FRANK or FRANC d'WAINIO-non-adoptive-father of my mother. ELFERS-LEWIS.
Frank or Franc was born in Turku, FINLAND, 1888 and died in So., CA 1978. He married three times, his first which resulted in a daughter was in Finland. His second was in NYC to a native Finn, who died at a young age in NYC, leaving Frank with five small children-one was my mother. His business had failed and his wife had died-NYC.
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Frank d'WAINIO, was born in Turku, Finland in 1888. Frank had married at a young age in Finland and had one daughter, that marriage ended in divorce and he left Finland and came to the US. My mother one of his five children with his second wife, who died of infection at an early age in NYC, and left Frank with 5 young children, 3 of whom he put up for adoption, (only 2 WERE adopted-the other a son adopted by a MAXWELL,family and my mother adopted by the ELFERS, NYC 1925) Frank's restaurant in NYC,NY (FINNISH) had failed. He then moved to Little Rock AR, started a small motel, then to CA, where he lived for the rest of his life and apparently remarried to a MARIA, who also, died in CA.
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Franc or Frank d'WAINIO, born Turku, Finland 1888. Dec'd in So., CA 1978-a Grandfather of mine.
1888-1978 | Turku, Finland, NYC,NY,Southern, CA
Frank was the natural-legitimate father of Marie Louise ELFERS-LEWIS< at her death 12/2001. My mother was born Annibrita d'WAINIO, in New York City, where she was adopted by the Herman & Katherine EVERS-ELFERS, family. 3 of five of Frank's children from his 2nd marriage were put up for adotpion, his wife had died and his
restaurant (FINNISH) in NYC, NY, had failed, so he put the 3 youngest children up for "adoption" 2 girls and a son, two were adopted one a daughter remained in the adoptions home till she died, in her 80's, I bleieve as my mother in later years DID, have some contact with her. That duahgter somewhat older than my mother never married, nor had children. Frank moved to Little Rock, AR, after the failure of his restaurant, in NYC and started up a small motel, which did well enough, he then moved to CA, where he lived had a small motel and died at age 90. His third was was apparently Maria WAINIO. 1920 United States Federal Census
about Frank Wainio Name: Frank Wainio
[Frank Wainis] 
Home in 1920: Brooklyn Assembly District 9, Kings, New York Age: 31 years Estimated Birth Year: abt 1889 Birthplace: Finland Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Annie B Father's Birth Place: Finland Mother's Birth Place: Finland Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Male Home owned: Rent Year of Immigration: 1915 Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Image: 331 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: NameAge Frank Wainio 31 Annie B Wainio 26 Ellen Wainio 3/12 View
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Finland Death: Jan 1979
Tujunga, Los Angeles, California, United States of America Spouse & Children 
Annie Brita – 1923
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Marie Louise ELFERS 
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- Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956
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1915 Age: 27 Arrival
Sault Ste Marie Michigan
1920 Age: 32 Residence
Brooklyn Assembly District 9, Kings, New York
1925 29 Jun Age: 36 Arrival
New York, New York
1930 Age: 42 Residence
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
1979 Jan Age: 90 Death
Tujunga, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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