Primary Name: Graf, Anna Kunigunde (Bach; Zengel)

Filed as: graf_anna_kunigunde

Also known as: Anna Kunigunde Bach; Anna Bach-Zengel; Anna Zengel; Anna Zengel-Graf

Occupation / Association: Pioneer resident

Born: 1863, Vindsheim, Germany

Died: November 18, 1918, Douglas, Alaska

Parents: Peter Bach and Julia Miller Bach

Spouse: Michael Zengel; Robert Graf

Children: Four daughters

Associated places: Vindsheim Germany; Long Branch New Jersey; Douglas Alaska; Juneau Alaska; Taku Harbor Alaska

Keywords: Anna Kunigunde Bach Zengel Graf, Anna Zengel Graf, Bach family Juneau, Douglas City Cemetery

Biography

Anna Kunigunde Bach-Zengel-Graf was born in Vindsheim, Germany, in 1863 to Peter Bach and Julia Miller Bach.

She spent most of her life in the eastern United States and moved north to Alaska from Long Branch, New Jersey. Anna lived on Douglas Island and in Juneau for approximately four years.

Anna first married Michael Zengel, who owned the Long Branch. After his death, she married Robert Graf, who owned a barber shop in Long Branch. Robert Graf lived in the eastern United States with their four daughters.

While in Alaska, Anna stayed briefly with her brother, Frank Bach, before she was moved to the hospital. Another brother, George Bach, lived in Taku Harbor.

Anna Kunigunde Bach-Zengel-Graf died on November 18, 1918, at the age of 55 at St. Ann's Hospital in Douglas due to complications of the disease. She was attended by Dr. G. R. Sargeant.

She was buried in the Douglas City Cemetery in a metal casket with the expectation that her remains would eventually be shipped back to New Jersey for final interment. H. V. Sully served as the undertaker.

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Primary name: Yorke, Sybil

Also known as: Sybil Fuller; Sybil York

Filed under: Y

Research notes: Married name Fuller. Variants should redirect researchers here.

Sybil Yorke was born on April 9, 1910, in Hillsboro, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.

She died on December 4, 1916 at age 6, and was buried in the Douglas Eagles Cemetery.

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Primary Name: Lena Wortman

Filed as: Wortman, Lena

Born: 1862

Died: 1918 (about age 55)

Burial: Douglas Eagles Cemetery, Douglas, Alaska

Spouse: Most likely married to Charles Wortman

Biography

Lena Wortman was born in 1862. She was most likely the wife of Charles Wortman. Lena died in 1918 at approximately 55 and was buried in the Douglas Eagles Cemetery.

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Von Dahlern, Otto

Died: November 1912, Tenakee, Alaska

Burial: Douglas Eagles Cemetery, Douglas, Alaska

Biography

Otto Von Dahlern was an early resident of Southeast Alaska during the territorial period.

He died in November 1912 in Tenakee, Alaska, a small community on Chichagof Island known during the early twentieth century for its fishing, mining, and trading activity.

Following his death, Von Dahlern was buried in the Douglas Eagles Cemetery in Douglas, Alaska. The cemetery served as a burial ground for many early residents of the Juneau–Douglas area and reflects the diverse population that lived and worked in the region during Alaska’s formative years.

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Primary Name: Varlijan, Frank

Filed as: Varlijan, Frank

Also known as: Frank Varlijan

Occupation / Association: Resident of Douglas, Alaska

Associated places: Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Austria

Keywords: Frank Varlijan, Varlijan family, Douglas Alaska residents, Douglas Eagles Cemetery burials, Juneau Douglas families, Austrian immigrants Alaska, early Douglas residents, Southeast Alaska families

Biography

Frank Varlijan was born on November 4, 1883, in Austria. Like many immigrants of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, he eventually made his way to Alaska during the territorial period.

He lived in the Douglas–Juneau area of Southeast Alaska, a region closely connected with the mining and maritime economy surrounding Gastineau Channel.

Frank Varlijan died on August 6, 1948, at the age of sixty-four. He was buried in the Douglas Eagles Cemetery, one of the historic burial grounds associated with the community of Douglas.

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Primary Name: Stoft, John Wesley, Jr.

Filed as: Stoft, John Wesley, Jr.

Also known as: John Wesley Stoft Jr.

Occupation / Association: Child resident of Douglas, Alaska

Associated places: Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Douglas Eagles Cemetery

Keywords: John Wesley Stoft Jr., Stoft family Douglas Alaska, Douglas Eagles Cemetery burials, Douglas Alaska residents, early Douglas families, Juneau Douglas history, Southeast Alaska families

Biography

John Wesley Stoft, Jr. was born in 1907 and was a member of the Stoft family living in the Douglas–Juneau area of Southeast Alaska during the early twentieth century.

