Great Grandfather's Gardner, Mass Contributions

Gardner, Massachusetts was a stopping point from Vaasa, Finland, birthplace of my Great-Grandfather Johan Emil Kuniholm, enroute Seattle. He and Carlson built the First Lutheran Church 

late in the nineteenth century.  By the time Johan left Gardner, it was the furniture capitol of the world, no less than twenty furniture factories.  Johan brought his wicker furniture skill to Seattle in 1890, opening the shop Queen Anne Reed Art Furniture at 315 McGraw.