Primary Name: Hunter, Emma Lulu

Filed as: hunter_emma_lulu

Also known as: Emma Lulu Miller; Lulu Hunter; Emma Hunter

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Women’s Igloo No. 6; President, Juneau Women’s Igloo (1924); Saleslady

Born: October 14, 1878, Looking Glass, Oregon

Died: January 26, 1957, Juneau, Alaska

Parents: John Henry Miller; Almira Breitenbucher Miller

Spouse: Capt. Earle Leslie Hunter (m. 1899)

Children: Earle Leslie Hunter, Jr. (b. November 1906, Juneau, Alaska)

Associated places: Looking Glass, Oregon; Juneau, Alaska

Keywords: Emma Lulu Hunter, Lulu Hunter, Emma Lulu Miller, Emma Hunter, John Henry Miller, Almira Breitenbucher Miller, Earle Leslie Hunter, Juneau Women’s Igloo President 1924, Juneau Women’s Auxiliary No. 6

Biography

Emma Lulu Hunter was a charter member of the Juneau Women’s Igloo and served as its President in 1924.

Emma Lulu Miller was born on October 14, 1878, in Looking Glass, Oregon, to John Henry Miller and Almira Breitenbucher Miller. She came to Juneau, Alaska, in January 1898 during the early years of the city's development.

She married Captain Earle Leslie Hunter in 1899. Their son, Earle Leslie Hunter, Jr., was born in Juneau in November 1906.

Emma Hunter worked as a saleslady in Juneau and remained active in the community and in the Pioneers of Alaska Women’s Auxiliary.

Lulu Hunter died in Juneau on January 26, 1957.

Sources

1910 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; Pioneers of Alaska Women’s Auxiliary No. 6 Membership Application

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Tags: Emma Lulu Hunter, Lulu Hunter, Emma Lulu Miller, Hunter family Juneau, Juneau Women’s Igloo President 1924, Pioneers of Alaska Women’s Auxiliary No. 6

Primary Name: Hooker Cashen, Mildred Kathleen

Filed as: hooker_mildred_kathleen

Also known as: Mildred Kathleen Hooker; Mildred Hooker; Mildred Cashen; Mildred Stroebe

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Women's Igloo

Born: July 26, 1910, Juneau, Alaska

Died: July 30, 1990, Snohomish, Washington

Parents: Charles Edward Hooker; Catherine Jahneke Hooker

Spouse: Thomas Joseph Stroebe (div.); Leslie Douglas Cashen

Children: Thomas Joseph Stroebe Jr.

Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Los Angeles, California; Snohomish, Washington

Keywords: Mildred Kathleen Hooker, Mildred Hooker Cashen, Mildred Stroebe, Juneau Women's Igloo charter member, Charles Edward Hooker, Catherine Jahneke Hooker

Biography

Mildred Kathleen Hooker was a charter member of the Juneau Women's Igloo.

She was born on July 26, 1910, in Juneau, Alaska, the daughter of Catherine Jahneke and Charles Edward Hooker.

She graduated from Juneau High School in 1928 and completed two years of college.

She was married to and later divorced from Thomas Joseph Stroebe. They had one son, Thomas J. Stroebe, Jr., who was born on January 25, 1928, in Los Angeles, California.

She later returned to Juneau and married Leslie Douglas Cashen there on January 15, 1932.

Mildred died on July 30, 1990, in Snohomish, Washington.

Sources

1920 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; Alaska Daily Empire, January 16, 1932; Juneau-Douglas High School Yearbook, 1927; Washington Death Index

Tags: Mildred Kathleen Hooker, Mildred Hooker Cashen, Mildred Stroebe, Juneau Women's Igloo, Hooker family Juneau

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Primary Name: Holmquist, Mary
Filed as: holmquist_mary
Also known as: Mary Stenfors, Mary Holmquist
Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6
Born: August 11, 1885, Nykarleby, Finland
Died: July 26, 1949, Juneau, Alaska
Parents:
Spouse: John Holmquist
Children: Leonard Holmquist; Ernest Holmquist; Walter Ludvik “Willie” Holmquist
Associated places: Nykarleby, Finland; Juneau, Alaska; Treadwell, Alaska; Eagle Harbor, Washington
Keywords: Mary Holmquist, Mary Stenfors Holmquist, Stenfors family, Holmquist family Juneau, Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No 6

Biography

Mary Holmquist was a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Igloo Women’s Auxiliary No. 6.

