Primary Name: Africh, Frank Gregocvich
Filed as: africh_frank_gregocvich
Also known as: Frank Afric
Occupation / Association: Grocer; Miner, Alaska-Juneau Mining Company
Born: August 8, 1880, Veli Brgud, Općina Matulji, Primorsko-Goranska, Croatia (Austria-Hungary)
Died: August 12, 1932, Seattle, Washington
Parents: Unknown
Spouse: Unknown
Children: Unknown
Associated places: Veli Brgud, Croatia; Juneau, Alaska; Douglas, Alaska; Seattle, Washington
Keywords: Frank Gregocvich Africh, Frank Afric, Africh Frank Gregocvich, Alaska-Juneau Mining Company miner, St. Ann Avenue grocer, Douglas Catholic Cemetery burial
Biography
Frank Gregocvich Africh was born August 8, 1880, at Veli Brgud in present-day Croatia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He immigrated to the United States in 1896.
Africh lived in the Juneau-Douglas area, where he owned a grocery store on St. Ann Avenue and also worked as a miner for the Alaska-Juneau Mining Company.
On February 8, 1932, Africh was severely injured in a mine explosion. The accident fractured his skull and caused the loss of an eye. In the weeks following the injury, he developed multiple brain abscesses.
After spending approximately seven months receiving treatment at Swedish Hospital in Seattle, Washington, Africh died on August 12, 1932, at the age of fifty-two.
He was buried at the Douglas Catholic Cemetery.
Sources
Find-A-Grave memorial for Frank Afric
Tags: Frank Gregocvich Africh, Frank Afric, Africh family, Alaska-Juneau Mining Company miners, Douglas Alaska miners, Croatian immigrants Alaska, Douglas Catholic Cemetery, St Ann Avenue Juneau