Primary Name: Stragier, Marie

Filed as: Stragier, Marie

Also known as: Marie Stragier

Occupation / Association: Resident of Douglas, Alaska

Associated places: Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Douglas Catholic Cemetery

Keywords: Marie Stragier, Stragier family, Douglas Alaska residents, Douglas Catholic Cemetery burials, Juneau Douglas families, early Douglas residents, Southeast Alaska families

Biography

Marie Stragier was born in 1887. She lived in the Douglas–Juneau area of Southeast Alaska during the territorial and early statehood period.

She died in 1961 at the age of seventy-three. Marie Stragier was buried in the Douglas Catholic Cemetery, one of the historic burial grounds serving the community of Douglas, Alaska.

Sources

Find-A-Grave.

Primary Name: Stevens, Tom

Filed as: Stevens, Tom

Also known as: Tom Stevens

Occupation / Association: Resident of Douglas, Alaska

Associated places: Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Douglas Catholic Cemetery

Keywords: Tom Stevens, Stevens family Douglas Alaska, Douglas Alaska residents, Douglas Catholic Cemetery burials, Juneau Douglas families, early Douglas residents, Southeast Alaska families

Biography

Tom Stevens was born in 1924 and lived in the Douglas–Juneau area of Southeast Alaska.

He died on July 2, 1935, at the age of eleven. Tom Stevens was buried in the Douglas Catholic Cemetery, one of the historic burial grounds serving the community of Douglas, Alaska.

Sources

Find-A-Grave.

Stevens, Lillian

Born: 1921

Died: July 2, 1932

Burial: Douglas Catholic Cemetery, Douglas, Alaska

Biography

Lillian Stevens was born in 1921 and lived in the Juneau–Douglas area during the territorial period of Alaska’s history.

She died on July 2, 1932. Stevens was buried in the Douglas Catholic Cemetery, one of the historic burial grounds serving the early residents and families of Douglas Island.

The cemetery contains the graves of many individuals connected with the Douglas and Treadwell mining communities during Alaska’s early development.

Sources

• Find A Grave memorial records

Primary Name: Stevens, Henry

Filed as: Stevens, Henry

Also known as: Henry Stevens

Occupation / Association: Resident of Douglas, Alaska

Associated places: Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Douglas Catholic Cemetery

Keywords: Henry Stevens, Stevens family Douglas Alaska, Douglas Alaska residents, Douglas Catholic Cemetery burials, Juneau Douglas families, early Douglas residents, Southeast Alaska families

Biography

Henry Stevens was born around 1874. He lived in the Douglas–Juneau area of Southeast Alaska during the territorial period.

He died on June 10, 1941, at the age of sixty-seven. Henry Stevens was buried in the Douglas Catholic Cemetery, one of the historic burial grounds associated with the community of Douglas, Alaska.

Sources

Find-A-Grave.

Slujo, Mat

Born: January 15, 1886

Birthplace: Austria

Died: May 15, 1921 (age 35)

Burial: Douglas Catholic Cemetery, Douglas, Alaska

Spouse: Sarka Krasel Slujo

Father-in-law: Anton Krasel, tailor and Douglas businessman

Biography

Mat Slujo was born on January 15, 1886, in Austria and later came to Alaska during the years when the Treadwell mines were among the world's largest gold mining operations.

Slujo married Sarka Krasel, the daughter of Anton Krasel, a tailor who operated a business on St. Ann’s Avenue in Douglas as early as 1910. The Krasel family was part of the small but active business community that served the workers and residents of the Douglas–Treadwell mining district.

Slujo worked at the Ready Bullion Mine, one of the mines in the Treadwell group. The Ready Bullion was the only mine of the Treadwell complex that was not flooded during the catastrophic 1917 cave-in that ended large-scale mining operations at Treadwell.

He was reportedly the last person to die at the Treadwell mine before it closed, marking the end of an era in the Douglas Island mining community.