Mary Stenfors was born on August 11, 1885, in Nykarleby, Finland. She married John Holmquist in Finland. Their first son, Leonard, was born there on August 15, 1905.

Mary immigrated to the United States in 1907 and settled in Juneau, Alaska. Shortly after her arrival, their son Ernest was born in Alaska in January 1908. Another son, Walter Ludvik “Willie” Holmquist, was born in Alaska on April 14, 1916.

After the death of her husband in 1926, Mary and her son, Walter, were living in Eagle Harbor, Washington, in 1930, where she worked as a cook, according to the federal census.

Mary Holmquist died in Juneau, Alaska, on July 26, 1949.

Sources

1910 U.S. Federal Census, Treadwell; 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Eagle Harbor, Washington; U.S. Passport Applications, 1925; Roust Family Tree, Ancestry.com

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Primary Name: Hollis, Myrtle B.

Filed as: hollis_myrtle_b

Also known as: Myrtle B. Hansen; Myrtle Hansen Hollis

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6

Born: May 5, 1894, Tacoma, Washington

Died: October 9, 1952, Portland, Oregon

Parents: Hans Peter Hansen; Josephine Paulson Hansen

Spouse: August “Gust” Francis Hollis

Children:

Associated places: Tacoma, Washington; Juneau, Alaska; Portland, Oregon

Keywords: Myrtle B Hollis, Myrtle Hansen Hollis, Myrtle B Hansen, Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No 6 charter member, Hans Peter Hansen, Josephine Paulson Hansen

Biography

Myrtle B. Hollis was a charter member of Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6.

Myrtle B. Hansen was born on May 5, 1894, in Tacoma, Washington, to Hans Peter Hansen and Josephine Paulson Hansen. She came to Juneau in August of 1897 with her mother and siblings to join their father.

Prior to her marriage, she worked as a telephone operator in Tacoma.

She married August “Gust” Francis Hollis on April 1, 1920, in Tacoma, Washington.

Myrtle died in Portland, Oregon, on October 9, 1952.

Sources

1900 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; Washington Marriage Certificate; Oregon Death Certificate

Tags: Myrtle B Hollis, Myrtle Hansen Hollis, Myrtle B Hansen, Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No 6, Hansen family Juneau, Hollis family Juneau

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Primary Name: Olson, Caroline "Carrie"

Filed as: caroline_carrie_olson

Also known as: Carrie Olson, Caroline Olson, Caroline Garster, Carrie Garster

Occupation / Association: Nurse; Charter Member, Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6

Born: April 8, 1885, Astoria, Oregon

Died: November 14, 1938, Juneau, Alaska

Parents: Martin Olson; Inger Engar Klieberg Olson

Spouse: William Reynolds Garster

Children:

Associated places: Astoria, Oregon; Juneau, Alaska

Keywords: Caroline Carrie Olson, Carrie Olson, Caroline Garster, Carrie Garster, Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6

Biography

Caroline "Carrie" Olson was a charter member of Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6.

She was born on April 8, 1885, in Astoria, Oregon, to Martin Olson and Inger Engar Klieberg Olson.

She was a nurse. On May 3, 1915, she married William Reynolds Garster, owner of the Juneau Billiard Company.

Caroline died on November 14, 1938, in Juneau and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery.

Sources

1920 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska; Evergreen Cemetery Burial Records; William Garster WWI Draft Registration; S.S. Princess Alice Passenger Manifest, June 7, 1915; Alaska Death Certificate

Caroline Olson Carrie Olson Olson Caroline Carrie Garster Caroline Carrie Garster

Tags: Caroline Carrie Olson, Carrie Olson, Olson Caroline Carrie, Caroline Garster, Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6, Juneau Alaska residents

Primary Name: Franks, Catherine Mary Cashen

Filed as: Franks, Catherine Mary

Also known as: Catherine Mary Cashen; Catherine Mary Penglase; Catherine Mary Franks

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Auxiliary No. 6

Associated places: Stoneville, Michigan; Ishpeming, Michigan; Republic, Michigan; Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska

Keywords: Catherine Mary Cashen Franks, Catherine Cashen, Catherine Penglase, John Joseph Penglase, William Henry Franks, Douglas Alaska pioneers, Juneau Alaska pioneers, Pioneers of Alaska Auxiliary No. 6, Evergreen Cemetery, Juneau, Upper Peninsula Michigan miners' families

Biography

Catherine Mary Cashen Franks was a Charter Member of the Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.

