| Summary: | They moved to Rolla and took a homestead in 1897. There are four boys and five daughters in the family, with one daughter having passed away as an infant. Matti Kakela passed away on April 29, 1939. Mrs. Kakela passed away on March 10, 1951. The Kakelas were members of the Apostolic Lutheran church and Mr. Kakela was lay preacher of the church for many years. John Mattson (Matkaselka) John Mattson, Finnish name Matkaselka, was born in Oulainen, Oulun laani, Finland on July 8, 1871. He came to the U.S.A. in the summer of 1891 to Minnesota. His wife Hilda Mattson (Waara) was born on July 20, 1877, in Pajala, Norbotten, Sweden. She came to the U.S. in June 1892 to New York Mills, Minnesota. They were married in Ely, Minnesota in July 1896. They came to Rolla, North Dakota in March 1898 and lived on a farm with living rights. To them were born 12 chhdren, 8 boys and 4 girls of which 10 are living. One daughter died in infancy and one boy in adulthood. Mrs. Mattson died on May 30, 1935. John Mattson died January 25, 1955. They succeeded in their farming efforts and left their chhdren twelve and a half quarters of land. Both of the deaceased are buried in the Apostolic Lutheran Cemetery in Mt. View township. M.R. Iver Bykonen Mr. and Mrs. Iver Bykonen are among the early pioneers and residents of Mount View township, Towner County. Iver Bykonen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Abel Bykonen, was born Oct. 28, 1878, at Suomu- 173 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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