Descendants of Juho Kovanen

Generation No. 1

JUHO PETTER KOVANEN was born May 24, 1860 in Enonkoski, Finland . He married Aleksandra Immonen. He died January 7, 1909.

ALEKSANDRA IMMONEN was born in 1860. She died August 13, 1943.

Children of Juho Kovanen and Aleksandra Immonen

1. Emil R. Kovanen bn. July 10, 1882 Enonkoski, Finland; died June 24, 1930 West Orange, New Jersey.
2. Petter J. Kovanen bn. May 28, 1885 Enonkoski, Finland; died May 9, 1950 America.
3. August Kovanen bn. June 21, 1889 Enonkoski,Finland; died July 1964 New Jersey.
4. Saimi E. Kovanen bn. June 29, 1895 Pitkaranta, Finland;
5. Ida Kovanen bn. February 28,1899 Kymi, Finland; died July 26, 1983 Kymi, Finland.
6. Linnea Kovanen bn. May 25, 1901 Nienburg, Germany;

Generation No. 2

EMIL RUDOLF KOVANEN was born July 10, 1882 in Enonkoski, Finland. He emigrated to Corning, New York in 1909. He married Eva Mathilda Kario December 12, 1907 in Finland.He died June 24, 1930 in West Orange, New Jersey.

EVA MATHILDA KARIO was born December 24, 1884 in Kymi, Finland. She emigrated from Finland to America arriving in New York September 4, 1913 on the SS Mauritania bound from Liverpool, England.

Children of Emil R. Kovanen and Eva M. Kario

1. Lilja A. Kovanen bn. April 26,1910 Kotka, Finland; died August 8, 2002 Spencer, New York.
2. Leila Kovanen bn. June 12, 1914 in Corning, New York; died April 30, 1994 Livingston, New Jersey.
3. Laila Kovanen bn. March 1917 Corning New Jersey;

AUGUST KOVANEN was born June 21, 1889 in Finland. He emigrated to America in 1912. He married Amanda ..... probably before emigrating. He appears to have moved first to Ohio before settling in West Orange, New Jersey. Both August and Emil are sharing a home at 573 Valley Road in West Orange at the time of the 1930 census. According to the SSDI, he died July 1964. His wife Amanda was born October 26, 1893 and died in Springfield, New Jersey in April 1980.

Child of August Kovanen and Amanda .....

1. Aili Kovanen bn. 1917 Ohio.

Generation No. 3

LEILA KOVANEN was born June 12, 1914 in Corning New York. She married Albert Entwistle in 1933, probably in West Orange, New Jersey. She died in the home of her son, Albert April 30, 1994 in Livingston, New Jersey.

Children of Albert E. Entwistle and Leila Kovanen

1. Barbara Anne Entwistle bn. February 12, 1935 West Orange, New Jersey; died February 4, 1983 Merrit Island, Florida.
2. Albert Edward Entwistle bn. West Orange, New Jersey; lives Livingston, New Jersey;

LILJA ALEKSANDRA KOVANEN was born April 26, 1910 in Kotka, Finland. She married Eino H. Launonen. She lived in Spencer, New York until her death August 8, 2002.

Children of Eino H. Launonen and Lilja Kovanen

1. John R. Launonen
2. Joan L. Launonen

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