Primary Name: Sarah Anna Winn

Also known as: Anna Sarah Milbourn Winn

Born: April 5, 1865 – Wiota, Wisconsin

Died: November 27, 1946 – Juneau, Alaska

Spouse: William Winn

Children: Burdette A. Winn

Stepchildren: John E. Winn, Milton Winn, Grover C. Winn

Occupation: Millinery shop owner

Affiliation: Charter Member, Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6

Associated places: Wiota, Wisconsin; Juneau, Alaska

Biography

Sarah Anna Winn, also known as Anna Sarah Milbourn Winn, was a Charter Member of the Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6.

She was born in Wiota, Wisconsin, on April 5, 1865, though she was known to keep the year of her birth a closely guarded secret.

She married William Winn on December 10, 1892, in Woodford, Lafayette County, Wisconsin. The couple moved to Juneau, Alaska, in 1893.

On March 21, 1896, she gave birth in Juneau to their son, Burdette A. Winn. She also raised her husband’s sons from an earlier marriage: John E. Winn, born December 1882, and Milton Winn and Grover C. Winn, twins born in January 1886 in Wisconsin.

In Juneau, she owned and operated a millinery shop.

Sarah Anna Winn died in Juneau, Alaska, on November 27, 1946.

Sources

• 1900, 1920, and 1930 U.S. Federal Census
• Biographies of Alaska Yukon Pioneers, Vol. 3, p. 342, Ed Ferrell
• 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau

Primary Name: Alice Jane Wallstedt

Also known as: Alice Jane Johnson Wallstedt

Born: October 15, 1883 – Oakland, Alameda County, California

Died: December 23, 1957 – Sonoma, California

Parents: John Johnson and Annie Vanderslice Johnson

Spouse: Sigurd J. Wallstedt

Children: Gertrude Lilly Wallstedt, Wilma Wallstedt, Murielle Sigrid Wallstedt

Affiliation: Charter Member, Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6

Associated places: Oakland, California; Juneau, Alaska; Sonoma, California

Biography

Alice Jane Wallstedt was a Charter Member of the Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6.

Alice Jane Johnson was born on October 15, 1883, in Oakland, Alameda County, California, to John Johnson and Annie Vanderslice Johnson.

She married Sigurd J. Wallstedt, a billiard room owner. The couple lived in Juneau, Alaska, and had three daughters: Gertrude Lilly Wallstedt, born January 24, 1913; Wilma Wallstedt, born in 1914; and Murielle Sigrid Wallstedt, born May 29, 1922.

Alice Jane Wallstedt died in Sonoma, California on December 23, 1957.

Sources

• 1930 U.S. Federal Census, San Francisco
• California Births and Christenings
• California Death Index

Vanden Wyer, Catherine L.

Born: July 1894

Birthplace: Douglas, Alaska

Died: May 3, 1964

Place of death: Seattle, Washington

Parents: Nicholas King; Alice Alicia Develin King

Spouse: Hurbert A. Vanden Wyer (marine engineer)

Children: Alice E. Vanden Wyer (born June 2, 1921, Alaska); Hurbert Anthony Vanden Wyer (born 1926, Seattle, Washington)

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

Biography

Catherine L. Vanden Wyer, born Catherine L. King, was a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6. She was born in July 1894 in Douglas, Alaska, the daughter of Nicholas King and Alice Alicia Develin King, members of the early Douglas Island community during the territorial mining era.

She married Hurbert A. Vanden Wyer, a marine engineer, in 1920. The couple had two children: Alice E. Vanden Wyer, born in Alaska on June 2, 1921, and Hurbert Anthony Vanden Wyer, born in Seattle, Washington, in 1926.

Catherine spent part of her early life in the Juneau–Douglas area and later lived in Seattle, Washington. She died in Seattle on May 3, 1964.

Sources

• 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Douglas, Alaska
• 1920 and 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Seattle, Washington
• Alaska Daily Empire, June 2, 1921
• Washington Death Index

Primary Name: Valentine, Josephine G.

Filed as: Valentine, Josephine G.

Also known as: Josephine Cook; Josephine G. Cook; Josephine Scanlon Cook Valentine

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6

Associated places: New York; San Francisco, California; Juneau, Alaska; Seattle, Washington

Keywords: Josephine G Valentine, Josephine Cook Juneau, Emery Valentine family, Frank A Cook miner, Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No 6 charter members, Scanlon family, early Juneau women

Biography

Josephine G. Valentine was a charter member of the Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.

She was born in October 1871 in New York to Mary Ryan and Hugh Scanlon. As a young woman, she moved west to San Francisco, California, and later came north to Juneau, Alaska, in 1899.

Josephine married Frank A. Cook, a miner. The couple had one daughter, Madeline Ann Cook, who was born on May 15, 1905. Later that same year, Frank Cook died on December 15, 1905.

