Primary Name: Monagle, Mary

Filed as: Monagle, Mary

Also known as: Mary Monica Hudson Monagle; Mary M. Monagle

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

Associated places: Irwin Station, Pennsylvania; Juneau, Alaska; Seattle, Washington; Pierce County, Washington

Keywords: Mary Monagle Juneau Alaska, Mary Monica Hudson Monagle, Monagle family Juneau Alaska, Monagle Variety Store Juneau, Treadwell mine families, Juneau Women's Igloo Auxiliary No 6

Biography

Mary Monagle was a Charter Member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Women's Igloo Auxiliary No. 6.

She was born Mary Monica Hudson on April 30, 1879, in Irwin Station, Pennsylvania, to Edward James Hudson and Margaret McLaughlin Hudson. She arrived in Juneau, Alaska, in 1896.

She married James Monagle at the Cathedral of the Nativity in Juneau on January 25, 1899. James worked at the Treadwell and Juneau gold mines, and together the couple operated Monagle's Variety Store in Juneau for many years.

Mary and James Monagle had nine children: Mary Monica, born December 25, 1900 in Juneau; Michael Edward, born November 21, 1902 in Seattle; James William, born September 26, 1903; John Parker, born September 9, 1906; Francis P., born 1911 in Washington; Margaret Ellen Rose “Dolly”, born November 13, 1913 in Pierce County, Washington; Rosellen M., born 1916 in Washington; Joseph Earl, born April 24, 1918 in Juneau; and Merritt Gerald, born September 24, 1926 in Washington.

Mary Monagle died on December 15, 1966, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Juneau.

Sources

1880 U.S. Federal Census, Irwin Station, Pennsylvania; 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Pierce County, Washington; 1920, 1930, and 1940 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; Gastineau Channel Memories, Vol. 1, p. 347.