She was born March 29, 1872, in Stoneville, Michigan, the daughter of Michael Cashen and Mary “O’Connor” Cashen.

On July 3, 1882, she married John Joseph Penglase in Ishpeming, Michigan. Five children were born to this marriage in Michigan: Frances Theresa (July 3, 1882), Lillian (February 28, 1885), John Francis (September 17, 1887), Rose Emma (January 25, 1890), and Claude Thomas (June 14, 1892) in Republic, Michigan.

The family moved to Douglas, Alaska, in June 1894 during the early years of the Treadwell mining operations. A sixth child, Anna Catherine Penglase, was born in Douglas on June 6, 1896.

John Joseph Penglase died in Douglas on August 21, 1919.

Catherine later married William Henry Franks on February 12, 1920. She remained in the Juneau–Douglas area for the remainder of her life.

Catherine Mary Cashen Franks died in Juneau on May 16, 1943, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery.

Sources

1900, 1910, and 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Douglas, Alaska; 1920, 1930, and 1940 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska; Alaska Daily Empire, February 13, 1920; Evergreen Cemetery Burial Records; Pioneers of Alaska Auxiliary No. 6 Membership Application.

Primary Name: Forrest, Selma Marie Berg

Filed as: Forrest, Selma Marie Berg

Also known as: Selma Berg Forrest; Selma Marie Forrest

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Igloo No. 6; early Juneau resident

Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Douglas, Alaska; Seattle, Washington; Sweden

Family: Daughter of Carl and Steena Anderson Berg; wife of George Frank Forrest; stepmother of Marguerite “Rita” Forrest and George F. Forrest; mother of Hazel E. Forrest and Helen Violet Forrest

Keywords: Selma Berg Forrest, Selma Marie Forrest, Berg family, Forrest family, Juneau pioneers, Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Igloo No. 6, Swedish immigrants in Alaska, early Juneau families

Biography

Selma Marie Berg Forrest was a Charter Member of Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Igloo No. 6, and an early resident of Juneau during the formative years of the community. She was born in December 1877 in Sweden, the daughter of Carl and Steena Anderson Berg.

Selma immigrated to the United States in 1895 during a period when many Scandinavians were settling throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. She arrived in Juneau in January 1898, only a few years after the city had become a major regional center during the Klondike Gold Rush era.

On September 27, 1899, Selma married George Frank Forrest in Douglas, Alaska. George had previously been married to Anna May Shelooe. Two children were born from that marriage: Marguerite “Rita” Forrest, born February 2, 1896, and George F. Forrest, born December 17, 1898. Anna May Shelooe Forrest died in 1898.

George and Selma Forrest later had two daughters together. Hazel E. Forrest was born in Juneau on August 5, 1904, and Helen Violet Forrest was born August 8, 1905. The family lived in the Juneau-Douglas area during the early territorial period when the region was developing as a center for mining, shipping, and regional commerce.

Selma and George Forrest divorced in 1918. By the time of the 1920 United States Federal Census, Selma was living in Seattle, Washington, with her daughters, Hazel and Helen. Like many former Alaska residents, she relocated to the larger urban center of Seattle, which maintained close economic and transportation connections with Southeast Alaska.

Selma Marie Berg Forrest died in Seattle, Washington, on March 9, 1936.

Sources

• 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska
• 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska
• Washington Marriage Certificate
• Washington Death Certificate

Primary Name: Ellingen, Rena

Filed as: rena_ellingen

Also known as: Rena Ellingen, Rena Smith

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Igloo No. 6; Stenographer

Born: November 2, 1900, Juneau, Alaska

Died:

Parents: Edward J. Ellingen; Edna Star Ellingen

Spouse: Ernest Edgerton Smith

Children:

Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon; Camas, Washington

Keywords: Rena Ellingen, Rena Smith, Ellingen Rena, Juneau Igloo No. 6 charter member, Juneau Alaska residents

Biography

Rena Ellingen was a charter member of Juneau Igloo No. 6.

She was the daughter of Edward J. Ellingen and Edna Star Ellingen. Rena was born on November 2, 1900, in Juneau, Alaska. She graduated from Juneau High School in 1918.

She worked as a stenographer in a legal office in Seattle and later for a railroad in Oregon.

Rena married Ernest Edgerton Smith on February 19, 1944, in Camas, Washington.

