Primary Name: Green, Dorothy Julia

Filed as: green_dorothy_julia

Also known as: Dorothy Julia Reck; Dorothy Julia Bakke

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Women's Igloo No. 6, Pioneers of Alaska Auxiliary; Manager, B.M. Behrends Department Store

Born: March 9, 1890, Tacoma, Washington

Died: February 1979, Juneau, Alaska

Parents: John Reck; Mary Reck

Spouse: Rudolph A. Bakke (m. February 26, 1913); Bertine Bonnell Green (m. January 5, 1926)

Children: Dorothy Lorraine Bakke

Associated places: Tacoma, Washington; Pierce County, Washington; Juneau, Alaska

Keywords: Dorothy Julia Green, Dorothy Julia Reck, Dorothy Julia Bakke, Dorothy Lorraine Bakke, B.M. Behrends Department Store, Juneau Women's Igloo No. 6, Pioneers of Alaska Auxiliary

Biography

Dorothy Julia Reck was a Charter Member of the Juneau Women's Igloo No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska Auxiliary.

She was born on March 9, 1890, in Tacoma, Washington, to John and Mary Reck.

She married Rudolph A. Bakke on February 26, 1913, in Pierce County, Washington. Their daughter, Dorothy Lorraine Bakke, was born in 1914. Dorothy and her daughter were living with her parents in Juneau at the time of the 1920 U.S. Federal Census.

Dorothy worked as a manager at the B.M. Behrends Department Store in Juneau.

She later married Bertine Bonnell Green on January 5, 1926. He died in Fairbanks in 1955. Dorothy died in Juneau in February 1979.

Sources

1900 U.S. Federal Census; 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; 1940 U.S. Federal Census; Polk's 1923–1924 Alaska-Yukon Gazetteer; Washington Marriage License, 1913; Washington Marriage License, 1926; Washington Birth Certificate; U.S. Social Security Death Index

Dorothy Julia Green Dorothy Julia Reck Dorothy Julia Bakke Dorothy Green Dorothy Reck Dorothy Bakke Green Dorothy Reck Dorothy Bakke Dorothy Lorraine Bakke

Tags: Green, Dorothy Julia, Dorothy Julia Reck, Dorothy Julia Bakke, Reck family, Bakke family, Green family, B.M. Behrends Department Store, Juneau Women's Igloo No. 6, Pioneers of Alaska Auxiliary, Juneau Alaska

Primary Name: Newman, Marie

Filed as: newman_marie

Also known as: Marie Anderson

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Women's Igloo Auxiliary No. 6, Pioneers of Alaska

Born: October 8, 1873, Ornestaad, Sweden

Died: July 13, 1928, Douglas, Alaska

Parents: —

Spouse: Nels Anderson

Children: William J. Anderson; Nels Clifford Anderson; Sophia Florence Anderson; Beth M. Anderson

Associated places: Ornestaad, Sweden; Iron Mountain, Michigan; Juneau, Alaska; Treadwell, Alaska; Douglas, Alaska

Keywords: Marie Newman, Marie Anderson, Newman Marie, Anderson family Juneau, Juneau Women's Igloo Auxiliary 6, Treadwell mining families

Tags: Marie Newman, Marie Anderson, Juneau pioneers, Pioneers of Alaska Women's Igloo 6, Treadwell families

Biography

Marie Newman was a charter member of Juneau Women’s Igloo Auxiliary No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.

She was born on October 8, 1873, in Ornestaad, Sweden. She came to America with her uncle in 1884.

On October 28, 1895, she married Nels Anderson in Iron Mountain, Michigan. The young couple moved to Juneau on September 10, 1897.

They lived in Juneau for seven years before moving to Treadwell in 1904. Mr. Anderson was employed by the Treadwell Mining Company for more than twenty years.

Marie was the mother of seven children, four of whom survived her. Their children included William J., born in January 1897 in Michigan; Nels Clifford, born in May 1903; Sophia Florence, born in August 1907 in Alaska; and Beth M., born in December 1908 in Alaska.

