Johan Albert ORAJÄRVI, b. October 7, 1858 in Övertorneå

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Looking for information about my grandfather Johan Albert ORAJÄRVI, b. October 7, 1858 in Ylitorneå (Övertorneå). He immigrated to the U.S. in 1903. Where did he live? What was his profession? Where is he buried?

Paavo Orajärvi
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95410 Kiviranta, Finland
E-mail: paavo.orajarvi%40luukku.com

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Hi Paavo

This guy is tough to locate! I first tried to find him at the finnish immigration institute but nothing there, neither in passport records or passenger records. So I thought maybe he slipped across the border into Sweden and left for America from there. Nope, he's not on the emigranten cd. So maybe he departed from Norway - no once again.

Is it possible that he used an older form of spelling his name in those days? I saw many Oravajärvi names on the passenger/passport lists. Oh yes, he did not appear at Ellis Island either.
Chuck