McKinnon, Leona
Primary Name: McKinnon, Leona
Filed as: mckinnon_leona
Also known as: Leona McKinnon
Occupation / Association: Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Igloo No. 6; Membership Committee member (1955)
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Associated places: Juneau, Alaska
Keywords: Leona McKinnon, McKinnon Leona, Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Igloo No. 6, 1955 membership committee, Juneau pioneers
Biography
Leona McKinnon was a member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Igloo No. 6.
In 1955, she served on the Juneau Igloo Membership Committee. In that capacity, she participated in the review and approval of new members, including Betty Vrooman.
Sources
Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Igloo No. 6 records, 1955 Membership Committee
Light, Odelia
Primary Name: Light, Odelia
Filed as: light_odelia
Also known as: Odelia Light
Occupation / Association: Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Igloo No. 6; Membership Committee member (1955)
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Associated places: Juneau, Alaska
Keywords: Odelia Light, Light Odelia, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Igloo No. 6, 1955 membership committee
Biography
Odelia Light was a member of the Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Igloo No. 6.
In 1955, she served on the Juneau Igloo Membership Committee. In that capacity, she participated in the review and approval of new members, including Betty Vrooman.
Sources
Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Igloo No. 6 records, 1955 Membership Committee
Pianfetti, Mary Bellino
Pianfetti, Mary Bellino
Biography
Mary Bellino Pianfetti was born February 14, 1878, in Italy. She immigrated to the United States with her parents when she was two years old.
She married James “Jim” Pianfetti on April 17, 1892, in Iron Mountain, Michigan. The couple later moved to Douglas, Alaska, in 1896 during the period of rapid growth associated with the Treadwell mining operations.
Mary and James Pianfetti had four daughters. At the time of her death, the children ranged in age from four to nine years old.
After suffering for a year from an insidious disease, Mary Bellino Pianfetti died on December 7, 1902, at the age of twenty-four. Funeral services were held at the Catholic Church in Douglas, officiated by Reverend Father Bougis. She was buried in the Douglas Catholic Cemetery.
Sources
- Find-A-Grave
Sabin, Minnie
Schryer, Minnie May
Association: Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Igloo No. 6
Role: Charter Member
Biography
Minnie May Schryer was a charter member of Juneau Igloo No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.
She was born in January 1868 in Brushton, New York. Schryer came to Juneau, Alaska in June of 1895 during the early period of settlement associated with the development of the Juneau mining district.
She married Martin H. Sabin. The couple had three children: Minnie M., born in Washington in March 1893; Charles C., born in Juneau in May 1896; and Harry M., born in Alaska on December 2, 1899. The marriage ended in divorce in October 1920.
Minnie May Schryer died on December 1, 1928. She is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Juneau.
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- 1900 and 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska
- Alaska Daily Empire, October 23, 1920
- Evergreen Cemetery Burial Records
Perelle, Lena
Lakso, Lena
Association: Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Igloo No. 6
Role: Charter Member
Biography
Lena Lakso was a charter member of Juneau Igloo No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.
She was born August 17, 1875, in Kotila, Finland. Lakso immigrated to the United States in 1894 and became a naturalized citizen in 1900.
She married John Ellini Perelle, a mining engineer. The couple was living in Valdez, Alaska, at the time of the 1910 U.S. Federal Census. John Perelle later died in Juneau on November 20, 1918.
In the 1920 census, Lena listed her occupation as a servant. She continued to reside in Juneau for the remainder of her life.
Lena Lakso died in Juneau on August 15, 1940, and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
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- 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Valdez, Alaska
- 1920, 1930, 1940 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska
- Evergreen Cemetery Burial Records
Pugh, Veneta Lauretta
Fehr, Venetia Lauretta
Association: Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6
Role: Charter Member
Biography
Venetia Lauretta Fehr was a charter member of Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.
She was born in October 1878 in Cullman County, Alabama, the daughter of Martin Fehr and Elizabeth K. Manshardt.
She married John Fraser Pugh in Alameda County, California, on December 20, 1900. The couple later moved north to Alaska, arriving in Skagway on March 18, 1901. In June 1902, her husband was appointed to the United States Customs Service, and the family was transferred to Ketchikan. Their daughter, Venetia Elizabeth Pugh, was born there on August 13, 1904.
The Pugh family returned to Skagway in 1905 and moved to Juneau in 1909. John Pugh later served as Collector of Customs for the District of Alaska.
He was among the many Alaskans who perished in the wreck of the S.S. Princess Sophia on October 25, 1918.
Following his death, Venetia and her daughter worked in Juneau for the District Clerk of the United States Court. Venetia later married District Judge Thomas M. Reed on February 24, 1924, in Seattle, Washington. The couple resided in Juneau.
Venetia Lauretta Fehr Pugh Reed died in Anchorage, Alaska, in November 1967.
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- 1910 and 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska
- Gastineau Channel Memories, Vol. 1, p. 425
- Washington Marriage Records
- Alaska Daily Empire, February 25, 1924
Swarva, Mary
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.
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- 1940 U.S. Federal Census, Seattle, Washington
- Alaska Daily Empire, May 22, 1917
- Washington Death Certificate
Sparkling, Sidonia Elizabeth
Reck, Sidonia Elizabeth
Association: Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6
Role: Charter Member
Biography
Sidonia Elizabeth Reck was a charter member of the Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6.
She was born on February 10, 1900, in Juneau, Alaska, to John and Mary A. Reck.
She married Edward Berto Sparling on September 5, 1917. They had a daughter, Corrine, who was born in Juneau in 1922. The marriage later ended in divorce. Sidonia later married Armand Ray Duncan on January 17, 1925, in Juneau.
She worked as a bookkeeper for a coal company and later as a dispatcher for a taxi company.
Sidonia Elizabeth Reck died on February 2, 1981, in Juneau, Alaska. She is buried in Warrenton, Oregon.
Sources
- 1900, 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska
- Alaska Daily Empire, September 6–8, 1917
- Alaska Daily Empire, January 9, 1925
Michaelson, Mary
Primary Name: Michaelson, Mary
Filed as: michaelson_mary
Also known as: Mary Michaelson
Occupation / Association: President, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women’s Igloo No. 6 (1938)
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Associated places: Juneau, Alaska
Keywords: Mary Michaelson, Michaelson Mary, Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Women’s Igloo No. 6, Juneau pioneers
Biography
Mary Michaelson served as President of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Women’s Igloo No. 6 in 1938. She was associated with the pioneer community of Juneau, Alaska, and with the women’s auxiliary organization of the Pioneers of Alaska.
Sources
Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women’s Igloo No. 6 records