Primary Name: Holmquist, Mary
Filed as: holmquist_mary
Also known as: Mary Stenfors, Mary Holmquist
Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6
Born: August 11, 1885, Nykarleby, Finland
Died: July 26, 1949, Juneau, Alaska
Parents:
Spouse: John Holmquist
Children: Leonard Holmquist; Ernest Holmquist; Walter Ludvik “Willie” Holmquist
Associated places: Nykarleby, Finland; Juneau, Alaska; Treadwell, Alaska; Eagle Harbor, Washington
Keywords: Mary Holmquist, Mary Stenfors Holmquist, Stenfors family, Holmquist family Juneau, Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No 6
Biography
Mary Holmquist was a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Igloo Women’s Auxiliary No. 6.
Mary Stenfors was born on August 11, 1885, in Nykarleby, Finland. She married John Holmquist in Finland. Their first son, Leonard, was born there on August 15, 1905.
Mary immigrated to the United States in 1907 and settled in Juneau, Alaska. Shortly after her arrival, their son Ernest was born in Alaska in January 1908. Another son, Walter Ludvik “Willie” Holmquist, was born in Alaska on April 14, 1916.
After the death of her husband in 1926, Mary and her son, Walter, were living in Eagle Harbor, Washington, in 1930, where she worked as a cook, according to the federal census.
Mary Holmquist died in Juneau, Alaska, on July 26, 1949.
Sources
1910 U.S. Federal Census, Treadwell; 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Eagle Harbor, Washington; U.S. Passport Applications, 1925; Roust Family Tree, Ancestry.com