My Niemi (Niemiesty or Niemisto) came from Finland before or about 1915...and settled in the iron range area of Minnesota...my Grandfather Matthew Niemi died young in Eveleth, Minn. in an iron mine accident..which left him sick in Nopemhing Santorium...my Father was Walter Henry Niemi..born in Cherry Minn...schooled and grauated in Mt.Iron Minn....His mother was Anna Elizabeth Ikola Niemi Comeau...his sister was Helen Niemi Baratta...this information may help someone...and may help me find out some info..regarding Matthew Niemi and his young cousins who migrated to Minnesota as young adventerous men...to find a better life.......thanks Priscilla