Peter August Kaski's journey to America

At the age of 26, Peter August Kaski brought our Kaski branch to the United States.

He started the ship portion of his journey with a 40 hour trip on the SS Rollo from Gothenburg, Sweden to Hull, England.  Most emigrants would then take the Paragon Railway train between Hull and Liverpool.

From Liverpool, Peter August Kaski then sailed for 10 days on the S.S. Aurania to New York, disembarking on April 24, 1903. 

On the ship manifest below, Peter A. Kaski is listed on line 10. He declared having $12 in his pocket and was headed to Bryant, South Dakota. Originally, it was written that he was headed to meet his brother, J. Kaski, but that was then crossed out and replaced with the name Oskar Peterson of Deadwood, South Dakota. There is evidence that his brother, Jakob Krister Kaski was in Bryant by 1911, and is likely the brother referenced in this record.

How he made his journey from New York to Bryant has, thus far, been lost to time, but we know he would end up in Bryant, South Dakota eventually, which is where he married his wife, Mariah Alvina Ecklund 5 years later.

Do you know more of this story? If so, I would love to hear and record it for the future.

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