Marie died in Douglas, Alaska, on July 13, 1928, and was buried in the Douglas Oddfellows Cemetery.

Sources

1910 U.S. Federal Census, Treadwell; Biographies of Alaska-Yukon Pioneers, Vol. 2, pp. 9-10, Ed Ferrell

Marie Newman Newman Marie Marie Anderson Anderson Marie M Newman Mary Newman Maria Newman

Primary Name: Anderson, Anna "Annie" Berg

Filed as: anderson_anna_annie_berg

Also known as: Annie Berg; Annie Anderson; Anna Berg Anderson

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

Born: August 1859, California

Died: September 3, 1931, Seattle, Washington

Parents: Unknown

Spouse: Albert L. Anderson

Children: George Anderson; Oliver S. Anderson

Associated places: California; San Francisco, California; Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Seattle, Washington

Keywords: Anna Annie Berg Anderson, Annie Berg, Annie Anderson, Anna Berg Anderson, Albert L Anderson, Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No 6

Biography

Anna "Annie" Berg was a charter member of Juneau Igloo Women’s Auxiliary No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.

She was born in August 1859 in California.

Annie came to Alaska in April 1886 from San Francisco, California, during the early years of settlement in the Juneau-Douglas mining district.

She married Albert L. Anderson. The couple had two sons: George Anderson, born in July 1882 in California, and Oliver S. Anderson, born in April 1888 in Alaska.

Annie Anderson died in Seattle, Washington, on September 3, 1931.

Sources

1900 U.S. Federal Census, Douglas; Washington Death Certificate; Alaska Daily Empire, September 15, 1931 Anna Annie Berg Anderson Annie Berg Anna Berg Annie Anderson Anna Anderson A. B. Anderson Annie B Anderson

Tags: Anna Annie Berg Anderson, Annie Berg, Annie Anderson, Anderson family, Albert L Anderson, George Anderson, Oliver S Anderson, Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary 6, Douglas Alaska pioneers, Seattle Washington deaths

Primary Name: Pugh, Venetia Elizabeth

Filed as: Pugh, Venetia Elizabeth

Also known as: Venetia Elizabeth Hahn; Venetia E. Pugh

Occupation / Association: Clerk of the District Court; Charter member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6

Associated places: Ketchikan, Alaska; Skagway, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Anchorage, Alaska

Keywords: Venetia Elizabeth Pugh, Venetia Hahn, Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary charter member, SS Princess Sophia families, Alaska District Court clerks, Baranof Hotel tea house

Biography

Venetia Elizabeth Pugh was a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6.

She was born August 13, 1904, in the U.S. Customs House in Ketchikan, Alaska, to John F. “Jack” Pugh and Venetia L. Pugh.

The family moved to Skagway in 1904 and to Juneau in 1909, when her father was appointed the Collector of Customs for the District of Alaska. Her father later perished aboard the S.S. Princess Sophia when the vessel ran aground and sank at Vanderbilt Reef near Juneau with the loss of all aboard.

After her father's death, Venetia and her mother moved into the Baranof Hotel in Juneau. Her mother operated a tea house there, and Venetia worked both at the tea house and at the Baranof Gift Shop.

She graduated from Juneau High School in 1922 and from the University of Washington in 1927. She then began a career with the District Court that lasted approximately thirty years.

On October 12, 1935, she married Karl Austin Hahn, and the couple moved to Skagway. Their son, Karl A. Hahn, was born in Skagway in July 1939.

In 1947, the Hahn family, along with Venetia’s mother, moved to Anchorage, where they lived on Government Hill in a Quonset hut until 1953.

Venetia retired from the Clerk of the Court Office in 1969. In 1987, she and her husband moved to the Anchorage Pioneers’ Home.

Venetia Elizabeth Pugh Hahn died at the Anchorage Pioneers’ Home on January 11, 1999.