He died in 1913 at approximately five years of age. His burial took place in the Douglas Eagles Cemetery, one of the historic cemeteries associated with the community of Douglas, Alaska.

Records of his life and burial survive through genealogical and cemetery documentation relating to the early families of the Juneau–Douglas area.

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Stevenson, James

Born: 1884

Died: June 9, 1926 (age 42)

Place of death: Ketchikan, Alaska

Burial: Douglas Eagles Cemetery, Douglas, Alaska

Biography

James Stevenson was born in 1884 and lived during the period when Southeast Alaska’s coastal communities were developing alongside the region’s mining, fishing, and maritime industries.

Stevenson died in Ketchikan, Alaska, on June 9, 1926, at the age of 42.

He was buried in the Douglas Eagles Cemetery in Douglas, Alaska, one of the historic burial grounds serving the early residents of the Juneau–Douglas area during Alaska’s territorial period.

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Primary Name: Shudshift, Pearl

Filed as: Shudshift, Pearl

Also known as: Pearl Shudshift

Occupation / Association: Douglas, Alaska resident

Associated places: Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska

Keywords: Pearl Shudshift, Shudshift family Douglas Alaska, Arne Geirmmund Shudshift family, Douglas Eagles Cemetery, early Douglas Alaska families

Biography

Pearl Shudshift was born in 1917 and is believed to have been the daughter of Arne Geirmmund Shudshift and Ernne Geirmmund Shudshift.

She died in April 1926 at approximately eight years of age. Pearl Shudshift was buried in the Douglas Eagles Cemetery in Douglas, Alaska.

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Kronquist-Shudshift, Enne Victoria

Born: 1895

Died: 1976 (about age 80)

Burial: Douglas Eagles Cemetery, Douglas, Alaska

Possible family: Wife of Arne Geirmmund Shudshift; mother of Pearl Shudshift

Biography

Enne Victoria Kronquist-Shudshift was born in 1895. She is believed to have been connected with the Shudshift family of the Juneau–Douglas area.

Available records suggest that she may have been the wife of Arne Geirmmund Shudshift and the mother of Pearl Shudshift, though the exact details of these relationships require additional confirmation.

Enne Victoria Kronquist-Shudshift died in 1976 at approximately 80 years of age. She was buried in the Douglas Eagles Cemetery, one of the historic burial grounds serving the early residents and families of Douglas Island and the surrounding Juneau community.

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Primary Name: Shudshift, Arne Geirmmund

Filed as: Shudshift, Arne Geirmmund

Also known as: Arne G. Shudshift

Occupation / Association: Early Alaska resident

Associated places: Norway; Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska

Keywords: Arne Geirmmund Shudshift, Arne G Shudshift, Enne Victoria Kronquist Shudshift, Pearl Shudshift, Douglas Eagles Cemetery, Douglas Alaska, pioneers, Norwegian immigrants Alaska

Biography

Arne Geirmund Shudshift was born April 2, 1894, in Norway.

He may have been the husband of Enne Victoria Kronquist Shudshift and the father of Pearl Shudshift.

Arne Shudshift died in May 1980 at the age of 86 and was buried in the Douglas Eagles Cemetery in Douglas, Alaska.

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Schramm, Emil

Born: September 22, 1892, Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington

Died: August 30, 1908, Douglas, Alaska

Burial: Douglas Eagles Cemetery, Douglas, Alaska

Biography

Emil Schramm was born on September 22, 1892, in Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington.

He later lived in the Juneau–Douglas area of Southeast Alaska during the territorial period.

Schramm died on August 30, 1908, in Douglas, Alaska, at the age of fifteen. He was buried in the Douglas Eagles Cemetery, one of the historic burial grounds associated with the early residents of the Douglas mining community.

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Primary Name: Schoppert, Mary

Filed as: Schoppert, Mary

Also known as: Mary Schoppert

Occupation / Association: Resident of Douglas, Alaska

Associated places: Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Douglas Eagles Cemetery

Keywords: Mary Schoppert, Schoppert family, Douglas Alaska residents, Douglas Eagles Cemetery burials, Juneau Douglas families, early Douglas residents, Southeast Alaska families

Biography

Mary Schoppert was born on October 5, 1915.

She lived in the Douglas–Juneau area of Southeast Alaska during the territorial and early statehood period.

Mary Schoppert died on November 29, 1957, at the age of forty-two. She is buried in the Douglas Eagles Cemetery, one of the historic burial grounds associated with the community of Douglas, Alaska.

