Primary Name: Chernikoff, Katherine

Filed as: Chernikoff, Katherine

Also known as: Katherine "Kate" Zeranoff; Katherine McRoberts; Katherine Chernikoff

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

Born: November 11, 1894, Sitka, Alaska

Died: December 5, 1965, Sitka, Alaska

Spouses: Richard McRoberts; Boris Vasilicrich Chernikoff (m. January 20, 1936)

Children: Jennie McRoberts (born March 1921); Richard McRoberts (born August 1922); Harold McRoberts (born April 1926); Eugene McRoberts (born 1927); John McRoberts (born July 1929)

Associated places: Sitka, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska

Keywords: Katherine Zeranoff Chernikoff, Kate Zeranoff, Katherine McRoberts, Boris Vasilicrich Chernikoff, Pioneers of Alaska Women's Igloo 6 Charter Member, Sitka Alaska pioneers

Biography

Katherine "Kate" Zeranoff Chernikoff was a Charter Member of the Juneau Women's Igloo Auxiliary No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.

She was born on November 11, 1894, in Sitka, Alaska.

She married Richard McRoberts. The family was living in Sitka in 1920, where Katherine worked as a waitress. Their children were Jennie, born in March 1921; Richard, born in August 1922; Harold, born in April 1926; Eugene, born in 1927; and John, born in July 1929. Katherine was recorded as widowed in the 1930 census.

She later remarried Boris Vasilicrich Chernikoff on January 20, 1936.

Katherine Chernikoff died in Sitka, Alaska, on December 5, 1965.

Sources

1920 U.S. Federal Census, Sitka; 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; Alaska Marriage Certificate; Alaska Death Certificate