Anderson, Albert L.
Primary Name: Anderson, Albert L.
Filed as: anderson_albert_l
Also known as: Albert Anderson
Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6; Alaska Pioneers Association
Born:
Died: November 16, 1932, Fritz Cove, Alaska
Parents:
Spouse:
Children:
Associated places: Fritz Cove, Juneau, Alaska
Keywords: Albert L Anderson, Albert Anderson, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6 charter member, Alaska Pioneers Association, Fritz Cove fishermen
Biography
Albert L. Anderson was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6 and a member of the Alaska Pioneers Association.
Anderson came to Alaska in 1882. He was engaged in ranching and followed fishing in season.
He lived in Fritz Cove, where he drowned in an accident while returning from a fishing trip on November 16, 1932. His skiff capsized while he was getting out of his larger gas boat, throwing him and his partner, Fred Peterson, into the water. Peterson was rescued by a neighbor.
Little is known of his antecedents, and so far as can be ascertained, he left no known relatives.
Sources
Daily Alaska Empire, November 17, 1932
Tags: Anderson, Albert L., Albert L Anderson, Albert Anderson, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6, Alaska Pioneers Association, Fritz Cove, Juneau Alaska
Archer, Michael B.
Primary Name: Archer, Michael
Filed as: archer_michael
Also known as: Michael Archer
Occupation / Association: Dairyman; Gold miner; Treadwell Mine marshal; Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men’s Igloo No. 6; Charter Member, Alaska Pioneers Association No. 87
Born: October 1844, Ireland
Died: December 16, 1918, Juneau, Alaska
Parents: Father born in Ireland; mother born in England
Spouse: Sarah Anne Archer
Children: Unknown
Associated places: Ireland; Healy, Idaho; Alaska; Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Union City, Alaska
Keywords: Michael Archer, Archer Michael, Michael Archer Douglas Alaska, Sarah Anne Archer, Treadwell Mine marshal, Alaska Pioneers Association No. 87, Juneau Men’s Igloo charter member
Biography
Michael Archer was a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men’s Igloo No. 6.
Archer was born in Ireland in October 1844. His father was born in Ireland and his mother in England.
He immigrated to the United States in 1864 and came to Alaska from Healy, Idaho, in September 1885. He was also a charter member of the Alaska Pioneers Association No. 87.
Archer lived in Douglas, where he was a dairyman, gold miner, and the marshal at the Treadwell Mine.
His wife, Sarah Anne Archer, owned a store in Union City, which was located to the west of the Douglas Bridge.
Archer died in Juneau on December 16, 1918.
Sources
1900 U.S. Federal Population Census; 1910 U.S. Federal Population Census; Daily Alaska Empire, December 17, 1918; Inventory and Survey of Historic Cemeteries in Douglas, Alaska
Tags: Michael Archer, Archer Michael, Sarah Anne Archer, Archer family, Juneau pioneers, Pioneers of Alaska Igloo 6, Alaska Pioneers Association 87, Treadwell Mine, Douglas Alaska, Juneau Alaska, Union City Alaska, dairyman, gold miner
Brown, Carl Leonard
Primary Name: Brown, Carl Leonard
Filed as: brown_carl_leonard
Also known as: Carl L. Brown
Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Men’s Igloo No. 6; Alaska Pioneers Association No. 87
Born: January 1893, Seattle, Washington
Died: Unknown
Parents: Frank Brown; Emma Brown
Spouse: Unknown
Children: Unknown
Associated places: Seattle, Washington; Juneau, Alaska
Keywords: Carl Leonard Brown, Carl L Brown, Brown Carl Leonard, Juneau Men’s Igloo charter member, Alaska Pioneers Association No 87
Biography
Carl Leonard Brown was a charter member of the Juneau Men’s Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska.
Brown was born in Seattle, Washington, in January 1893. In August of that same year, he came to Juneau with his father, Frank Brown, and mother, Emma Brown, becoming part of the early pioneer families who established permanent roots in the community.
Brown later became a charter member of the Alaska Pioneers Association No. 87.
