I have been trying to find information about my great grandmother Hilja Kutja for years but have not been able to find anything more than her Death Record and my grandfather's birth record with her name on it.
As far as I know she was born in Finland (don't know where) about 1891. She immigrated to Canada before 1912, but I can't find any record of when or where she entered. The first record I have is my grandfather's BC ( Jalo Johan Gate Anderson born 1 May 1913). It says that she and my great grandfather Manasse Anderson (1887 Finland - 1930 Fort William, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada) were married 5 Oct 1912 in Port Arthur, Thunder Bay.... however I have yet to find a MC to confirm what they told the register. I know that she got T.B. while pregnant with a baby girl who I think was stillborn or died shortly after birth (again I can't find record, but I've seen the grave), she herself than died 7 Dec 1917 Port Arthur, Thunder Bay aged 26 not long after the baby from what I'm told. On Her record of Death it has her listed as Hilja Anderson, but again I don't know if her and Manasse were ever really married. He has himself listed as a widower on military recruitment papers that are dated twice (once while Hilja was sick in hospital on 9 Nov 1917 and again in 1918. However I found a MC for Manasse and his second wife 10 May 1918, on which he is listed as a Bachelor not a widower....
I would really like to find out where she came from and anything about her family. Any help would be amazing and Thank you for reading my long winded story!! X