, Pernio, Turku-Pori, Finland
  Family ID	F390	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Samuel Gabriel Elianpoika Lalia Niemi,   b. 11 Mar 1878, Evajarvi, Langelmaki, Hame, Finland ,   d. 26 Apr 1953, Two Harbors, Lake, Minnesota, United States  (Age 75 years)
  Married	10 Jun 1921	Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States   [1]
  	As told by William Simola in September of 1998: When Ida came to the United States, she came to stay with her Aunt Edla Tammi Simola in Brimson, MN. When Sam Niemi started to court Ida, he used to come for her on a white horse. They would use this horse to go to the local dances at Petrall Hall. [1]
  		Marriage Record
  Children	+ 1. Ruth Violet Simola, Niemi
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2015
  Family ID	F614	Group Sheet

  
  

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• Notes

  Ida's Aunt Edla Simola's youngest daughter, Ruth, was burned at the age of about 11 months. She pulled a bowl of cooked cereal over her head and she had to stay in the hospital in Two Harbors for over a month. When she was released, she was taken by Sam and Ida Niemi to be cared for. When the time came for Ruth to go back home, they couldn't bear for her to go, she ended up being raised at Sam and Ida's. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S393] Surname - Niemi - Email - Jean King dated 1-10-2007. [S1024] MN, St. Louis - 1940 US Federal Census, Minnesota, St. Louis, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), T627, roll 1955, Ault, enumeration district (ED) 69-7, sheet 1A, household 8, Ida Niemi, accessed 16 Mar 2014 (Reliability: 3).