Sources

1910 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau

1940 U.S. Federal Census, Skagway

Gastineau Channel Memories, Vol. 1, p. 425

Daily Alaska Empire, October 12, 1935

Juneau Empire, January 18, 1999

Anchorage Daily News, January 14, 1999

Fehr, Venetia Lauretta

Association: Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6

Role: Charter Member

Biography

Venetia Lauretta Fehr was a charter member of Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.

She was born in October 1878 in Cullman County, Alabama, the daughter of Martin Fehr and Elizabeth K. Manshardt.

She married John Fraser Pugh in Alameda County, California, on December 20, 1900. The couple later moved north to Alaska, arriving in Skagway on March 18, 1901. In June 1902, her husband was appointed to the United States Customs Service, and the family was transferred to Ketchikan. Their daughter, Venetia Elizabeth Pugh, was born there on August 13, 1904.

The Pugh family returned to Skagway in 1905 and moved to Juneau in 1909. John Pugh later served as Collector of Customs for the District of Alaska.

He was among the many Alaskans who perished in the wreck of the S.S. Princess Sophia on October 25, 1918.

Following his death, Venetia and her daughter worked in Juneau for the District Clerk of the United States Court. Venetia later married District Judge Thomas M. Reed on February 24, 1924, in Seattle, Washington. The couple resided in Juneau.

Venetia Lauretta Fehr Pugh Reed died in Anchorage, Alaska, in November 1967.

Sources

• 1910 and 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska
• Gastineau Channel Memories, Vol. 1, p. 425
• Washington Marriage Records
• Alaska Daily Empire, February 25, 1924

Primary Name: Olson, Elizabeth

Filed as: Olson, Elizabeth

Also known as: Elizabeth "Lizzie" Olson; Elizabeth Price

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women's Auxiliary No. 6

Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Nome, Alaska; Ketchikan, Alaska; Seattle, Washington; Tacoma, Washington; Wisconsin

Keywords: Elizabeth Lizzie Olson, Elizabeth Price Juneau Alaska, Frederick Price family, Pioneers of Alaska Women's Auxiliary Igloo 6 charter members, Nome Alaska miners families, early Juneau families, Ketchikan Alaska residents

Biography

Elizabeth “Lizzie” Olson was a Charter Member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Women’s Auxiliary No. 6. She was born in May 1869 in Wisconsin.

She married Frederick Price in Seattle, Washington, on November 15, 1890. The couple had five children, all born in Washington. Their daughter Hazel was born in May 1892, Emily in January 1895, Eleanor in May 1898, Owen in November 1900, and Myrtle in April 1907.

The Price family was living in Nome, Alaska at the time of the 1910 U.S. Federal Census, when Frederick was working as a miner. By the 1920 census, the family had moved to Juneau, Alaska.

By 1940, Elizabeth was widowed and living in Ketchikan, Alaska, with her youngest daughter, Myrtle Barnell.

Elizabeth “Lizzie” Olson Price died on September 8, 1958, in Tacoma, Washington.

Sources

1900 U.S. Federal Census, Seattle, Washington.

1910 U.S. Federal Census, Nome, Alaska.

1920 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska.

1940 U.S. Federal Census, Ketchikan, Alaska.

Primary Name: King, Alice J.

Filed as: King, Alice J.

Also known as: Alice J. Pettygrove; Alice J. Kirby

Occupation / Association: Charter member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women’s Auxiliary No. 6; store proprietor; nurse

Associated places: Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Seldovia, Alaska; Ketchikan, Alaska

Keywords: Alice J King, Alice Pettygrove, Alice Kirby, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women's Auxiliary No 6 charter member, King family Douglas Alaska, Pettygrove family Juneau Alaska, Dr William P Kirby Seldovia, early Alaska women business owners

Biography

Alice J. King was a Charter Member of Juneau Igloo Women’s Auxiliary No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.

She was born in August 1889 in Alaska to Nicholas and Alice Devlin King.

