Primary Name: Hendrickson, Alma Louisa
Filed as: hendrickson_alma_louisa
Also known as: Alma Louisa Hallonquist; Alma Hendrickson
Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Igloo No. 6
Born: September 21, 1874, Finland
Died: January 3, 1971, Sitka, Alaska
Parents:
Spouse: August Emil Hendrickson (m. 1902)
Children: Lans Edwin Hendrickson (b. January 3, 1903); Alma Ideal Hendrickson (b. November 12, 1903)
Associated places: Finland; Juneau, Alaska; Sitka, Alaska
Keywords: Alma Louisa Hendrickson, Alma Louisa Hallonquist, Alma Hendrickson, August Emil Hendrickson, Lans Edwin Hendrickson, Alma Ideal Hendrickson, Juneau Igloo No. 6, Pioneers of Alaska Auxiliary
Biography
Alma Louisa Hallonquist Hendrickson was a charter member of Juneau Igloo No. 6.
She was born on September 21, 1874, in Finland. She immigrated to the United States in 1892 and arrived in Juneau, Alaska, on March 25, 1899.
Alma married August Emil Hendrickson in 1902. They had two children: Lans Edwin Hendrickson, born in Alaska on January 3, 1903, and Alma Ideal Hendrickson, born in Alaska on November 12, 1903.
Later in life, she moved to the Alaska Pioneers’ Home in Sitka on January 16, 1962. Alma Louisa Hendrickson died there on January 3, 1971.
She is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Juneau, Alaska.
Sources
1900 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; Douglas Island Weekly News, June 11, 1902; Pioneers of Alaska Auxiliary No. 6 Membership Application; Evergreen Cemetery Burial Record
Tags: Alma Louisa Hendrickson, Alma Louisa Hallonquist, Alma Hendrickson, August Emil Hendrickson, Lans Edwin Hendrickson, Alma Ideal Hendrickson, Juneau Igloo No. 6, Pioneers of Alaska Auxiliary