Bach, Frankie
Primary Name: Bach, Frankie
Filed as: bach_frankie
Also known as: Frankie Bach
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Parents: Frank Bach and Ellen Calhoun-Bach
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Associated places: Juneau Alaska; Douglas Alaska
Keywords: Frankie Bach, Bach family Juneau
Biography
Frankie Bach was the child of Frank Bach and Ellen Calhoun-Bach.
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Tags: Frankie Bach, Bach family, Juneau pioneers
Bach-Coughlin, Alice
Primary Name: Bach-Coughlin, Alice
Filed as: bach_coughlin_alice
Also known as: Alice Bach-Coughlin, Alice Bach
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Parents: Frank Bach and Ellen Calhoun-Bach
Spouse: Robert Coughlin
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Associated places: Juneau Alaska
Keywords: Alice Bach Coughlin, Bach Coughlin Alice, Alice Bach, Bach family Alaska
Biography
Alice Bach-Coughlin was the daughter of Frank Bach and Ellen Calhoun-Bach.
She married Robert Coughlin.
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Family records and related historical references
Tags: Alice Bach-Coughlin, Bach Coughlin Alice, Alice Bach, Bach family Alaska, Coughlin family Alaska
Edwins, Lenore
Primary Name: Bach-Edwins, Lenore-Lenora
Filed as: lenore_lenora_bach_edwins
Also known as: Lenore Bach, Lenora Bach, Lenore Edwins, Lenora Edwins
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Parents: Frank Bach; Ellen Calhoun-Bach
Spouse: Mr. Edwins
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Associated places: Juneau, Alaska
Keywords: Lenore Lenora Bach Edwins, Lenore Bach, Lenora Bach, Lenore Edwins, Lenora Edwins, Bach family Juneau
Biography
Lenore-Lenora Bach-Edwins was the daughter of Frank Bach and Ellen Calhoun-Bach.
She married Mr. Edwins.
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Tags: Lenore Lenora Bach Edwins, Lenore Bach, Lenora Bach, Lenore Edwins, Bach family Juneau, Juneau Alaska residents
Coughlin, Robert
Primary Name: Coughlin, Robert
Filed as: coughlin_robert
Also known as: Robert Coughlin
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Spouse: Alice Bach-Coughlin
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Associated places: Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska
Keywords: Robert Coughlin, Coughlin Robert, Bach family Douglas Alaska, Coughlin family Alaska
Biography
Robert Coughlin married Alice Bach-Coughlin, daughter of Frank Bach and Ellen Calhoun-Bach.
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Calhoun-Bach, Ellen
Primary Name: Bach, Ellen Calhoun
Filed as: bach_ellen_calhoun
Also known as: Ellen Calhoun-Bach
Occupation / Association: Pioneer resident of Douglas
Born: August 1, 1868, Oakfield, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
Died: July 4, 1903, Douglas City, Alaska
Parents: J. J. Calhoun
Spouse: Frank Bach (m. August 1, 1889)
Children: Alice Bach-Coughlin; Lenore (Lenora) Bach-Edwins; Frankie Bach; Cecil Bach; two additional children
Associated places: Oakfield, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin; Juneau, Alaska; Douglas, Alaska
Keywords: Ellen Calhoun Bach, Ellen Bach, Bach family, Douglas Alaska families
Biography
Ellen Calhoun-Bach was born August 1, 1868, in Oakfield, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, the daughter of J. J. Calhoun.
She arrived in Juneau on September 17, 1888, with her parents, brother, and sister.
On August 1, 1889, she married Frank Bach. The couple had six children, three boys and three girls, including Alice Bach-Coughlin, Lenore (Lenora) Bach-Edwins, Frankie Bach, and Cecil Bach.
Ellen died July 4, 1903, at the age of 34 in Douglas City. Funeral services were held at Odd Fellows Hall with Reverend Thomas Coyle officiating. She was buried in the Douglas City Cemetery.
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Tags: Ellen Calhoun Bach, Bach family, Douglas Alaska families, Douglas City Cemetery
Bach, Cecil
Primary Name: Bach, Cecil
Filed as: bach_cecil
Also known as: Cecil Bach
Occupation / Association: Miner; Pacific Coast Coal Company
Born: February 1902, Douglas, Alaska
Died: July 24, 1914, Seattle, Washington (injuries sustained in mining accident)
Parents: Frank Bach; Ellen Calhoun-Bach
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Associated places: Douglas, Alaska; Black Diamond, Washington; Seattle, Washington
Keywords: Cecil Bach, Bach family, Douglas Alaska families, mining accidents
Biography
Cecil Bach was born in Douglas in February 1902, the youngest son of Frank Bach and Ellen Calhoun-Bach.
He was survived by two sisters, Alice Bach-Coughlin and Lenore (Lenora) Bach Edwins.
Bach worked at the Pacific Coast Coal Company’s Black Diamond Coal Mine. He died in a mining accident when a rock fell on his neck and broke it.
He died on July 24, 1914, at Providence Hospital in Seattle, Washington, at the age of 22. His remains were returned to Alaska aboard the steamer Northwestern.
His funeral was held at the Episcopal Church and officiated by Reverend Charles G. Rice. Pallbearers included Martin Galloway, Arthur Smith, Douglas Oliver, Sinclair Brown, Richard McCormick, and Le Roy Vestal.
