1947  Knight ... Village of Iron Belt

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Knight

VILLAGE OF IRON BELT

 

 

Officers

Chairman - Leo Krankkala                       Treasurer - Edla A. Gallagher

Supervisor - Marco Gotta                      Assessor - Onni N. Hill

Supervisor - William Levra                     Constable - Bernard Testolin

Clerk - Eleanor Trione

 

 

Board of Education

 

Director - Reino Kangas                        Treasurer - Fred Lantta

Clerk - Amelia Sekelsky                  Principal - Gustave Bystrom

 

 

Schools

Iron Belt High School                Iron Belt Grade School

Churches

Catholic Church                 Finnish Lutheran Church

Presbyterian Church

 

 

CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY

 

Gasoline Service Stations

Louis D. Buccanero       

Arvid Soine

Iron Belt Co-op Filling Station

 

 

Insurance

Trione, Eleanor

 

 

Stores

Barto Grocery & Confectionery Store                  Iron Belt Co-op Store

          Fossatti & Rosi Meat Market               Krankkala Grocery Store

 

 

Taverns

Borca, John                      O'Berto, Battista

Calligaro, Lawrence A             Zanella,  Mrs Grace

Franzoi, Mrs Sybella                           Zinzarella, Mrs Lena

Gentile, Mrs Josephine

 

 

Alphabetical Directory

P. 0. Address: Iron Belt

 

A

Aho, Andrew ...  retired

Aho, Erick (Josephine) ... retired

Anttila, John ... farm laborer

Anttila, Herman (Fanny) ... farmer  (2)

B

Barto, Louis (Anna) ... prop, confectionery & grocery

Barto, Silvio (Rose) ... blacksmith, Cary Mine (2)

Bay, Helena (widow of Oscar) ...

Belanger, Magdalene (widow of Thomas) ... (2)

Bjork, Jonas (Elena) ... retired

Bjork, Raphael (Alice) ... laborer, Penokee Veneer Co Mellen

Bjork, Reino (Anna) ... logger, Bjork Bros (3)

Bjork, Toivo (Virginia) ... logger, Bjork Bros (1)

Bjork, Urho (Martha) ... logger, Bjork Bros (2)

Bonacci, Andrew (Bertha) ... electrician, Montreal Mine (2)

Blorea, John (Piernnia) ... prop, tavern

Borca, Rudolph (Phyllis) ... switchman, Soo Line (2)

Borca, Vincent (Constance) ... brakeman, Soo Line Ironwood (1)

Borgaro, Jack (Antoinette) ... motorman, Montreal Mine (2)

Borgaro, Pio (Domenica) ... farmer

Borgaro, Theresa ...

Brost, Lawrence (Mary) ...

Brown, Chas (Marie) ... pipe foreman, Montreal Mine

Buccanero, Alex (Anna) ... miner, Mortreal Mine (5)

Buccanero, Arthur (Helen) ... miner, Cary Mine

Buccanero, Louis D (Jessie) ... prop, Buccanero Garage (1)

Buccanero, Louis J (Elsie) ... miner, Montreal Mine

Buccanero, Warren ... Penokee Veneer Co Mellen

Burzinski, Andrew (Katherine) ... miner, Montreal Mine (3)

Burzinski, Neufrey ... logger

Bystrom, Gloria ... student, State Teachers College Superior

Bystrom, Gustave (Margaret) ... supt, Iron Belt Schools, Dist 1 (11)

C

Calligaro, Lawrence A (Sandra) ... prop, Calligaro Tavern & miner, Montreal Mine (2)

Chiapusio, Albert (Viola) ... timberman, Montreal Mine (1)

Cortichiato, Mark (Delia) ... miner, Montreal Mine (1)

Cramer, August (Mary) ... brakeman, Soo Line (1)

D

Danielson, Harold (Mary) ... miner, Republic Steel Ironwood (1)

Daronco, Marion (Irene) ... miner, Montreal Mine (5)

Delodder, George (Alice) ... miner, Republic Steel Ironwood

Delodder, Harold ... miner, Montreal Mine

DeZur, Donald ... laborer, Penokee Veneer Co Mellen

DeZur, Jos (Mary) ... motorman, Montreal Mine

E

Eilo, Ina ... 

