| NORTH SPENCER In 1919 Herman and Lina Savunen and their children Laimi, Martha, Linrea (Betty), Hubert, Anna and Esther settled on a dairy farm, now owned by W. Grimes, on the Ithaca Road. They came from Rudyard, Michigan where they had also owned a dairy farm. A daughter, Lempi, was born after the move to North Spencer. Also in 1919, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pelto and children Lempi, Richard, Anna and Tina moved to a farm on Hillview Road. They came from Cumberland, Michigan where Charles had worked in the copper mines. Several years later, Robert Lehto and children Voitto, Wiljo, Wilho, Lydia, Helen, Anna and Sylvia moved to a farm on the Hulbert Hollow Road. They had previously lived on their farm on Seely Hill. They came to this area from Michigan. Mrs. Lehto died when the youngest child was an infant. |