Primary Name: Archer, Michael
Filed as: archer_michael
Also known as: Michael Archer
Occupation / Association: Dairyman; Gold miner; Treadwell Mine marshal; Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men’s Igloo No. 6; Charter Member, Alaska Pioneers Association No. 87
Born: October 1844, Ireland
Died: December 16, 1918, Juneau, Alaska
Parents: Father born in Ireland; mother born in England
Spouse: Sarah Anne Archer
Children: Unknown
Associated places: Ireland; Healy, Idaho; Alaska; Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Union City, Alaska
Keywords: Michael Archer, Archer Michael, Michael Archer Douglas Alaska, Sarah Anne Archer, Treadwell Mine marshal, Alaska Pioneers Association No. 87, Juneau Men’s Igloo charter member
Biography
Michael Archer was a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men’s Igloo No. 6.
Archer was born in Ireland in October 1844. His father was born in Ireland and his mother in England.
He immigrated to the United States in 1864 and came to Alaska from Healy, Idaho, in September 1885. He was also a charter member of the Alaska Pioneers Association No. 87.
Archer lived in Douglas, where he was a dairyman, gold miner, and the marshal at the Treadwell Mine.
His wife, Sarah Anne Archer, owned a store in Union City, which was located to the west of the Douglas Bridge.
Archer died in Juneau on December 16, 1918.
Sources
1900 U.S. Federal Population Census; 1910 U.S. Federal Population Census; Daily Alaska Empire, December 17, 1918; Inventory and Survey of Historic Cemeteries in Douglas, Alaska
Tags: Michael Archer, Archer Michael, Sarah Anne Archer, Archer family, Juneau pioneers, Pioneers of Alaska Igloo 6, Alaska Pioneers Association 87, Treadwell Mine, Douglas Alaska, Juneau Alaska, Union City Alaska, dairyman, gold miner