Primary Name: Olson, Elizabeth

Filed as: Olson, Elizabeth

Also known as: Elizabeth "Lizzie" Olson; Elizabeth Price

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

Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Nome, Alaska; Ketchikan, Alaska; Seattle, Washington; Tacoma, Washington; Wisconsin

Keywords: Elizabeth Lizzie Olson, Elizabeth Price Juneau Alaska, Frederick Price family, Pioneers of Alaska Women's Auxiliary Igloo 6 charter members, Nome Alaska miners families, early Juneau families, Ketchikan Alaska residents

Biography

Elizabeth “Lizzie” Olson was a Charter Member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Women’s Auxiliary No. 6. She was born in May 1869 in Wisconsin.

She married Frederick Price in Seattle, Washington, on November 15, 1890. The couple had five children, all born in Washington. Their daughter Hazel was born in May 1892, Emily in January 1895, Eleanor in May 1898, Owen in November 1900, and Myrtle in April 1907.

The Price family was living in Nome, Alaska at the time of the 1910 U.S. Federal Census, when Frederick was working as a miner. By the 1920 census, the family had moved to Juneau, Alaska.

By 1940, Elizabeth was widowed and living in Ketchikan, Alaska, with her youngest daughter, Myrtle Barnell.

Elizabeth “Lizzie” Olson Price died on September 8, 1958, in Tacoma, Washington.

Sources

1900 U.S. Federal Census, Seattle, Washington.

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

1920 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska.

1940 U.S. Federal Census, Ketchikan, Alaska.