Sources
1900 U.S. Federal Population Census; 1910 U.S. Federal Population Census
Tags: Carl Leonard Brown, Carl L Brown, Brown family, Juneau pioneers, Pioneers of Alaska Igloo 6, Alaska Pioneers Association 87, Seattle Washington, Juneau Alaska
Sokoloff, Harlampy Simon
Harlampy Sokolof was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo.
Primary Name: Sokolof, Harlampy
Filed as: Sokolof, Harlampy
Also known as: Harlampy Sokoloff; Harlampy Sokolof
Occupation / Association: Russian missionary; interpreter; member of the 1887 Pioneers
Associated places: Sitka, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Killisnoo, Alaska; Dyea, Alaska; Skagway, Alaska
Keywords: Harlampy Sokolof, Harlampy Sokoloff, Russian Seminary Sitka, Alaska Russian missionaries, Alaska interpreters Tlingit Russian Slovenian, Pioneers of 1887 Alaska, Sitka Alaska pioneers, early Juneau interpreters, Alaska Native relations history
Biography
Harlampy Sokolof was born in Sitka, Alaska, on February 22, 1863. He graduated from the Russian Seminary in Sitka.
On May 29, 1881, he was hired in Sitka as an interpreter aboard the U.S. Navy vessel Wachusetts, commanded by Captain Glass. The vessel cruised throughout the waters of Southeast Alaska enforcing federal law, including efforts to suppress the illegal manufacture of alcohol and to intervene in practices the federal authorities considered unlawful. The patrols visited communities including Sitka, Juneau, Hoonah, Killisnoo, Klawock, Shakan, Wrangell, and Chilkoot.
Sokolof also recalled an earlier experience in 1878, when the Canadian gunboat H.M.S. Osprey arrived at Sitka amid tension with local Native groups. He and his father stood watch to help protect the town’s residents.
During his career, he also worked as a survey assistant on a quartz claim for A. P. Swineford. While on that expedition with companions identified as Russell and Alex Toles, he was attacked by a brown bear and suffered severe injuries, including a broken arm and leg.
Sokolof later served as a court interpreter in both Sitka and Juneau. He spoke several languages and worked in Tlingit, Slovenian, and Russian.
He married Mary Danilova Kobochef in Sitka on November 11, 1884. The couple had two children.
Over the course of his life, Sokolof lived in several Southeast Alaska communities, including Sitka, Juneau, Killisnoo, Dyea, and Skagway. He worked as a Russian missionary and interpreter and was recognized as a member of the Alaska “Pioneers of 1887.”
Sources
Pioneers of Alaska Men’s Igloo No. 6 Biographical Sketch.
Waydelich, West
Primary Name: John W. Waydelich
Filed as: Waydelich, John W.
Also known as: “Wes” Waydelich; “West” Waydelich
Died: August 17, 1914 – Juneau, Alaska
Associated places: Auke Bay, Juneau, Alaska; Stikine River; Windham Bay; Shuck River; Cassiar; Montana; Cariboo
Occupation / Association: Farmer; miner; early settler
Affiliation: Charter Member, Juneau Men's Igloo; member, ’87 Pioneers Association
Keywords: Auke Bay homestead, Waydelich Creek, early Juneau settlers, Auke Bay agriculture, Alaska mining frontier
Biography
John W. Waydelich was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo and was one of the first white settlers in the Auke Bay area.
Waydelich’s birthplace is not recorded, although he was reported to have been a graduate of Yale University. He first went west to Montana, then to the Cariboo and the Dominion of Canada, and eventually into the Cassiar.
In 1874, he operated a farm on one of the islands at the mouth of the Stikine River. He later moved to Windham Bay, where he mined on the Shuck River.
In 1881, he moved to Juneau. In 1892, he claimed a 160-acre homestead “on Auk Bay, about two miles east of Old Auk Town,” on the creek that now bears his name. He cleared part of the homestead and raised produce, which he sold in Juneau.
Waydelich was a member of the ’87 Pioneers Association, and his signature appears on the original charter of that organization in the Territorial Museum.
Usually known as “Wes” or “West,” he died at Juneau on August 17, 1914. At the time of his death, his age was reported as both 74 and 80.
Waydelich Creek, located on the mainland and discharging into Auke Bay about eleven miles northwest of Juneau, was named for John W. Waydelich. The name has been incorrectly spelled “Wadleigh” on some maps.