Primary Name: McCloskey, Laura

Filed as: McCloskey, Laura

Also known as: Laura “Lizzie” McCloskey

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women’s Auxiliary No. 6

Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Seattle, Washington; Norway

Keywords: Laura Lizzie McCloskey Juneau Alaska, McCloskey family Juneau Alaska, Peter McCloskey miner Alaska, Norwegian immigrants Juneau Alaska, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women’s Auxiliary charter members

Biography

Laura “Lizzie” McCloskey was a Charter Member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Women’s Auxiliary No. 6.

She was born in Norway in February 1867 and immigrated to the United States in 1889. She married Peter McCloskey.

Peter McCloskey came to Alaska in March 1895 and worked as a miner. Lizzie arrived in Juneau later that year, in December 1895. The couple raised their family in the Juneau area during the early mining era.

Their son, James L. McCloskey, was born in Alaska in March 1897, and their daughter, Laura Olive McCloskey, was born in April 1901.

Laura McCloskey died in Seattle, Washington, on May 3, 1935.

Sources

1900 and 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska.

Alaska Daily Empire, May 1, 1935.