In 1909, she married Francis “Frank” W. Pettygrove. The couple had a son, Francis W. Pettygrove, who was born in Juneau in 1911. Their marriage ended in divorce in 1924.

By 1920, Alice was the proprietor of a store in Juneau.

She later married Dr. William P. Kirby on February 16, 1925. By 1940, the couple was living in Seldovia, Alaska, where Dr. Kirby practiced general medicine, and Alice worked as a nurse.

Alice J. King Kirby died on November 1, 1954, in Ketchikan, Alaska.

1900/1910 U.S. Federal Census Douglas; 1920/1930 U.S. Federal Census Juneau; 1940 U.S. Federal Census Seldovia; Douglas Island Weekly News, November 10, 1909; Alaska Daily Empire, December 9, 1922; Alaska Daily Empire, September 27, 1924; Alaska Daily Empire, February 18, 1925

Primary Name: McKenna, James

Filed as: McKenna, James

Also known as: James McKenna

Occupation / Association: Wharfinger; undertaker; merchant; real estate dealer; Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men's Igloo

Born: December 16, 1876, Fargo, North Dakota (also reported Miles City, Montana)

Died: December 20, 1918, Portland, Oregon

Associated places: Fargo, North Dakota; Miles City, Montana; Juneau, Alaska; Douglas, Alaska; Bennett City, British Columbia; Hunker Creek, Yukon Territory; Portland, Oregon

Keywords: James McKenna Juneau Alaska, Douglas Alaska undertakers, Juneau Ferry and Navigation Company wharfinger, Hunker Creek Yukon miners, Pioneers of Alaska Men's Igloo 6 charter member

Biography

James McKenna was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.

He was born on December 16, 1876, most likely in Fargo, North Dakota, though some records report Miles City, Montana, as his birthplace.

McKenna attended public school in Juneau from 1886 to 1889. He and his brother, Emmett McKenna, later attended seminary in Victoria, British Columbia, from 1889 to 1896.

In March 1897, he and his father departed on the steamship Rustler bound for the Yukon gold fields during the Klondike gold rush. His father died in Bennett City in June 1899 while the family was traveling out from Dawson. McKenna returned to the gold fields where he held a mining claim on Hunker Creek. He eventually returned to Juneau in September 1901.

The Douglas Island News of November 15, 1911, reported that McKenna would retire as wharfinger and general manager of the Juneau Ferry and Navigation Company wharf in Douglas. At that time, he was also listed among the undertakers in Douglas.

He later moved to Juneau, where he entered the mercantile and real estate business.

James McKenna died in Portland, Oregon, on December 20, 1918, while traveling with his family to Alabama.

Sources

Ancestry.com; Daily Alaska Empire, December 21, 1918; Survey and Inventory of Douglas Historic Cemeteries

Primary Name: McKanna, Katherine Ann

Filed as: McKanna, Katherine Ann

Also known as: Katherine Ann Rooney; Katherine Rooney McCanna; Katherine McKenna; Katherine McKanna

Occupation / Association: Teacher; Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Women's Igloo Auxiliary No. 6

Born: April 2, 1852, Farrellton, Quebec, Canada

Died: May 2, 1939, Los Angeles, California

Parents: Rooney family of Farrellton, Quebec

Spouse: Michael Bernard McCanna (married April 9, 1874, Raymond Township, Minnesota)

Children: Elizabeth Elinor McCanna (born May 13, 1875, Raymond Township, Minnesota); James Adelbert McCanna (born December 16, 1876, Fargo, North Dakota); Emmett Joseph McCanna (born 1879, Miles City, Montana); Phillip Frances McCanna (born May 1884, Miles City, Montana)

Associated places: Farrellton, Quebec, Canada; Padua, Minnesota; Raymond Township, Minnesota; Bismarck, North Dakota; Fargo, North Dakota; Miles City, Montana; Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Los Angeles, California

Keywords: Katherine Ann Rooney McKanna, Katherine Rooney McCanna, Katherine McKenna Alaska, Katherine Rooney pioneer teacher, Pioneers of Alaska Women's Igloo 6 Charter Member

Biography

Katherine Ann Rooney McKanna was a Charter Member of the Juneau Women's Igloo Auxiliary No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.