Mat Slujo died on May 15, 1921, at the age of 35. He was buried in the Douglas Catholic Cemetery, one of the historic burial grounds associated with the early residents of Douglas Island.

Sources

• Find A Grave memorial records
• Survey and Inventory of Douglas Historic Cemeteries

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Primary Name: Rigling, Agatha Blum

Filed as: Rigling, Agatha Blum

Also known as: Agatha Blum-Rigling

Occupation / Association: Early resident of Douglas, Alaska

Associated places: Alsace-Lorraine, France/Germany; Douglas, Alaska

Keywords: Agatha Blum Rigling, Agatha Rigling Douglas Alaska, Rigling family Douglas Alaska, Alsace Lorraine immigrants Alaska, Douglas Catholic Cemetery burials, early Douglas Alaska families

Biography

Agatha Blum-Rigling was born in 1843 in Alsace-Lorraine, then part of the border region between France and Germany.

She later became a resident of Douglas, Alaska, during the territorial period of the community’s development.

Agatha Blum-Rigling died in 1917 at the age of seventy-three and was buried in the Douglas Catholic Cemetery.

Sources

Find-A-Grave.

Primary Name: Marshal, Jack

Filed as: Marshal, Jack

Also known as: Jack Marshal

Occupation / Association: Early resident of Douglas, Alaska

Associated places: Douglas, Alaska

Keywords: Jack Marshal, Marshal Jack, Douglas Alaska residents, Douglas Catholic Cemetery burials

Biography

Jack Marshal was born in 1866.

He died on June 24, 1945, at the age of seventy-eight and was buried in the Douglas Catholic Cemetery.

Sources

Find-A-Grave.

Riedi, Madeline

Biography

Madeline Riedi was born on July 16, 1885, in Alsace-Lorraine, then part of Germany.

She and her husband, Joseph Riedi, Sr., arrived in Douglas, Alaska, around 1907. The couple had a son, Joseph L. Riedi, Jr.

The Riedi family operated several businesses in Douglas, including a grocery store, a bakery, and, later, a restaurant in partnership with Joseph’s brother, George Riedi. Through these enterprises, they became part of the commercial life of the Douglas mining community.

Madeline Riedi died on October 1, 1947, at the age of sixty-three and was buried in the Douglas Catholic Cemetery.

Sources

• Find-A-Grave
• Survey and Inventory of Douglas Historic Cemeteries

Primary Name: Olson, George

Filed as: Olson, George

Also known as: George Olson

Occupation / Association: Miner, Treadwell Mine

Associated places: Austria; Douglas, Alaska; Treadwell, Alaska

Keywords: George Olson Treadwell miner, Treadwell Mine workers, Douglas Alaska miners, Douglas Catholic Cemetery burials

Biography

George Olson was born in Austria around 1868.

He later came to Alaska and was employed at the Treadwell Mine on Douglas Island.

Olson was injured while working at the mine when he fell and struck his head on a rock. He died from his injuries on May 18, 1903.

He was buried in the Douglas Catholic Cemetery.

Sources

Find-A-Grave

Primary Name: McCormick, Richard R., Jr.

Filed as: McCormick, Richard R., Jr.

Also known as: Richard R. McCormick Jr.; Richard McCormick

Occupation / Association: World War I veteran

Associated places: Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska

Keywords: Richard R McCormick Jr, McCormick Richard R Jr, Douglas Alaska residents, Douglas Catholic Cemetery burials, World War I soldiers Alaska

Biography

Richard R. McCormick, Jr. was born on January 8, 1894, to Richard R. McCormick, Sr. and Nora Conners McCormick.

He served in the United States Army during World War I as a Private Third Class in Company 166 Depot Brigade.

McCormick was also recorded as serving as a pallbearer for Cecil Bach.

Richard R. McCormick, Jr. died on June 8, 1957, and was buried in the Douglas Catholic Cemetery.

Sources

Find-A-Grave.