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| *[[ http://www.hannabasinmuseum.com/hanna-1903-explosion-fatality-list.html | another list with town names]] The 5 Longi surnames are from Yliveteli, which some maps place A south of Veteli. | *[[ http://www.hannabasinmuseum.com/hanna-1903-explosion-fatality-list.html | another list with town names]] The 5 Longi surnames are from Yliveteli, which some maps place a few kilometers south of Veteli. |
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| Emily did not lose her father or brothers to the explosions, but may have lost uncles. Finns were expendable immigrant trash, the northern "white wetbacks" of the early 20th century. | Emily did not lose her father or brothers to the explosions, but may have lost uncles. === 19th century Finnish immigration === Finns were expendable immigrant trash, the northern "white wetbacks" of the early 20th century. They did not face today's racist border paranoia; as northern Europeans, they only had to pass a medical exam for communicable diseases. If they came in through Ellis Island and failed the exam, they were eligible for a stay at the [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_Island_Immigrant_Hospital | Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital ]] until they recovered, or given a free trip back at the steamship company's expense. My guess is that William and Lizzie did not pass through Ellis Island, but disembarked in Canada, and travelled by rail through Canada and Minnesota to Wyoming, their paper trail intentionally obscured by the Union Pacific company to enforce servitude. Wyoming was a territory before 1890, and documentation was minimal. My grandfather Johan Sigurd Lofstrom also disembarked in Canada in 1911, a generation later. I have his steamship ticket. |
Emily Longi
Emily Longi was born December 1897 in Carbon, Wyoming, of Finnish ancestry. She married Johan Sigfried Lofstrom in Astoria Oregon on December 29, 1917 and had two children, Hubert and Sigurd. She died in the Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Oregon on December 22, 1950.
Father |
William Longi |
May 1868 |
Immigrated from Finland 1882 |
Married 1886 (estimated) |
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Mother |
Lizzie (??) |
June 1864 |
Immigrated from Finland 1885 |
10 children, 7 alive in 1900 |
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Sister |
Ida Longi |
November 1888 |
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Sister |
Hilla Longi |
March 1890 |
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Brother |
William Longi |
November 1891 |
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Brother |
Elmer Longi |
November 1893 |
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Sister |
Lempi Longi |
March 1896 |
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Emily Longi |
December 1897 |
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Brother |
John Longi |
June 1899 |
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Hanna Mine #1 Disaster of 1903, killed 96 Finnish immigrant coal miners
another list with town names The 5 Longi surnames are from Yliveteli, which some maps place a few kilometers south of Veteli.
The Union Pacific mines used gouging, digging downwards to get the coal more cheaply. Safer practice involves sinking the main shaft all the way to the bottom of the works, then mining upwards, so that gas collects below the working area. Miners carried "safety lamps" which theoretically reduced risk, but sometimes opened them to light their pipes (!). A second disaster in 1908 killed 59 more. The mine was closed after that.
Emily did not lose her father or brothers to the explosions, but may have lost uncles.
19th century Finnish immigration
Finns were expendable immigrant trash, the northern "white wetbacks" of the early 20th century. They did not face today's racist border paranoia; as northern Europeans, they only had to pass a medical exam for communicable diseases. If they came in through Ellis Island and failed the exam, they were eligible for a stay at the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital until they recovered, or given a free trip back at the steamship company's expense.
My guess is that William and Lizzie did not pass through Ellis Island, but disembarked in Canada, and travelled by rail through Canada and Minnesota to Wyoming, their paper trail intentionally obscured by the Union Pacific company to enforce servitude. Wyoming was a territory before 1890, and documentation was minimal.
My grandfather Johan Sigurd Lofstrom also disembarked in Canada in 1911, a generation later. I have his steamship ticket.