Sources

1910 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska; 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska; 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Portland, Oregon; 1940 U.S. Federal Census, Portland, Oregon; Clark County, Washington Marriage License Application; Washington Marriage Certificate; 1918 Juneau-Douglas High School Yearbook

Rena Ellingen Rena Smith Ellingen Rena

Tags: Rena Ellingen, Ellingen Rena, Rena Smith, Juneau Igloo No. 6, Juneau Alaska residents

Primary Name: Ellingen, Margaret Laura
Filed as: ellingen_margaret_laura
Also known as: Margaret Ellingen, Margaret Sparks, Margaret Giovanetti, Margaret Harris
Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Igloo No. 6; retail saleswoman
Born: Juneau, Alaska
Died: December 25, 1965, Portland, Oregon
Parents: Edward J. Ellingen; Edna Star Ellingen
Spouse: Leonard W. Sparks (m. July 16, 1923; div. July 12, 1939); James J. Giovanetti (m. May 25, 1940); James Harris
Children: Jean V. Sparks (b. September 5, 1924, Juneau); Betty A. Sparks (b. May 8, 1926, Juneau)
Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Vancouver, Washington; Portland, Oregon
Keywords: Margaret Laura Ellingen, Margaret Ellingen Sparks, Margaret Giovanetti, Margaret Harris, Ellingen family Juneau Alaska

Biography

Margaret Laura Ellingen was a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Igloo No. 6. She was the daughter of Edward J. Ellingen and Edna Star Ellingen.

Margaret married Leonard W. Sparks on July 16, 1923. The couple had two daughters, Jean V., born September 5, 1924, in Juneau, and Betty A., born May 8, 1926, in Juneau. Margaret and Leonard Sparks were divorced on July 12, 1939.

She later married James J. Giovanetti on May 25, 1940, in Vancouver, Washington. The couple lived in Portland, Oregon, where Margaret worked as a saleswoman in a clothing store.

Margaret Laura Ellingen died in Portland, Oregon, on December 25, 1965. At the time of her death, she was married to James Harris.

Sources

1910, 1920, 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; 1940 U.S. Federal Census, Portland, Oregon; Washington Marriage Certificate; Alaska Daily Empire, July 21, 1923; Oregon Death Certificate

Margaret Laura Ellingen Margaret Ellingen Margaret Sparks Margaret Giovanetti Margaret Harris Ellingen Margaret

Primary Name: Connor, Louisa M. "Fannie" (Gibson)

Filed as: connor_louisa_m_fannie

Also known as: Louisa M. Fannie Gibson, Fannie Gibson, Fannie McCoy, Fannie Connor

Occupation / Association: Nurse; Charter Member, Juneau Igloo Women’s Auxiliary No. 6

Born: September 7, 1869, Aledo, Illinois

Died: June 23, 1954, Juneau, Alaska

Parents: Lawson Gibson and Louia P. "Worden" Gibson

Spouse: H. William McCoy (m.1896); James E. Connor (m. June 19, 1902, Snohomish, Washington)

Children: Maria Katherine Louisa "Mary" McCoy; John McCoy; Emmett Connor

Associated places: Aledo Illinois; Everett Washington; Snohomish Washington; Seattle Washington; Juneau Alaska

Keywords: Louisa M Fannie Connor, Fannie Gibson Connor, Fannie McCoy Connor, Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No 6 charter member

Biography

Louisa M. "Fannie" Gibson Connor was a charter member of Juneau Igloo Women’s Auxiliary No. 6.

She was born on September 7, 1869, in Aledo, Illinois, to Lawson Gibson and Louia P. "Worden" Gibson.

She married H. William McCoy in 1896. They had two children: Maria Katherine Louisa "Mary" McCoy, born February 12, 1898, and John McCoy, born September 1899, both in Everett, Washington. Their son John died on July 7, 1901.

Fannie later remarried. On June 19, 1902, she married James E. Connor in Snohomish, Washington. Their son Emmett Connor was born on October 13, 1903, in Seattle.

The family moved to Juneau in 1907. She was widowed on August 9, 1929.

By 1930, Fannie Connor was working as a nurse in Juneau.

Louisa M. "Fannie" Connor died on June 23, 1954, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Juneau.

