Individual Details

(Saima) Sanni Sofia Raiha

(13 Sep 1900 - 21 Oct 1978)

from Joan Bates's notes 1990:

Married Frank Salo. I met her just after Rudy Raiha and KD were killed in 1972... she called to give me the message and so I would call my mother. My mom would visit her, and I did too, and she gave me the family history printed above. The 1910 census had Saima down as Sama, a son! Saima and her friend, Oscar would stop by and see us when they were smelting at Sucker River. It was a privilege to sit with her at her deathbed and in her casket, she looked amazingly like my mother, thought they had different coloring.. I will write more about this dear person for my family later. Saima is the one who told me about Elmer and I did talk to him on the phone a few times, but we never met. My grown children knew Robert Raiho's son Jim when they both worked at Miller Hill Mall. My son Colin got Jim's security guard job - now Colin is the head of maintenance there.

Events

Birth13 Sep 1900Kalajoki, Finland
Immigration1907Sawyer, Minnesota, United States
Marriage20 Jun 1923Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States - Jack Kivi
Death21 Oct 1978Duluth, Minnesota, United States
MarriageFrank Salo

Families

SpouseFrank Salo ( - )
SpouseJack Kivi ( - )
FatherJonas Jeremiasson "Jeremiaanpoika" Raiha (1871 - 1913)
MotherMarie Maria Andersdotter Mattonen (1873 - 1906)
SiblingAili Maria Raiha (1896 - 1971)
SiblingJohan Arvid Raiha (1898 - 1946)

Notes