Josephine later remarried on December 16, 1909, in Juneau to Emery Valentine. Their marriage ended in divorce in 1915.

Josephine G. Valentine later moved to Seattle, Washington, where she died on December 9, 1952.

Sources

1880 U.S. Federal Census, San Francisco

1900 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau

Alaska Marriage Certificate

Washington Death Certificate

Douglas Island Weekly News, December 22, 1909

Primary Name: Naghel, Annetta

Filed as: Naghel, Annetta

Also known as: Annetta Theresa Johnson; Annetta Theresa Naghel

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women’s Auxiliary No. 6; musician

Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Sitka, Alaska; San Francisco, California; Alameda, California

Keywords: Annetta Naghel Juneau Alaska, Annetta Theresa Johnson, Charles Edward Nagel family Juneau, Pacific Coast Steamship Company Spokane musician, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women's Auxiliary charter members, Evergreen Cemetery Juneau burials

Biography

Annetta Naghel was a Charter Member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Women’s Auxiliary No. 6.

She was born Annetta Theresa Johnson on August 28, 1877, in San Francisco, California, to Annie T. McClary and Alexander Johnson.

In 1904, she met Charles Edward Nagel in Sitka, Alaska. At the time, he was a United States Marine stationed there, and she was working as a musician aboard the Pacific Coast Steamship Company vessel S.S. Spokane.

Nagel proposed during the 1905 tour season, and the couple planned to marry the following year. Instead, Annetta left the ship while it was in Juneau, and the two were married there on August 6, 1906.

Annetta and Charles had three children: Edward Quesnel “Pat” Nagel, born in Juneau on February 10, 1908; Grace Emette Nagel, born in Juneau on October 28, 1909; and Gladys Agnes Nagel, born in Juneau on October 10, 1911.

Annetta Theresa Naghel died in Alameda, California, on July 11, 1957. She was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Juneau on July 22, 1957.

Sources

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

Gastineau Channel Memories, Volume 2, pp. 265–277.

Alaska Marriage Records.

California Death Index.

Museth, Trine

Association: Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6

Role: Charter Member

Associated Places: Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Escondido, California; San Diego, California

Biography

Trine Museth was a charter member of the Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.

She was born in Douglas, Alaska, on November 25, 1897, to Henry Museth and Martha Museth. The family name had originally been Mjaaset. Her parents, Hendrik and Marta Mjaaset, emigrated from Voss, Norway, in 1881 and later Americanized their surname to Museth.

Museth grew up in the Douglas and Juneau area during the early years of the mining communities of Southeast Alaska.

When her father became ill in 1923, she moved with her parents and her sisters, Nora and Agnes, to Escondido, California. After her father's death in 1926, she remained in California and worked as a teller at a commercial bank for approximately forty years. She retired in 1963.

Trine Museth died in San Diego, California, on June 14, 1988.

Sources

• 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Douglas, Alaska
• Gastineau Channel Memories, Vol. 1, pp. 353–355
• California Death Index

Primary Name: Museth, Nora Alice

Filed as: Museth, Nora Alice

Also known as: Nora Museth Williams

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women's Igloo Auxiliary No. 6; post office employee

Associated places: Douglas, Alaska; Treadwell, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Escondido, California; Seattle, Washington; Tacoma, Washington

Keywords: Nora Alice Museth, Nora Museth Williams, Museth family Douglas Alaska, Joseph Augustin Williams mining engineer, Juneau Women's Igloo Auxiliary No 6, Douglas High School 1914, Treadwell Post Office employees

Biography

Nora Alice Museth was a Charter Member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Women's Igloo Auxiliary No. 6.

She was born in Douglas, Alaska, on June 24, 1895, to Henry Museth and Martha Nilsdatter Bolstad-Museth. Their names were Americanized from Hendrik and Marta Mjaaset after they immigrated to the United States from Voss, Norway, in 1881.

Nora graduated from Douglas High School in 1914. She was the only senior in Douglas that year, and during the final half of the school year, she joined four seniors attending Juneau High School.

While in high school, she worked as a projectionist at the local theater. After graduating, she obtained employment at the Treadwell Post Office, where she earned $45 per month.

In 1923, when her father became ill, Nora moved with her parents and sisters Agnes and Trini to Escondido, California.

In 1925, she returned to Juneau as the bride of Joseph Augustin Williams, a mining engineer employed by the Treadwell mining operations. Nora and Joseph had been engaged before she left Alaska. They were married on April 21, 1925, and soon returned to Alaska.

The couple raised four children: Irene Patricia (born April 3, 1926), Donald Museth (born 1928), John Rodney (born 1931), and Marjorie Josephine (born 1934).

In 1983, Joseph and Nora moved to Seattle, Washington. Nora Alice Museth Williams died on January 17, 1994, in Tacoma, Washington.

