Hilda was born in the town of Aläjarvi, Finland, the eldest daughter of Matti and Maija Koskela. She arrived in America October 4, 1887 aboard the ship "Werra" with her mother and 5 siblings when she was 14 years old. Her father and eldest brother had arrived in America previously and worked in the coal mines of Wyoming.
She married John Gust Lahti, also a Finnish emigrant, in 1890. The couple lived for awhile at Coal Springs, Wyoming, then at Pendleton, Oregon before traveling by wagon train with other Finnish families to Long Valley in the fall of 1895 where they homesteaded.
They were among the earliest European settlers in Long Valley. She bore at least 12 children between 1892 and 1915: Oscar Mathias, Hilda Maria, Lyydie (Lydia) Mathilda, Sophia, Helmi Elina, August, John Edward, Ida Emilia, John Filbert, Aile Wilhelmina, Selma Alina, and Edna Matilda Lahti. She died at Lake Fork, aged 71.
Family members and descendants began using the surname "Lake" in America, rather than the Finnish "Lahti."
She married John Gust Lahti, also a Finnish emigrant, in 1890. The couple lived for awhile at Coal Springs, Wyoming, then at Pendleton, Oregon before traveling by wagon train with other Finnish families to Long Valley in the fall of 1895 where they homesteaded.
They were among the earliest European settlers in Long Valley. She bore at least 12 children between 1892 and 1915: Oscar Mathias, Hilda Maria, Lyydie (Lydia) Mathilda, Sophia, Helmi Elina, August, John Edward, Ida Emilia, John Filbert, Aile Wilhelmina, Selma Alina, and Edna Matilda Lahti. She died at Lake Fork, aged 71.
Family members and descendants began using the surname "Lake" in America, rather than the Finnish "Lahti."
Hilda was born in the town of Aläjarvi, Finland, the eldest daughter of Matti and Maija Koskela. She arrived in America October 4, 1887 aboard the ship "Werra" with her mother and 5 siblings when she was 14 years old. Her father and eldest brother had arrived in America previously and worked in the coal mines of Wyoming.
She married John Gust Lahti, also a Finnish emigrant, in 1890. The couple lived for awhile at Coal Springs, Wyoming, then at Pendleton, Oregon before traveling by wagon train with other Finnish families to Long Valley in the fall of 1895 where they homesteaded.
They were among the earliest European settlers in Long Valley. She bore at least 12 children between 1892 and 1915: Oscar Mathias, Hilda Maria, Lyydie (Lydia) Mathilda, Sophia, Helmi Elina, August, John Edward, Ida Emilia, John Filbert, Aile Wilhelmina, Selma Alina, and Edna Matilda Lahti. She died at Lake Fork, aged 71.
Family members and descendants began using the surname "Lake" in America, rather than the Finnish "Lahti."
She married John Gust Lahti, also a Finnish emigrant, in 1890. The couple lived for awhile at Coal Springs, Wyoming, then at Pendleton, Oregon before traveling by wagon train with other Finnish families to Long Valley in the fall of 1895 where they homesteaded.
They were among the earliest European settlers in Long Valley. She bore at least 12 children between 1892 and 1915: Oscar Mathias, Hilda Maria, Lyydie (Lydia) Mathilda, Sophia, Helmi Elina, August, John Edward, Ida Emilia, John Filbert, Aile Wilhelmina, Selma Alina, and Edna Matilda Lahti. She died at Lake Fork, aged 71.
Family members and descendants began using the surname "Lake" in America, rather than the Finnish "Lahti."
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Hilda W. Aug 10 1871 - Aug 3, 1942
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Grave marker shows incorrect birth year; church record at Alajarvi, FInland states 1872
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