Reverend S.H. Ronka and Family
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- Title
- Reverend S.H. Ronka and Family
- Author
- Saari Photograph Studio
- Publication year listed
- 1909
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- Public domain eBook
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Reverend S.H. Ronka and Family
Author: Saari, A.A.
Year: 1909
Matted photograph of Reverend Samuli Heikki Ronka with his wife and four children. The parents are seated, with the two oldest boys standing in the back, with a toddler on the Reverend's lap and an infant standing on the mother's lap. Ronka was pastor at the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church in Astoria, Oregon from 1905 - 1910. The photograph was taken by Saari Photograph Studio at 212 14th Street in Astoria. Written in pencil on the back of the photo: "Rev. S.H. Ronka" "Fredrik" ""G.Dak? (slightly unreadable)" Size: 9" x 7"; photo order L to R seated: Ida with Yrjo on lap, Rev. Ronka with Lauri on lap; standing L to R: Aarne, Ensio Per Fin003 : Pastor Samuel H. Ronka b.01.31.1863 his wife Ida Maria b. 08.11.1874 4 sons : Ensio Kaarlo Fredrik b. 01.25.1898 Aarne Heikki b. 05.18.1900 Lauri Hmari Samuel b. 01.14.1907; baptized 01.31.1907 (per Fin004, p. 131) Yrjo Rafael b. 04.27.1909; baptized 06.05.1909 (per Fin004, p. 161) per a descendant, a fifth son, Toimi, was born in 1914 in Gloucester, MA