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Primary Name: Runquist, Hilda May

Filed as: Runquist, Hilda May

Also known as: Hilda May Runquist

Occupation / Association: Early Douglas resident

Associated places: Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska

Keywords: Hilda May Runquist, Runquist family Douglas Alaska, John Runquist family, Anard Runquist, Douglas Eagles Cemetery, early Douglas Alaska families

Biography

Hilda May Runquist was born in 1881.

She married John Runquist, and the couple had at least three children, including Anard Runquist.

Hilda Runquist died in 1948 at approximately sixty-six years of age and was buried in the Douglas Eagles Cemetery in Douglas, Alaska.

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Primary Name: Runquist, Anard

Filed as: Runquist, Anard

Also known as: Anard Runquist

Occupation / Association: Member of the Runquist family of Douglas and Juneau

Associated places: Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska

Keywords: Anard Runquist, Runquist family Juneau Alaska, Runquist family Douglas Alaska, Douglas Eagles Cemetery burials, John Runquist family, Hilda May Runquist family, early Douglas Alaska families

Biography

Anard Runquist was born in 1906. He was the son of John Runquist and Hilda May Runquist, members of the early Runquist family in the Juneau and Douglas area.

Runquist died in 1948 at approximately forty-one years of age. He was buried in the Douglas Eagles Cemetery.

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Primary Name: Riley, William E.

Filed as: Riley, William E.

Also known as: William E. Riley

Occupation / Association: Resident of Douglas, Alaska

Associated places: Douglas, Alaska

Keywords: William E Riley, Riley family Douglas Alaska, Douglas Eagles Cemetery burials, early Douglas Alaska residents

Biography

William E. Riley was born on March 30, 1903.

He died on April 9, 1951, at the age of forty-eight and was buried in the Douglas Eagles Cemetery.

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Primary Name: Peters, E.M.

Filed as: Peters, E.M.

Also known as: E. M. Peters

Occupation / Association: Resident of Douglas, Alaska

Associated places: Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska

Keywords: E M Peters, Peters family Douglas Alaska, William Peters Douglas Alaska, early Douglas Alaska families

Biography

E.M. Peters was a resident of Douglas, Alaska, one of the early mining communities located across Gastineau Channel from Juneau.

He was married and had at least one child, William Peters.

The Peters family was part of the early population of Douglas during the period when the community was closely tied to the development of the nearby Treadwell mining complex and other mining operations on Douglas Island.

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Primary Name: Peters, William

Filed as: Peters, William

Also known as: William Peters

Occupation / Association: Child of the Peters family of Douglas, Alaska

Associated places: Sitoh Bay, Alaska; Douglas, Alaska

Keywords: William Peters Douglas Alaska, Peters family Douglas Alaska, Douglas Eagles Cemetery burials, early Douglas Alaska families, Reverend Osborne Douglas Alaska

Biography

William Peters was born on July 30, 1912.

He died on July 16, 1913, at the age of eleven months while traveling at sea in Sitoh Bay with his parents, E. M. Peters and Mrs. Peters, aboard a gas boat returning home.

William Peters was buried in the Douglas Eagles Cemetery. His funeral services were officiated by Reverend Osborne.

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Primary Name: Peters, Nellie Johnson

Filed as: Peters, Nellie Johnson

Also known as: Nellie Johnson Peters

Occupation / Association: Resident of Douglas, Alaska

Associated places: Douglas, Alaska

Keywords: Nellie Johnson Peters, Peters family Douglas Alaska, Douglas Eagles Cemetery burials, early Douglas Alaska families

Biography

Nellie Johnson Peters was born in 1881.

She lived in Douglas, Alaska, one of the early mining communities located across Gastineau Channel from Juneau.

Nellie Johnson Peters died on June 26, 1914, at approximately thirty-two years of age. She was buried in the Douglas Eagles Cemetery in Douglas, Alaska.

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Primary Name: Niemi, Tauno William

Filed as: Niemi, Tauno William

Also known as: Tauno William “Tic” Niemi; Tic Niemi

Occupation / Association: Douglas resident

Associated places: Douglas, Alaska

Keywords: Tauno William Niemi, Tic Niemi Douglas Alaska, Douglas Alaska families, Douglas Eagles Cemetery burials

Biography

Tauno William “Tic” Niemi was born on July 9, 1914, in Douglas, Alaska.

He died in March 1981 at age 66 in Douglas. He was buried in the Douglas Eagles Cemetery.

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Niemi, Marjorie Lucille “Marjy” Fleek

Biography

Marjorie Lucille “Marjy” Fleek Niemi was born August 22, 1915 in Douglas, Alaska.

She lived in the Juneau-Douglas community throughout her life.

Marjorie Lucille Niemi died on June 1, 1960, in Douglas, Alaska, and is buried in the Douglas Eagles Cemetery.

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