Shotter, George Ray, Sr.

Residence: Canada

Spouse: Lucy Shotter (Tlingit, of Wrangell, Alaska)

Children: George Ray Shotter Jr.; Frank Shotter; Mrs. L. Kane; Mrs. Thomas Murry of Hoonah; Mrs. J. O. Ross of Seattle; Margaret Shotter Evans of California

Associated Places: Chemainus, British Columbia, Canada; Wrangell, Alaska; Hoonah, Alaska; Seattle, Washington; California

Biography

George Ray Shotter, Sr., was a resident of Canada and the husband of Lucy Shotter, a Tlingit woman from Wrangell, Alaska. Through their marriage, the Shotter family became connected with both the Indigenous communities of Southeast Alaska and the broader network of settlers and traders who moved between Alaska and British Columbia during the late nineteenth century.

The couple had several children. Their son George Ray Shotter Jr. was born on April 5, 1882, in Chemainus, British Columbia, Canada. Other children included Frank Shotter, Mrs. L. Kane, Mrs. Thomas Murray of Hoonah, Mrs. J. O. Ross of Seattle, and Margaret Shotter Evans of California.

Members of the Shotter family later lived throughout Southeast Alaska and the Pacific Coast, reflecting the close economic and family connections between British Columbia and Alaska during the territorial period.

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