She was born April 2, 1852, in Farrellton, Quebec, Canada. Her family immigrated to the United States in 1865 and settled in Minnesota near Padua.

In 1872, she became the first teacher in a one-room schoolhouse in nearby Raymond Township, Minnesota.

She married Michael Bernard McCanna on April 9, 1874, in Raymond Township, Minnesota. Their first child, Elizabeth Elinor, was born there on May 13, 1875.

The family moved to Bismarck, North Dakota, in 1876. Their second child, James Adelbert, was born December 16, 1876, in Fargo, North Dakota. They later moved to Miles City, Montana, where Emmett Joseph was born in 1879 and Phillip Frances in May 1884.

Although the family spelled their name McCanna, newspapers often rendered it as McKenna. Over time, the spelling settled as McKanna.

Katherine Ann Rooney McKanna died May 2, 1939, in Los Angeles, California.

Sources

1900 and 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Douglas, Alaska; 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska; Alaska Weekly, June 2, 1939

Katherine Rooney Katherine Ann Rooney Katherine McCanna Katherine McKenna Katherine McKanna Rooney McKanna Rooney McKenna Rooney McCanna

Primary Name: Morrissette, Frances Gaines

Filed As: Morrissette, Frances Gaines

Also Known As: Frances "Fanny" Gaines Morrissette; Fanny Morrissette; Frances Gaines McKanna

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6

Associated Places: Lower Peach Tree, Alabama; Juneau, Alaska; Douglas, Alaska; Grays Harbor, Washington; Los Angeles, California

Keywords: Frances Gaines Morrissette, Fanny Morrissette, James A McKanna, McKanna family Douglas Alaska, Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6, early Juneau families, Morrissette family Alabama

Biography

Frances "Fanny" Gaines Morrissette was a charter member of the Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.

She was born September 9, 1877, in Lower Peach Tree, Alabama, the daughter of Edmund Pendleton Morrissette and Katherine Dean Hutchinson Morrissette. She attended the University of Chicago and later traveled in Europe.

While traveling north to tour the Alaska frontier with a group of college friends, she met James A. McKanna aboard a northbound steamer. The couple married in Lower Peach Tree, Alabama, on April 28, 1911.

Frances and James McKanna had five children. Their eldest son, Edmund Pendleton McKanna, was born April 11, 1912, followed by James Adelbert McKanna Jr., born May 31, 1913. Twin daughters, Christine Bibb McKanna and Catherine McKanna, were born on December 9, 1914, but died the following year. A son, Colin McKanna, was born in 1915 but also died in infancy.

Frances was widowed when her husband died on December 20, 1918, while traveling to Portland, Oregon. Following his death, she moved with her family to Grays Harbor, Washington. By 1930, she was working there as a nurse.

Frances Gaines Morrissette McKanna died in Los Angeles, California, on July 24, 1955.

Sources

1880 U.S. Federal Census, Montgomery, Alabama; 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Grays Harbor, Washington; Douglas Island News, May 10, 1911; Alabama Marriage License; California Death Certificate; U.S. Social Security Death Index

Frances Gaines Morrissette Fanny Morrissette Frances G Morrissette Frances McKanna Fanny McKanna Frances Gaines McKanna F G Morrissette F G McKanna

Primary Name: McKane, Rita

Filed as: McKane, Rita

Also known as: Rita McKane

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women's Auxiliary No. 6

Associated places: Juneau, Alaska

Keywords: Rita McKane Juneau Alaska, McKane family Juneau Alaska, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women's Auxiliary charter members, early Juneau pioneer families

Biography

Rita McKane was a Charter Member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Women's Auxiliary No. 6.

