Eva Adelia Kay Tripp was a Charter Member of the Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.

She was born on December 15, 1862, in Jackson, California, to Wallace Kay and Electra Jan “Harding” Kay.

Eva married Herman Tiden Tripp on April 23, 1889, in Jackson, California. The couple had several children. Their daughter Ethel May Tripp was born August 1, 1890, in Jackson, California. Chester Kay Tripp was born in March 1893, and Gladys Kay Tripp was born on January 21, 1896.

The family moved from Jackson, California, to Juneau, Alaska, in July 1897. By 1900, Herman Tripp was serving as the mine superintendent at Sum Dum, one of the early mining communities southeast of Juneau. Their daughter Eva Kay Tripp was later born in Juneau in December 1904.

Eva Adelia Kay Tripp remained active in the Juneau community and was among the women who helped establish the Juneau Igloo Women’s Auxiliary of the Pioneers of Alaska.

She died on January 27, 1942, in Juneau, Alaska, and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.

Sources

1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska
California Marriage Certificate

Primary Name: Johnson, Evalina Kay Tripp

Filed as: Johnson, Evalina Kay Tripp

Also known as: Evalina “Eva” Kay Tripp; Eva Kay Johnson

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6; stenographer

Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Fairbanks, Alaska

Keywords: Evalina Kay Tripp Johnson, Eva Kay Tripp, Johnson family Juneau, Herman T Tripp family, Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No 6, Juneau High School alumni, early Juneau families

Biography

Evalina “Eva” Kay Tripp was a charter member of the Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.

She was born on December 10, 1904, in Juneau, Alaska, the daughter of Herman T. Tripp and Eva Adella “Kay” Tripp. The Tripp family was among the early residents of the Juneau area.

Eva attended school in Juneau and graduated from Juneau High School in 1923. By 1930, she was living with her parents in Juneau and working as a stenographer in a surveyor’s office.

On September 2, 1934, she married Fred Briggs Johnson in Fairbanks, Alaska. The couple had one daughter, Eva Jeanette Johnson.

Evalina “Eva” Kay Tripp Johnson died on October 31, 1992, in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Sources

1910 / 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau

Alaskaweb: Alaska Marriages

1923 Juneau High School Yearbook