Sources

Washington Marriage Record; Washington Birth Record; Alaska Daily Empire, August 9, 1929; 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Snohomish, Washington; 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; Pioneers of Alaska Auxiliary No. 6 Membership Application

Louisa M Fannie Connor Fannie Gibson Connor Fannie McCoy Connor Louisa Gibson Connor

Tags: Louisa M Fannie Connor, Fannie Gibson Connor, Fannie McCoy Connor, Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No 6, Juneau nurses, Evergreen Cemetery Juneau, Gibson family Alaska, Connor family Alaska

Primary Name: Caro, Georgia Frances

Filed as: caro_georgia_frances

Also known as: Georgia Frances Clark; Georgia Frances Graff; Georgia Clark

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Igloo No. 6

Born: July 23, 1897, California

Died: February 13, 1986, Yolo County, California

Parents: George M. Frances; Laura B. "Clark" Frances; stepfather Jules B. Caro

Spouse: Captain William Harold Clark; Chester R. Graff

Children: William Harold Clark Jr.; Jane Clark

Associated places: California; Juneau, Alaska; San Francisco, California; Mill Valley, California

Keywords: Georgia Frances Caro, Georgia Clark, Georgia Graff, Juneau Igloo No 6 charter member

Biography

Georgia Frances Caro was a Charter Member of Juneau Igloo No. 6.

She was born in California on July 23, 1897. She was the daughter of George M. Frances and Laura B. "Clark" Frances. Her mother later remarried to Jules B. Caro.

Georgia married Captain William Harold Clark on September 11, 1918 in Chicago, Illinois. Their son, William Harold Clark Jr., was born on July 26, 1921, in California, and their daughter, Jane, was born on March 25, 1924, in California.

By 1940, she and her children were living in San Francisco, and she had remarried to Chester R. Graff.

Georgia died February 13, 1986, in Yolo County, California.

Sources

1910 and 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Mill Valley, California; U.S. Social Security Application and Claims Index; Cook County Marriage Records; Alaska Daily Empire, July 27, 1918; Illinois Marriage Index; Alaska Daily Empire, March 27, 1924.

Tags: Georgia Frances Caro, Georgia Clark, Georgia Graff, Juneau Igloo No 6, Caro family

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Primary Name: Weppler, Elizabeth

Filed as: weppler_elizabeth

Also known as: Elizabeth Weppler; Elizabeth Miller; Elizabeth Clark

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6

Born: May 9, 1870, Sullivan Township, Grey County, Ontario, Canada

Died: June 11, 1958, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California

Parents: Warren L. Weppler; Margarita "Beilstein" Weppler

Spouse: George F. Miller (m. ca. 1897; d. June 16, 1918); Robert Edward Clark (m. November 26, 1919, Juneau)

Children:

Associated places: Sullivan Township, Grey County, Ontario, Canada; Juneau, Alaska; Seattle, Washington; Whittier, Los Angeles County, California

Keywords: Elizabeth Weppler, Elizabeth Miller, Elizabeth Clark, Weppler Elizabeth, Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6

Biography

Elizabeth Weppler was a Charter Member of the Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6.

She was born on May 9, 1870, in Sullivan Township, Grey County, Ontario, Canada, to Warren L. Weppler and Margarita "Beilstein" Weppler. She immigrated to the United States in 1892.

She married George F. Miller around 1897 and lived in Juneau, Alaska, where the couple was recorded in the 1910 census. George Miller died in Seattle on June 16, 1918.

Elizabeth remarried Robert Edward Clark in Juneau on November 26, 1919. By 1930, they were living in Whittier, Los Angeles County, California.

Elizabeth died on June 11, 1958, in Whittier, California.

Sources

1910/1920 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; Alaska Daily Empire, November 28, 1919; California Death Index; Alaska Marriage Certificate

Elizabeth Weppler Elizabeth Miller Elizabeth Clark Weppler Elizabeth

Tags: Elizabeth Weppler, Elizabeth Miller, Elizabeth Clark, Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6, Juneau Alaska pioneers

Primary Name: Bevan, Lorell Dee

Filed as: bevan_lorell_dee

Also known as: Lorell Clark; Lorell Grant; Lorell Yancy

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6; Fox farmer; Hotel manager; Boeing riveter during World War II

Born: May 14, 1886, Douglas, Kansas

Died: April 17, 1970, Seattle, Washington

Parents: Thomas Bevan; Georgina Trontla Bevan

Spouse: Frank Edwin Clark (m. June 8, 1904, Portland, Oregon; d. January 17, 1926); David M. Grant (m. November 28, 1928; d. 1938); Jack Yancy (m. ca. 1940; annulled ca. 1941)

Children: William Z. Clark

Associated places: Douglas, Kansas; Yale, Washington; Portland, Oregon; Juneau, Alaska; Kake, Alaska; Southern Washington; Kelso, Washington; Seattle, Washington; Lebanon, Oregon; Arcata, California; Anchorage, Alaska

Keywords: Lorell Dee Bevan, Lorell Clark, Lorell Grant, Lorell Yancy, Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6

Biography

Lorell Dee Bevan was a Charter Member of the Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6.