Sources

Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women's Auxiliary records.

Rita McKane R McKane R. McKane McKane Mc Kane

Primary Name: Hill, Lydia Marie Korhonen

Filed as: lydia_marie_korhonen_hill

Also known as: Lydia Korhonen; Lydia Hill

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6; Telephone Operator, Juneau Douglas Telephone Company

Born: September 19, 1900, Alaska

Died: July 23, 1963, Kitsap County, Washington

Parents: Henry Korhonen; Anna Sophia "Juntunen" Korhonen

Spouse: John Hollow Hill (m. July 25, 1925)

Children: Bruce John Hill

Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Pearson, Kitsap County, Washington; Seattle, Washington

Keywords: Lydia Marie Korhonen Hill, Lydia Korhonen, Lydia Hill, Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6, Juneau Douglas Telephone Company, Korhonen family

Biography

Lydia Marie Korhonen was a charter member of the Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.

She was born on September 19, 1900, in Alaska to Henry Korhonen and Anna Sophia "Juntunen" Korhonen.

Korhonen graduated from Juneau High School in 1918. In 1923, she worked as a telephone operator for the Juneau Douglas Telephone Company.

She married John Hollow Hill on July 25, 1925, in Juneau, Alaska.

The couple lived in Pearson, Kitsap County, Washington, in 1930. Their son, Bruce John Hill, was born in Seattle, Washington on April 21, 1934.

Lydia Marie Korhonen Hill died on July 23, 1963, in Kitsap County, Washington.

Sources

1910 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska; 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Pearson, Washington; Alaska Marriage License; Alaska Daily Empire, July 27, 1925

Lydia Marie Korhonen Hill Lydia Korhonen Lydia Hill L M Korhonen L M Hill

Tags: Lydia Marie Korhonen Hill, Lydia Korhonen, Lydia Hill, Henry Korhonen, Anna Sophia Juntunen Korhonen, John Hollow Hill, Bruce John Hill, Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6, Juneau Alaska residents

Primary Name: Korhonen, Lena

Filed as: korhonen_lena

Also known as: Lena Korhonen

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Igloo Women’s Auxiliary No. 6; Clerk, B. M. Behrends Department Store

Born: January 1903, Alaska

Died:

Parents: Henry Korhonen; Anna Sophia Korhonen

Spouse:

Children:

Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Seattle, Washington

Keywords: Lena Korhonen, Korhonen Lena, Henry Korhonen, Anna Sophia Korhonen, Juneau Igloo Women’s Auxiliary No. 6, B M Behrends Department Store, Juneau High School 1921

Biography

Lena Korhonen was a charter member of the Juneau Igloo Women’s Auxiliary No. 6.

She was born in Alaska in January 1903 to Henry Korhonen and Anna Sophia Korhonen. She graduated from Juneau High School in 1921 and later attended business college in Seattle, Washington.

After completing her education, Korhonen returned to Juneau, where she worked at the B. M. Behrends Department Store.

Sources

1910 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau

Lena Korhonen Korhonen Lena L Korhonen

Tags: Lena Korhonen, Korhonen Lena, Henry Korhonen, Anna Sophia Korhonen, Juneau Igloo Women’s Auxiliary No. 6, B M Behrends Department Store, Juneau Alaska pioneers

Primary Name: Knudsen, Lorena
Filed as: knudsen_lorena
Also known as: Lorena Knudsen
Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women’s Auxiliary No. 6
Born:
Died:
Parents:
Spouse:
Children:
Associated places: Juneau, Alaska
Keywords: Lorena Knudsen, Knudsen Lorena, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women’s Auxiliary No. 6, Juneau pioneers

Biography

Lorena Knudsen was a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Women’s Auxiliary No. 6.

