Primary Name: Sokoloff, Mary Danilova Kobochef

Filed as: Sokoloff, Mary Danilova Kobochef

Also known as: Mary Danilova Kobochef Sokoloff

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Igloo No. 6

Associated places: Sitka, Alaska; Killisnoo, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska

Keywords: Mary Danilova Kobochef Sokoloff, Harlampy Sokoloff, Russian Orthodox families Alaska, Killisnoo Alaska families, Juneau pioneers, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Igloo No 6 charter members

Biography

Mary Danilova Kobochef Sokoloff was a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Igloo No. 6.

She was born in Alaska in 1871.

Mary married Harlampy Sokoloff in Sitka, Alaska, on November 23, 1884, when she was thirteen years old. In 1895, the couple moved to Killisnoo, Alaska, where Mr. Sokoloff served as lay reader to Reverend John Soboloff.

Before the turn of the twentieth century, the family relocated to Juneau, Alaska, where they lived for more than thirty-five years. The couple had two children. Their daughter Mary died in Sitka, and their son Andrew died while the family was living in Killisnoo.

Mary and Harlampy celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary on November 23, 1934. Only a few days later, after a six-year illness, Mary died on December 1, 1934, at the government hospital in Juneau.

Sources

1910, 1920, 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau

Biographies of Alaska-Yukon Pioneers 1850-1950, Vol. 5, p. 258

Alaska Daily Empire, November 23, 1934

Pioneers of Alaska Men’s Igloo No. 6 Biographical Sketch, Harlampy Sokoloff