She was born on May 14, 1886, in Douglas, Kansas, the daughter of Thomas Bevan and Georgina Trontla Bevan. Lorell spent her childhood on the family farm in Yale, Washington.

At the age of sixteen, she worked as a cook at a lumber mill. She married the mill manager Frank Edwin Clark on June 8, 1904, in Portland, Oregon. Their son, William Z. Clark, was born in Washington in 1906.

The family moved to Alaska in 1918 and operated a fox farm on an island southeast of Juneau. Frank Clark died on January 17, 1926, in Kake, Alaska.

Lorell and her son William moved to Juneau, where she met David M. Grant. The couple became engaged on November 17, 1927, in Juneau, and were married on November 28, 1928. They later moved back to a farm in southern Washington. David Grant died in 1938.

Lorell later moved to Kelso, Washington, where she managed a hotel. Around 1940, she married Jack Yancy, but the marriage was annulled about a year later.

During World War II, she moved to Seattle to live with her son and worked for Boeing as a riveter on B-25 bombers. In 1950, she moved to Lebanon, Oregon, to work as a housekeeper for her brother Jessie. They later moved to Arcata, California, where Jessie died.

She later moved to Anchorage, Alaska, to live with her son and his wife. After her son died, she moved back to Seattle.

Lorell died on April 17, 1970, in Seattle, Washington.

Sources

1900/1910 U.S. Federal Census, Mineral, Washington; 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; Biography from Will/its Family Tree, Ancestry.com; Alaska Daily Empire, December 1, 1928

Lorell Dee Bevan Lorell Clark Lorell Grant Lorell Yancy Bevan Lorell

Tags: Lorell Dee Bevan, Lorell Clark, Lorell Grant, Lorell Yancy, Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6, Juneau Alaska pioneers

Primary Name: Cashen, Sarah "Sadie" A. (King)

Filed as: cashen_sarah_sadie_a

Also known as: Sadie Cashen, Sarah A. King, Sarah "Sadie" King

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Igloo Women’s Auxiliary No. 6

Born: December 3, 1882, Amador City, California

Died: November 12, 1957, McKenna, Pierce County, Washington

Parents: Nicholas King and Alice Develin King

Spouse: Thomas K. Cashen

Children: Frances C. Cashen, Thomas N. Cashen, Anna Cecile Cashen, John Cashen, William Cashen, Gerald D. Cashen, Frank P. Cashen, Harry K. Cashen

Associated places: Amador City California; Douglas Alaska; Juneau Alaska; McKenna Washington

Keywords: Sarah Sadie Cashen, Sadie Cashen, Sarah A King Cashen, Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No 6 charter member

Biography

Sarah "Sadie" A. King Cashen was a charter member of Juneau Igloo Women’s Auxiliary No. 6.

She was born on December 3, 1882, in Amador City, California, the daughter of Nicholas King and Alice Develin King. The family moved to Douglas, Alaska, on July 24, 1888.

She married Thomas K. Cashen in 1901. They had eight children: Frances C. Cashen (born December 1903), Thomas N. Cashen (born January 1906), Anna Cecile Cashen (born January 1909), John Cashen (born 1912), William Cashen (born 1915), Gerald D. Cashen (born 1919), Frank P. Cashen (born 1925), and Harry K. Cashen (born 1925).

Sadie Cashen died on November 12, 1957, in McKenna, Pierce County, Washington. She was buried in the Douglas Catholic Cemetery.