Sources

Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women’s Auxiliary No. 6 records

Lorena Knudsen Knudsen Lorena L. Knudsen

Primary Name: Kirk, Kathleen Pinkerton

Filed as: kirk_kathleen_pinkerton

Also known as: Kathleen Kirk; Kathleen Pinkerton

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Igloo Women’s Auxiliary No. 6; Past Noble Grand, Perseverance Rebekah Lodge No. 2A

Born: 1874, Pennsylvania

Died: July 26, 1955, Seattle, Washington

Parents:

Spouse: William B. Kirk (m. 1908, Nome, Alaska)

Children:

Associated places: Pennsylvania; New York City, New York; San Francisco, California; Dawson, Yukon Territory; Nome, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Seattle, Washington

Keywords: Kathleen Pinkerton Kirk, Kathleen Kirk, Kathleen Pinkerton, William B Kirk, Juneau Igloo Women’s Auxiliary No. 6, Perseverance Rebekah Lodge No. 2A, Butler Mauro Drug Company, Juneau Alaska pioneers

Biography

Kathleen Pinkerton Kirk was a charter member of the Juneau Igloo Women’s Auxiliary No. 6.

She was born in 1874 in Pennsylvania and spent most of her childhood and early adulthood in New York City. For a period, she lived in San Francisco before traveling to Dawson in the Yukon Territory during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898.

From Dawson, she went to Nome, Alaska, where she married William B. Kirk in 1908. The Kirks moved to Juneau in 1915, where they purchased an interest in the Butler Mauro Drug Company.

Kathleen Kirk was active in fraternal organizations and served as Past Noble Grand of the Perseverance Rebekah Lodge No. 2A.

The Kirks left Juneau around 1937 and moved to Seattle, Washington. Kathleen Pinkerton Kirk died in Seattle on July 26, 1955.

Sources

1910 U.S. Federal Census, Nome; 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; Alaska Daily Empire; fraternal lodge records

Kathleen Pinkerton Kirk Kathleen Kirk Kathleen Pinkerton Kirk Kathleen P Kirk K P Kirk

Tags: Kathleen Pinkerton Kirk, Kathleen Kirk, Kathleen Pinkerton, William B Kirk, Juneau Igloo Women’s Auxiliary No. 6, Perseverance Rebekah Lodge No. 2A, Butler Mauro Drug Company, Juneau Alaska pioneers

Primary Name: King, Alice A. Develin

Filed as: alice_a_develin_king

Also known as: Alice A. King; Alice Develin-King; Alice Develin

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

Born: July 1856, Ireland

Died: February 29, 1936, Seattle, Washington

Parents:

Spouse: Nicholas King

Children: John H. King; Sarah "Sadie" A. King-Cashen; Alice J. King; Catherine L. King

Associated places: Ireland; Amador City, California; Juneau, Alaska; Douglas, Alaska; Seattle, Washington

Keywords: Alice A. Develin King, Alice King, Alice Develin-King, Alice Develin, Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6, Nicholas King family

Biography

Alice A. Develin-King was a charter member of the Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.

She was born in July 1856 in Ireland and immigrated to the United States in 1871.

Alice married Nicholas King. Nicholas came to Juneau in June 1885 from Amador City, California, and the family followed in July 1888.

The couple had four children. John H. King was born in January 1879. Sarah "Sadie" A. King-Cashen was born on December 3, 1882, in Amador City, California. Alice J. King, born in August 1889, and Catherine L. King, born in July 1893, were born in Alaska.

Alice A. Develin-King died on February 29, 1936, in Seattle, Washington.

Sources

1900 U.S. Federal Census, Douglas, Alaska; 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Douglas, Alaska; 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska; Washington Death Certificate; Alaska Daily Empire, June 30, 1936

Alice A Develin King Alice Develin King Alice King Alice Develin A A King Develin Alice

Tags: Alice A. Develin King, Alice King, Alice Develin-King, Nicholas King, John H. King, Sarah Sadie King Cashen, Alice J. King, Catherine L. King, Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6, Douglas Alaska residents

Eva Adelia Kay Tripp was a Charter Member of the Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.

