Orme, Robert
Association: Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6
Role: Charter Member
Biography
Robert Orme was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.
He was born in January 1855 in England. Orme immigrated to the United States in 1868.
In September 1880, he came to Alaska during the early years of American settlement in the territory. Like many early arrivals along the Inside Passage, he worked as both a seaman and a longshoreman, occupations essential to the maritime supply networks that supported Alaska’s developing mining communities.
Through his work along the waterfront and his early arrival in the territory, Orme was part of the generation of pioneers who helped establish the economic and transportation foundations of Southeast Alaska.
Sources
- 1900 U.S. Federal Population Census
- 1910 U.S. Federal Population Census