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
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