Primary Name: Scott, Mabel Grace

Filed as: Scott, Mabel Grace

Also known as: Mabel Grace Scott

Occupation / Association: Early resident of Juneau, Alaska

Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Grangeville, Idaho; Salmon River, Idaho

Keywords: Mabel Grace Scott, Scott family Juneau, Minerva Scott twin, Anna Faulkner Scott Knutson Webster, Swan Knutson family, Clarence Knutson, Carol Swanhilde Knutson, early Juneau families, Idaho pioneers to Alaska, Juneau territorial families

Biography

Mabel Grace Scott was born April 1, 1893, in Grangeville, Idaho, the daughter of Anna Faulkner Scott Knutson Webster. She was born alongside her twin sister, Minerva Beatrice Scott.

Mabel’s father, Newton Scott, died on November 5, 1897, when he was killed by a falling tree while riding a horse. Several of Mabel’s sisters—Lucy, Alice, and Ruth—also died while the family was still living in Idaho.

On January 25, 1899, Mabel’s mother, Anna, married Swan Knutson in the Salmon River area of Idaho. Swan Knutson died on August 1, 1901. Two children from that marriage, Clarence and Carol Swanhilde Knutson, were born April 5, 1902, in Idaho after Swan’s death.

In 1904, Anna moved to Juneau, Alaska, with her daughters, Mabel Scott, Minerva “Minnie” Scott, and Carol “Carrie” Swanhilde Knutson, joining the growing population of families relocating to Southeast Alaska during the territorial mining era.

Sources

Family historical records.