She was born on December 15, 1862, in Jackson, California, to Wallace Kay and Electra Jan “Harding” Kay.

Eva married Herman Tiden Tripp on April 23, 1889, in Jackson, California. The couple had several children. Their daughter Ethel May Tripp was born August 1, 1890, in Jackson, California. Chester Kay Tripp was born in March 1893, and Gladys Kay Tripp was born on January 21, 1896.

The family moved from Jackson, California, to Juneau, Alaska, in July 1897. By 1900, Herman Tripp was serving as the mine superintendent at Sum Dum, one of the early mining communities southeast of Juneau. Their daughter Eva Kay Tripp was later born in Juneau in December 1904.

Eva Adelia Kay Tripp remained active in the Juneau community and was among the women who helped establish the Juneau Igloo Women’s Auxiliary of the Pioneers of Alaska.

She died on January 27, 1942, in Juneau, Alaska, and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.

Sources

1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska
California Marriage Certificate

Primary Name: Johnson, Evalina Kay Tripp

Filed as: Johnson, Evalina Kay Tripp

Also known as: Evalina “Eva” Kay Tripp; Eva Kay Johnson

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

Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Fairbanks, Alaska

Keywords: Evalina Kay Tripp Johnson, Eva Kay Tripp, Johnson family Juneau, Herman T Tripp family, Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No 6, Juneau High School alumni, early Juneau families

Biography

Evalina “Eva” Kay Tripp was a charter member of the Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.

She was born on December 10, 1904, in Juneau, Alaska, the daughter of Herman T. Tripp and Eva Adella “Kay” Tripp. The Tripp family was among the early residents of the Juneau area.

Eva attended school in Juneau and graduated from Juneau High School in 1923. By 1930, she was living with her parents in Juneau and working as a stenographer in a surveyor’s office.

On September 2, 1934, she married Fred Briggs Johnson in Fairbanks, Alaska. The couple had one daughter, Eva Jeanette Johnson.

Evalina “Eva” Kay Tripp Johnson died on October 31, 1992, in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Sources

1910 / 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau

Alaskaweb: Alaska Marriages

1923 Juneau High School Yearbook

Carol "Carrie" B. Benson was a Charter Member of Juneau Igloo Women's Auxilary No. 6. 

She was born to Mary and Byron E. Benson in June of 1890 in North Dakota. Byron came to Juneau in January 1898 to work as a miner. The family followed sometime after 1900 and they lived in Skagway.

Carrie married Simon M. Tressing who was a Warrant Officer in the U.S. Army. Their daughter Kathleen M. was born 1913 in California. Carrie was living with parents in Juneau in 1920.

Simon retired and they were living in New Hanover, New Jersey in 1940. Carol died on July 10, 1940 in Queens, New York.

1900 U.S. Federal Census Dickinson, North Dakota, 1910 U.S. Federal Census Skagway,
1920/1930 U.S. Federal Census Brooklyn New York Ft Hamilton

McLaughlin, Mary Agnes

Association: Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6

Role: Charter Member

Biography

Mary Agnes McLaughlin was a charter member of Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6.

She was born on June 13, 1884, in Irwin, Pennsylvania, to Dennis and Annie McLaughlin. While she was still a child, the family moved west to Washington Territory and lived on a homestead at Mud Mountain near Buckley. She was twelve years old when the family relocated to Juneau, Alaska, in 1896.

She married George Lewis Swarva on May 22, 1917, in Juneau. Their sons, George Lawler Swarva, born September 20, 1918, and Joseph McLaughlin Swarva, born March 20, 1922, were born in Juneau.

The family moved to Seattle in 1924, where their daughter Ann Nancy Celia Swarva was born on April 15.

Mary Agnes McLaughlin Swarva died on March 14, 1957, in Seattle, Washington.

Sources

• 1940 U.S. Federal Census, Seattle, Washington
• Alaska Daily Empire, May 22, 1917
• Washington Death Certificate