Sources

1930 and 1940 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; Gastineau Channel Memories, Vol. 1, pp. 353–355; Alaska Daily Empire, May 6, 1925; Alaska Daily Empire, April 3, 1926; Washington Death Certificate.

Primary Name: Museth, Agnes

Filed as: Museth, Agnes

Also known as: Agnes E. Museth

Occupation / Association: Stenographer, Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company; Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women's Auxiliary No. 6

Associated places: Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Tacoma, Washington; Escondido, California; San Diego, California; Voss, Norway

Keywords: Agnes Museth Juneau Alaska, Museth family Douglas Alaska, Nora Alice Museth, Alaska Juneau Gold Mine employees, Douglas High School graduates Alaska, Norwegian immigrants Juneau Alaska, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women's Auxiliary charter members

Biography

Agnes Museth was a Charter Member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Women’s Auxiliary No. 6.  She was born May 29, 1892, in Michigan to Henry Museth and Martha Nilsdatter Bolstad Museth. Her parents had immigrated from Voss, Norway in 1881, and their family name was Americanized from Hendrik and Marta Mjaaset after their arrival in the United States.

Agnes came to Alaska with her family in June 1894 and grew up in Douglas. She graduated from Douglas High School in 1911 and later attended a one-year business college in Tacoma, Washington.

After completing her education, Museth began working as a stenographer for the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company.

In 1923, when her father became ill, Agnes moved with her parents and her sisters Nora and Trini to Escondido, California. She remained in California after her father’s death in 1926.

Agnes E. Museth died on December 18, 1977, in San Diego, California.

Sources

1900 U.S. Federal Census, Douglas, Alaska.

Gastineau Channel Memories, Volume 1, pp. 353–355.

California Death Index.

Primary Name: Mullen, Beatrice

Filed as: Mullen, Beatrice

Also known as: Beatrice Margaret Behrends; Beatrice Margaret Mullen

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women's Auxiliary No. 6

Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; San Francisco, California; Palo Alto, California

Keywords: Beatrice Mullen Juneau Alaska, Beatrice Margaret Behrends, B M Behrends family Juneau Alaska, John Francis Mullen family Juneau, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women's Auxiliary charter members, early Juneau pioneer families

Biography

Beatrice Mullen was a Charter Member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Women’s Auxiliary No. 6.

She was born Beatrice Margaret Behrends in Juneau, Alaska, on September 25, 1892, to Bernard B. M. Behrends and Margarete Virginia Pakel Behrends, members of a prominent early Juneau pioneer family.

On June 25, 1915, she married John Francis Mullen in Juneau. The couple had three children: Bernhard, born March 26, 1916, in Juneau; Beatrice, born October 30, 1918, in San Francisco, California; and Virginia, born May 28, 1920, in Juneau.

Beatrice Mullen died in Palo Alto, California, on May 16, 1982.

Sources

1940 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska.

California Death Index.

Alaska Daily Empire, March 29, 1916.

Primary Name: Morton, Ione Elizabeth

Filed as: Morton, Ione Elizabeth

Also known as: Ione Morton; Ione Elizabeth McDonald

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Women's Igloo Auxiliary No. 6

Born: November 4, 1895, Washington

Died: April 13, 1956, Contra Costa County, California

Parents: John F. McDonald; Elizabeth M. Hutchison McDonald

Spouse: Harold Frederick Morton

Children: John Francis Morton (born 1914, Washington); Myrtle Ione Morton (born December 15, 1914, Douglas, Alaska)

Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Douglas, Alaska; Sitka, Alaska; Anchorage, Alaska; Alameda, California; Contra Costa County, California

Keywords: Ione Elizabeth Morton, Ione McDonald Morton, Harold Frederick Morton, Myrtle Ione Morton, John Francis Morton, Pioneers of Alaska Women's Igloo 6 Charter Member

Biography

Ione Elizabeth McDonald Morton was a Charter Member of the Juneau Women's Igloo Auxiliary No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.

She was born November 4, 1895 in Washington to John F. McDonald and Elizabeth M. Hutchison McDonald.

She married Harold Frederick Morton on November 19, 1912, in Juneau, Alaska. The couple had two children: John Francis Morton, born in Washington in 1914, and Myrtle Ione Morton, born December 15, 1914, in Douglas, Alaska.

In 1920, she was living in Sitka, where her husband served as Superintendent of the Alaska Pioneers Home. By 1930, the family had moved to Anchorage, Alaska.

Ione Elizabeth Morton died on April 13, 1956, in Contra Costa County, California.

Sources

1920 U.S. Federal Census, Sitka; 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Anchorage; 1940 U.S. Federal Census, Alameda County, California; Alaska Marriage Certificate; California Death Index; Douglas Island Weekly News, November 27, 1912; Douglas Island Weekly, December 16, 1914