Primary Name: Sokoloff, Mary Danilova Kobochef

Filed as: Sokoloff, Mary Danilova Kobochef

Also known as: Mary Danilova Kobochef; Mary Sokoloff

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

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

Keywords: Mary Danilova Kobochef Sokoloff, Harlampy Sokoloff, Pioneers of Alaska Igloo 6 charter members, Juneau Alaska pioneers, Killisnoo Alaska Russian community, Sitka Alaska marriages, Alaska territorial families

Biography

Mary Danilova Kobochef Sokoloff was a Charter Member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Igloo No. 6. She was born in 1871 in Alaska.

She married Harlampy Sokoloff in Sitka on November 23, 1884, when she was just thirteen years old. In 1895, the couple moved to Killisnoo, where Mr. Sokoloff served as a lay reader to Reverend John Soboloff. Before the turn of the century, the family moved to Juneau, Alaska, where they lived for more than thirty-five years.

Mary and Harlampy 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. A few days later, after an illness that had lasted six years, Mary passed away on December 1, 1934, at the government hospital in Juneau.

Sources

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

Biographies of Alaska-Yukon Pioneers, 1850–1950, Volume 5, page 258.

Alaska Daily Empire, November 23, 1934.

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

Harlampy Sokoloff records.