Sources

1910 U.S. Federal Census, Douglas; Douglas Island Weekly News, November 20, 1901; Washington State Death Records; Alaska Daily Empire, November 15, 1957; Pioneers of Alaska Auxiliary No. 6 Membership Application

Find-A-Grave memorial for Sadie Cashen

Sadie Cashen Sarah Sadie Cashen Sarah A King Cashen King Sadie Cashen

Tags: Sadie Cashen, Sarah Sadie Cashen, Sarah A King Cashen, Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No 6, Douglas Alaska residents, Cashen family Alaska, King family Alaska, Douglas Catholic Cemetery

Primary Name: Anderson, Sophia Florence

Filed as: anderson_sophia_florence

Also known as: Florence Anderson; Florence Lottsfeldt; Sophia Florence Lottsfeldt

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Igloo No. 6

Born: August 19, 1907, Juneau, Alaska

Died: January 14, 1975, Palmer, Alaska

Parents: Nels Anderson; Marie "Mary" Anderson

Spouse: Carl Frederick Lottsfeldt Sr.

Children: Frances Maria Lottsfeldt; Carl Frederick Lottsfeldt

Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Douglas, Alaska; Washington; Palmer, Alaska

Keywords: Sophia Florence Anderson, Florence Anderson, Florence Lottsfeldt, Sophia Florence Lottsfeldt, Carl Frederick Lottsfeldt Sr., Juneau Igloo No. 6, Douglas High School

Biography

Sophia Florence Anderson was a charter member of Juneau Igloo No. 6.

She was born on August 19, 1907, in Juneau, Alaska, to Nels Anderson and Marie "Mary" Anderson. She graduated from Douglas High School in 1925.

Florence married Carl Frederick Lottsfeldt Sr. on March 11, 1929, in Juneau. They had two children: Frances Maria Lottsfeldt, born December 13, 1929, in Washington, and Carl Frederick Lottsfeldt, born January 19, 1931.

Florence died on January 14, 1975, in Palmer, Alaska.

Sources

1900 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; Alaska Marriage Certificate; Social Security Death Index Sophia Florence Anderson Florence Anderson Sophia F Anderson Sophie Florence Anderson Anderson Sophia Florence Anderson Florence Florence Lottsfeldt Sophia Florence Lottsfeldt S. F. Anderson

Tags: Sophia Florence Anderson, Florence Anderson, Florence Lottsfeldt, Anderson family, Marie Mary Anderson, Carl Frederick Lottsfeldt Sr., Frances Maria Lottsfeldt, Carl Frederick Lottsfeldt, Juneau Igloo No. 6, Douglas High School, Juneau Alaska, Palmer Alaska

Primary Name: Anderson, Marie Beth

Filed as: anderson_marie_beth

Also known as: Marie Anderson

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Igloo No. 6

Born: December 1908, Alaska

Died:

Parents: Nels Anderson; Marie "Mary" Anderson

Spouse:

Children:

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

Property / Address:

Keywords: Marie Beth Anderson, Marie Anderson, Anderson family Juneau, Juneau Igloo No. 6, Douglas High School 1926

Biography

Marie Beth Anderson was a charter member of Juneau Igloo No. 6.

She was born in December 1908 in Alaska to Nels Anderson and Marie "Mary" Anderson.

She graduated from Douglas High School in 1926.

Sources

1910 U.S. Federal Census, Treadwell, Alaska

1926 Juneau High School Yearbook

Tags: Marie Beth Anderson, Marie Anderson, Anderson Marie Beth, Anderson family Juneau, Juneau Igloo No. 6, Douglas High School alumni

Marie Beth Anderson Marie Anderson Anderson Marie Beth M B Anderson

Primary Name: Anderson, Augusta Bernardina

Filed as: anderson_augusta_bernardina

Also known as: Augusta Bernardina Alstrom

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Women's Igloo No. 6

Born: October 7, 1859, Sweden

Died: July 17, 1935, Juneau, Alaska

Parents:

Spouse: Frank Ludwig Alstrom (m. November 26, 1919)

Children:

Associated places: Sweden; Juneau, Alaska

Keywords: Augusta Bernardina Anderson, Augusta Bernardina Alstrom, Augusta Anderson, Augusta Alstrom, Juneau Women's Igloo No. 6, Juneau pioneers

Biography

Augusta Bernardina Anderson was a Charter Member of Juneau Women's Igloo No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska Auxiliary.

She was born on October 7, 1859, in Sweden. Augusta immigrated to the United States in 1895 and was naturalized in 1913.

She married Frank Ludwig Alstrom on November 26, 1919, in Juneau, Alaska.

Augusta Bernardina Anderson died on July 17, 1935, in Juneau and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery.

Sources

1920 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; Douglas Island Weekly News, November 28, 1919; Alaska Marriage Certificate; Alaska Daily Empire, July 18, 1935; Evergreen Cemetery Burial Records

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Alice Josephine “Josie” Keys White was a Charter Member of Juneau Igloo No. 6.

