Primary Name: Langseth, Josephine Marie
Filed as: josephine_langseth
Also known as: Josephine Marie Anderson; Josephine Anderson; Josephine Langseth
Occupation / Association: Charter Member; President, Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6 (1931–1932); Pioneers of Alaska Membership Committee
Born: March 25, 1894, Iron Mountain, Michigan
Died: June 8, 1964, Aransas Pass, Texas
Parents: Swan Anderson; Mary Larson Anderson
Spouse: John Rasmussen "Jack" Langseth (m. August 10, 1918)
Children: Ruth Lillian Langseth; Virginia Marie Langseth; Dorothy Emma Langseth
Associated places: Iron Mountain, Michigan; Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Aransas Pass, Texas
Keywords: Josephine Marie Langseth, Josephine Langseth, Josephine Anderson, Josephine Marie Anderson, Langseth Josephine, Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6 President 1931, Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6 President 1932, Pioneers of Alaska Auxiliary, Swan Anderson family, Douglas Alaska residents
Biography
Josephine Marie Langseth, born Josephine Marie Anderson, was born on March 25, 1894, in Iron Mountain, Michigan, to Swan Anderson and Mary Larson Anderson. In 1912, the Anderson family moved to Douglas, Alaska.
On August 10, 1918, she married John Rasmussen “Jack” Langseth. The couple made their home in Juneau and had three daughters: Ruth Lillian Langseth, born July 1, 1919, in Juneau; Virginia Marie Langseth, born May 15, 1923, in Juneau; and Dorothy Emma Langseth, born January 28, 1925, in Juneau.
Langseth was a charter member of the Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska. She served as President of the organization in 1931 and 1932 and also served on the Pioneers of Alaska Membership Committee, where she approved the membership application of Mrs. Edwin Vanwart.
Josephine Langseth died on June 8, 1964, in Aransas Pass, Texas.
Sources
1920 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska; 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska; Douglas Island Weekly News, August 16, 1918; Alaska Daily Empire, August 12, 1918; Alaska Daily Empire, July 1, 1919; U.S. Social Security Claims Index; Pioneers of Alaska Auxiliary No. 6 Membership Application
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