McLaughlin, Mary Agnes

Association: Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6

Role: Charter Member

Biography

Mary Agnes McLaughlin was a charter member of Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6.

She was born on June 13, 1884, in Irwin, Pennsylvania, to Dennis and Annie McLaughlin. While she was still a child, the family moved west to Washington Territory and lived on a homestead at Mud Mountain near Buckley. She was twelve years old when the family relocated to Juneau, Alaska, in 1896.

She married George Lewis Swarva on May 22, 1917, in Juneau. Their sons, George Lawler Swarva, born September 20, 1918, and Joseph McLaughlin Swarva, born March 20, 1922, were born in Juneau.

The family moved to Seattle in 1924, where their daughter Ann Nancy Celia Swarva was born on April 15.

Mary Agnes McLaughlin Swarva died on March 14, 1957, in Seattle, Washington.

Sources

• 1940 U.S. Federal Census, Seattle, Washington
• Alaska Daily Empire, May 22, 1917
• Washington Death Certificate