Hi Kathy
A new data base is open at Ancestry.com with passport applications for people in the US to apply for one to visit their ancestral homelands.I found this
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U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925
about Johannes Emil Frans
Name: Johannes Emil Frans
Birth Date: 5 Aug 1902
Birth Place: Dollar Bay, Michigan
Residence: Dollar Bay, Michigan
Passport Issue Date: 22 Jun 1922
Father Name: Johannes Frans
Father's Birth Location: Petalaks, Finland
Father's Residence: Petalaks, Finland
Passport Includes a Photo: Y
Source: Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925 (M1490)

His father was from Petalax /Petolahti Finland
Births are on line at Hiski for it up until 1880
regards,
alicia