She was born July 7, 1872, in Goldendale, Washington. Her parents were Calvin S. Keys and Jane Freelove Peck Keys.

She married Elmer J. “Stroller” White on December 30, 1891, in Tacoma, Washington. They had two sons, John McBurney White and Albert Hamilton White, and one daughter, Lenora White.

She came to Alaska with her husband, a well-known pioneer Alaska journalist.

The Whites arrived in Skagway when the town was still a tent city of gold-rush stampeders. Mr. White took a job with the Skagway News, a weekly newspaper, and the family remained in Skagway until the autumn of 1899.

They then traveled over the newly completed White Pass Railroad to Lake Bennett. Although they did not have the $500 required to cross the Canadian border, a barge owner told the Canadian officials that Mr. White was working as a cook on the barge. They boarded the barge in October, late in the season, and floated down the Yukon River toward Dawson. They came within fifteen miles of Dawson before the river froze.

“We went to Dawson for the mad excitement of it,” Mrs. White later recalled. “We didn’t know what we would do, but Mr. White got a job with the Dawson Nugget right away.”

The family remained in Dawson until 1905, when they moved to Whitehorse. Mr. White purchased the Whitehorse Star, and the family remained there until 1916. Their son, Albert H. White, was born in Whitehorse on August 7, 1907.

In 1916, they moved to Douglas, Alaska, where Mr. White purchased the Douglas Island News. “Douglas was the big town then,” she recalled. “The Treadwell Mine was going full swing.”

The Whites completed construction of a new newspaper plant in time for the Treadwell mine cave-in of 1917. The new plant included a cast-off press from the Juneau Empire. The press was moved back to Juneau from Douglas in 1920 when Stroller’s Weekly was established.

“I didn’t work much on the paper,” Mrs. White said. “I had two children to bring up and a little grouse-shooting to do. But when Stroller was sick, I would take over.”

Mrs. White was employed as assistant curator of the Territorial Museum in 1925 by the Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff, who had established the museum in 1920.

Her husband died in 1930. “I was the one who always talked about getting out of Alaska,” she later said.

She retired in 1950 and moved to Los Angeles, California, to live with her daughter. She died there on May 26, 1956.

Sources

1920 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau
Biographies of Alaska-Yukon Pioneers 1850-1950, Ed Ferrell, Vol. 2, pp. 344-345; Vol. 1, p. 337
Washington Marriage License
California Death Index

Inez May Parker White was a Charter Member of Juneau Igloo No. 6.

She was born in Portland, Oregon, on October 10, 1895, to Abraham Lincoln Parker and Edith Armenthia Haynes Parker. The family moved to Skagway, Alaska, in June 1899 on their way to Atlin and later relocated to Juneau in April 1913.

She married William Charles White on September 2, 1916, in Douglas. They had nine children:

Henrietta May White, born December 19, 1917, in Juneau;
Charles Benjamin White, born December 17, 1918, in California;
Gloria Edith White, born August 27, 1921, in Seattle;
Dorothy Annabelle White, born March 19, 1923, in Juneau;
Genevieve Williamina White, born May 9, 1924, in Juneau;
Anna Louise White, born about 1928 in Alaska;
Glen Edward White, born June 13, 1929, in Juneau;
Alice G. White, born about 1933 in Alaska;
William L. White Jr. was born about 1935 in Alaska.

In the early 1940s, she and her husband established the Riverside Lodge at Gustavus, which later became the Gustavus Inn. She divorced William White around 1945.

She married Archie M. Chase on February 29, 1948, in Gustavus. His son, Eugene Sylvester Chase (born June 10, 1921, in Omaha, Nebraska), was from his previous marriage to Mildred Lightfoot.

Inez died on January 13, 1977, in Snohomish, Washington, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Juneau.

Sources

1910 U.S. Federal Census, Skagway
1920 U.S. Federal Census, Oakland, California
1930 and 1940 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau
Gastineau Channel Memories 1880–1959, p. 390
Pioneers of Alaska Membership Application
U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index

Primary Name: Fannie White

Filed as: White, Fannie

Affiliation: Charter Member, Juneau Igloo No. 6

Associated places: Juneau, Alaska

Biography

Fannie White was a Charter Member of Juneau Igloo No. 6.

Sources

• Pioneers of Alaska records