Eilo, Nick (Edith) ... shift boss, Montreal Mine

Eilo, Oscar (Teckla) ... merchant (1)

Eilo, Sulo T (Pearl) ... laborer, Conservation Commission Iron Co (6)

Eilo, Verner ... section, Soo Line

Erickson Caroline (widow of Gabriel) ...

Erickson, Selma ...

F

Fossatti, Joan ... student, New York

Fossatti, Louis (Mary) ... co-owner, Fossati & Rosi Market (1)

Franzoi, Ada ... teacher, Superior Wis

Franzoi, Bruno (Sybella) ... prop, tavern (4)

Franzoi, Louisa (widow of Joseph) ...

Franzoi, Ludwig ... brakeman, Soo Line

G

Gallagher, Edward (Edla) ... telegraph operator, Soo Line

Garro, John (Evelyn) ... miner, Montreal Mine (3)

Garro, Mary (widow of Lawrence) ...

Gentile, Josephine (widow of Anton) ... prop, tavern

Gotta, Antonia (widow of Battista) ...

Gotta, Joseph ...  farmer

Gotta, Marco (Clara) ... clerk, Hurley Electric Hurley

Gottwald, Augusta ...

Gottwald, Louis ... carpenter, T J Leppi Ironwood

Gottwald, Rose (widow of Wm) ...

Gustafson, Leander (Josephine) ... pensioned

H

Hakala, Aaron ... laborer

Hakala, Arvo ... logger

Hakala, Jack (widower) ... retired

Hakala, Oliver (Helen) ... laborer (1)

Harma, Elmer (Betty) ... miner, Montreal Mine (1)

Harma, Ida (widow of Nante) ... farmer

Harma, John (Anna) ... truck driver, Iron County

Harma, Oliver (Dorothy) ... miner, Montreal Mine (3)

Hemming, Thorval (Bertha) ... road laborer

Hemming, Urho ... miner, Montreal Mine

Hemming, Victor (widower) ... retired

Herlevi, Alexander (Fina) ...

Herlevi, Oiva ... laborer

Herlevi, Reino (Mary) ... miner, Montreal Mine (3)

Herlevi, Richard ... laborer

Herrala, Martin ... laborer, J Maki Farm

Herrala, Matt ... blacksmith, Montreal Mine

Hill, Frank (Mary) ... retired

Hill, Henry (widower) ... retired

Hill, Hulda (widow of Oscar) ...

Hill, Onni (Tynne) ... carpenter, Cary Mine & Town Assessor (2)

Hill, Reino ... farmer

Hill, William ... farmer

Hockin, George (Olive) ... miner, Montreal Mine (3)

J

Jackson, Bernard (Viola) ... miner, Montreal Mine (2)

Jackson, Jack (Ida) ... farmer

Jackson, Reino (Vienna) ... miner, Montreal Mine (3)

Johnson, Edward ... retired.

Joose, Onnie V ... farmer, O Karinen farm

Juntti, Toivo (Irga) ... laborer, Conservation Commission Iron County

K

Kallio, Arvo (Aino) ... carpenter, T J Leppi Ironwood

Kallio, William ... carpenter, T J Leppi Ironwood

Kangas, Alma (widow of Victor) ...

Kangas, August (Ida) ... road laborer

Kangas, Eino (Laila) ... farmer (3)

Kangas, Mary (widow of Herman) ...

Kangas, Nick (Sallie) ... farmer (1)

Kangas, Onni (Irma) ... mgr, Iron Belt Coop Store

Kangas, Sam (Jennie) ... carpenter, Montreal Mine

Kangas, Waino  ...

Karinen, Abel (Josephine) ... carpenter, Becker Mfg Co (2)

Karinen, Sophia (widow of Jack) farmer ...

