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.