Primary Name: McDonald, Elizabeth

Filed as: McDonald, Elizabeth

Also known as: Elizabeth Marshall Hucheson; Elizabeth Hucheson McDonald

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

Associated places: Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Seattle, Washington; Atlin, British Columbia; Marshfield, Oregon; West Virginia

Keywords: Elizabeth McDonald Juneau Alaska, Elizabeth Marshall Hucheson, John F McDonald Douglas Alaska, Douglas Alaska pioneer families, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women's Auxiliary charter members, early Douglas Alaska residents

Biography

Elizabeth McDonald was a Charter Member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Women’s Auxiliary No. 6.

She was born Elizabeth Marshall Hucheson in November 1858 in West Virginia to Agnes Henry and Robert M. Hucheson.

In 1875, she married John F. McDonald in Marshfield, Oregon. The couple lived in Seattle, Washington, for approximately twenty years and later spent two years in Atlin, British Columbia, before moving to the Gastineau Channel region. In 1899, they settled in Douglas, Alaska.

John McDonald served the community for eighteen years as the city marshal of Douglas.

Elizabeth and John had four children: Annie, born in 1877 in Oregon; Agnes, born in 1879 in Washington; Ruth Irene, born in July 1892; and Elizabeth Ione, born in November 1896.

Elizabeth McDonald died on February 20, 1933, in Seattle, Washington.

Sources

1910 U.S. Federal Census, Douglas, Alaska.

Biographies of Alaska-Yukon Pioneers 1850–1950, Volume 2, p. 202, Ed Ferrell.

Alaska Daily Empire, February 21, 1933.

Washington Death Certificate.