Kentala, Emil A ... farmer

Kentala, Emil J (Lillian) ... miner, Montreal Mine

Kivi, Wilbur (Lillian) ... miner, Montreal Mine (3)

Korpi, Jalmer (Wilma) ... laborer

Korpi, Wm ... woodsman

Koski, Einari (Mary) ... farmer

Krankkala, Lauri M (Ilena) ... miner, Montreal Mine (5)

Krankkala, Leo (Ivy) ... prop, Krankkala Grocery Store & Town Chairman (1)

Kryzewski, John (Theresa) ... (3)

L

Laajala, Julius (Mildred) ... timberman Cary Mine (2)

Lake, Arthur ... miner, Ironton Mine

Lake, Arvie ... laborer, Penokee Veneer Co Mellen

Lake, Frank (Fina) f... armer

Lake, Nielo ... miner, Cary Mine

Lantta, Fred (Gertrude) ... stationary engineer, Castile Mine Ramsay (4)

Lantta, Matt (Lydia) ... retired

Lantta, Stanley (Vivian) ... miner, Montreal Mine (1)

Lappi, Otto ... woodsman

Lauri Wm (Hulda) ...

Leinon, Raymond (Lillian) ... logger (2)

Leppi, Mary (widow of Victor) ...

Levra, Agnes ...

Levra, Anton (Irene) ... miner, Cary Mine (2)

Levra, John M (Mary) ... blacksmith, Montreal Mine (1)

Levra, Jos Jr ... road laborer

Levra, Jos (Mary) ... repairman, Montreal Mine (2)

Levra, Lorraine ... student, State Teachers Superior

Levra, Louis (Margaret) ... miner, Montreal Mine (5)

Levra, Thomasina ...

Levra, Wn (Dorothy) ... miner, Montreal Mine (2)

Lyons, Richard (Lydia) ... farmer

M

Maki, Jack (Mary) ... farmer

Mandelin, Arthur (Emma) ... policeman, Cary Mine (5)

Mandelin, Chas (Florence) ... (6)

Mandelin, Frank ... laborer

Mann, Harold ... surfaceman, Montreal Mine

Mann, Jennie ...

Marolla, Bert Jr ... laborer, Penokee Veneer Co Mellen

Marolla, Bert Sr (Ethel) ... foreman, Soo Line (1)

Marolla, Domenica (widow of Victor) ...

Mattson, Chas (Lizzie) ... retired

Mattson, Conrad (Martha) ... farmer (3)

Mattson, Eino (Delores) ... section, Soo Line (4)

Mattson, Florence (widow of Edwin) ... (4)

Mattson, Matt (Mary) ... retired

Miles, Worrel C (widower) ... pensioned

Moha, John (Elizabeth) ... retired

Morello, Cesare (Hortense) ...

Morello, Guido ... miner, Montreal Mine

Morello, Henry ... laborer, Penokee Veneer Co Mellen

Myllykangas, Matt (Alrna) ... farmer & blacksmith

Myllykangas, Taisto (Martha) ... miner, Cary Mine (4)

N

Nelson, Emil (Elsie)...  retired (1)

Nelson, Linda ...

Nevala, Elena (widow of Jacob) ...

Nevela, Matt ... woodsman

Nevela, Pearl ...

Nevela, William (Esther) ... surfaceman, Cary Mine

Nolan, Theodore A (Dora) ... Country, Supt of Schools (3)

O

O'Berto Battista (Catherine) ... retired

O'Berto, Battista (Emilia) ... prop, Tavern

O'Berto, Clement (Mariana) ... retired

O'Berto, John (Helen) ... miner, Cary Mine

O'Berto, Louis ... miner, Cary Mine

O'Berto, Morse ... farmer

O'Day, Gerald (Irene) ... miner, Cary Mine

Olson, Edward (Lillian) ... miner, Montreal Mine (1)

Olson, Walter (Catherine) ... stationary engineer, Cary Mine (2)

Oman, Frank ... farmhand, R Lyons farm

P

Perrero, Anton (Angeline) ... section, Soo Line

Perrero, Bernard ... section, Soo Line

Perrero, Jos ... section Soo Line

Perrero, Katherine ...

