Primary Name: King, Alice J.

Filed as: King, Alice J.

Also known as: Alice J. Pettygrove; Alice J. Kirby

Occupation / Association: Charter member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women’s Auxiliary No. 6; store proprietor; nurse

Associated places: Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Seldovia, Alaska; Ketchikan, Alaska

Keywords: Alice J King, Alice Pettygrove, Alice Kirby, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women's Auxiliary No 6 charter member, King family Douglas Alaska, Pettygrove family Juneau Alaska, Dr William P Kirby Seldovia, early Alaska women business owners

Biography

Alice J. King was a Charter Member of Juneau Igloo Women’s Auxiliary No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.

She was born in August 1889 in Alaska to Nicholas and Alice Devlin King.

In 1909, she married Francis “Frank” W. Pettygrove. The couple had a son, Francis W. Pettygrove, who was born in Juneau in 1911. Their marriage ended in divorce in 1924.

By 1920, Alice was the proprietor of a store in Juneau.

She later married Dr. William P. Kirby on February 16, 1925. By 1940, the couple was living in Seldovia, Alaska, where Dr. Kirby practiced general medicine, and Alice worked as a nurse.

Alice J. King Kirby died on November 1, 1954, in Ketchikan, Alaska.

1900/1910 U.S. Federal Census Douglas; 1920/1930 U.S. Federal Census Juneau; 1940 U.S. Federal Census Seldovia; Douglas Island Weekly News, November 10, 1909; Alaska Daily Empire, December 9, 1922; Alaska Daily Empire, September 27, 1924; Alaska Daily Empire, February 18, 1925