Peterson, Charles (Tena) ... miner, Montreal Mine (2)

Posa, Anna (widow of Louis) ...

R

Rakala, Jacob (widower) ... retired

Recla, Louis ... miner, Montreal Mine

Ricca, Constance (widow of Louis) ...

Ricca, John ... farmer

Richards, John Berline (Katherine) ... surfaceman, Montreal Mine

Rigotti, August (Margaret) ... miner

Ronn, August (widower) ... retired

Rosi, Hannibal (Mary) ... co-owner, Fossatti & Rosi Store

S

Saari, Eino (Ethel) ... carpenter, T J Leppi Ironwood

Saari, John (Sadie) ... miner, Montreal Mine (2)

Salo, Andrew ... laborer

Salo, Paul ... retired

Schofield, Grace (widow) ...

Schofield, Hiram ... logger

Sekelsky, Andrew (Amelia) ... section, Soo Line (2)

Selves, Esther (widow of Reginald) ... (2)

Selves, Lyle (Margaret) ... miner, Montreal Mine (5)

Siirila, Arne ... miner, Montreal Mine

Siirila, Eino ... laborer Penokee Veneer Co Mellen

Siirila, Maria (widow of Wm) ...

Skoviera, John (Viola) ... miner, Montreal Mine (3)

Snarski, Alexander (Kathryn) ... miner, Montreal Mine (4)

Soine, Arvid (Esther) ... prop, service station (1)

Strick, Edward Jr (Esther) ... student, Gogebic J C (1)

Strick, Edward Sr (Evalina) ... logger

Sullivan, Angeline (widow of Michael) ... (1)

Sullivan, Bernard ... laborer, Penokee Veneer Co Mellen

Sullivan, Edward ... miner, Montreal Mine

Sullivan, Inez ... student, Superior Wis

Sullivan, Joseph H ... miner, Montreal Mine

Sundstrom, Wilfred (Rose) ... miner, Montreal Mine (3)

Swanson, Marjorie (widow of Carl) ... student, Gogebic J C

Swanson, Peter (widower) ...

T

Talkowski, Leonard (Ricka) ... miner, Montreal Mine (1)

Testolin, Bernard (Angeline) ... police & health officer, Knight

Testolin, Mary (widow of Barney) ...

Trione, Eleanor (widow of John) ... Town Clerk, Insurance Agent & Notary Public

Trione, John (Martha) ... motorman, Cary Mine

U

Umland, Theodore (Eleanor) ... laborer, Garage Ironwood

V

Vandershaegen, Andrew (Lydia) ... miner, Montreal Mine

Vandershaegen, August (Virginia) ... laborer

   correction:

   Van Der Schaegen, August (Eugenie)  Iron Belt laborer

        Corrections requested by Jerry Van Der Schaegen & Pete VanDerSchaegen     

 

Vandershaegen, Julius (Hortense) ... janitor, Iron Belt School

Vandershaegen, Valere (Hattie) ... miner, Montreal Mine (3)

Vandevoorde, Lawrence ... laborer, Penokee Veneer Co Mellen

Vandevoorde, Raymond (Godelieve) ... miner, Cary Mine (2)

 

W

Walta, Joseph Jr (Marian) ... blacksmith, Montreal Mine (2)

Walta, Joseph Sr (Mary) ... pumpman, Iron Belt Water Commission

Walta, Louis (Josephine) ... miner, Montreal Mine (2)

Weber, Louis ... Deputy Sheriff

Wiita, Eino E (Violet) ... brakeman, Soo Line (2)

Wiita, Fanny (widow of John) ...

Wirtanen, Eino ... retired

Worlin, John (Anna) ... farmer

Z

Zanella, Frank (Grace) ... prop, Tavern (1)

Zanella, Gloria ... RN

Zanella, Gordon (Florence) ... miner, Cary Mine (1)

Zinzarella, Lena ... prop, Zinzarella Tavern (1)