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Tags: Cecil Bach, Bach family, Douglas Alaska families, Black Diamond Coal Mine, mining accidents
Frank Bach
Primary Name: Bach, Frank Xavier
Filed as: bach_frank_xavier
Also known as: Frank Xavier Bach; Frank X. Bach
Occupation / Association: Businessman; Co-founder, Juneau Douglas Telephone Company; Mayor of Douglas, Alaska (1903)
Born: November 3, 1850, Germany
Died: June 3, 1933, Douglas, Alaska
Parents: Peter Bach; Julia Miller Bach
Spouse: Ellen Calhoun-Bach
Children: Alice Bach-Coughlin; Lenore Bach-Edwins; Cecil Bach; three other children, two of whom died young
Associated places: Germany; Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Taku Harbor, Alaska
Keywords: Frank Xavier Bach, Frank X Bach, Bach Frank Xavier, Douglas Alaska mayor, Juneau Douglas Telephone Company
Biography
Frank Xavier Bach was born on November 3, 1850, in Germany. His parents were Peter Bach of Germany and Julia Miller Bach of Bavaria, Germany. He stood about 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighed approximately 150 pounds.
He lived in Douglas with his sister, Anna Kunigunde Bach-Zengel-Graf, during the last days of her life. His brother, George Bach, lived in Taku Harbor.
Frank married Ellen Calhoun-Bach. They had six children, four of whom survived to adulthood, including Alice Bach-Coughlin, Lenore Bach-Edwins, and their son Cecil Bach.
Bach joined Edward Webster in forming the Juneau Douglas Telephone Company.
District Recorder records and the 1894 plat map of the Juneau Townsite show Edward Webster and his business partner Frank Bach owning Lots 7 and 8 in Block 1. These lots later contained the Edward Webster House and the Juneau-Douglas Telephone Company Offices at 135–139 West Second Street in the Telephone Hill Historic District.
Bach later sold his interest in the company to his partner.
He served as Mayor of Douglas in 1903.
Frank Xavier Bach died instantly on June 3, 1933, at the age of 72. Charles W. Carter served as his undertaker. Bach was buried in the Douglas City Cemetery.
Sources
Telephone Hill Historic Site and Structures Survey, 1984; Find-A-Grave
Tags: Frank Xavier Bach, Frank X Bach, Bach Frank Xavier, Douglas Alaska mayor, Juneau Douglas Telephone Company, Telephone Hill Historic District
Edward Webster House
The Edward Webster House, 135-139 West Second Street, sits on the east ridge of Telephone Hill Historic Neighborhood overlooking downtown Juneau. Photographs of Juneau during the 1880s confirm that the Webster House was one of the early homes in the area. Robert E. Hurley, the grandson of Edward Webster and Anna Faulkner-Scott-Knutson-Websterr, owned the home when the 1984 Telephone Hill Historic Site and Structures Survey was conducted in 1984.
Edward began construction of his house in 1882, and numerous extensions were added during the next 70 years (Hurley, Carrigan 1983). District Recorder records and the 1894 plat map of Juneau Townsite show Edward Webster and his business partner, Frank Bach, owning Lots 7 and 8 in Block 1.
The Webster family owned and operated the Juneau & Douglas Telephone Company from 1893 to 1968, the first commercial telephone service in Alaska. The phone company offices were located in the Webster home from 1915 to 1958 (DeArmond 1967; Hurley, Carrigan 1983).
Telephone Hill Historic Site and Structures Survey, 1984, evaluated the structure's architectural significance and concluded that with its numerous additions and alterations, the house was been altered beyond recognition of its original Classic Box design. These modifications contribute to its loss of architectural integrity, and was deemed a non-contributing structure to the Telephone Hill Historic Neighborhood.
The Webster House is listed on the Alaska Heritage Resources Survey (AHRS JUN 070).
Webster, Edward
Edward Webster arrived in Juneau in 1881 and staked placer claims in the Silver Bow Basin with his father, William I. Webster (Stone 1982).
Over the next ten years, the Websters located and developed the Humboldt Mine on Gold Creek. During this period, they established the first stamp mill in the Juneau Gold Belt (Alaska Monthly 1907). Webster also worked as a pile driver contractor, participating in the construction of wharves along the Juneau waterfront (Alaska Monthly 1907).
Frank Bach arrived in Juneau in 1883. He later moved across the Gastineau Channel to Douglas and opened a merchandise business (Alaska Monthly 1907; DeArmond 1967).
In 1893, business partners Edward Webster and Frank Bach constructed a two-telephone system across the channel to improve communication between their residences. The system proved successful, and the Treadwell Gold Mining Company soon connected to the line.
As other residents requested telephone service, Webster and Bach formed the Juneau and Douglas Telephone Company. By the late 1890s, the partnership dissolved and Webster assumed full ownership of the company.
Edward Webster married Anna Faulkner-Scott-Knutson Webster on August 10, 1910, in Juneau. She brought three daughters from previous marriages into the household: twins Mabel Grace Scott and Minerva Beatrice Scott, and Carol “Carrie” Swanhilde Knutson.
The Edward Webster House, located at 135-139 West Second Street, sits on the east ridge of Telephone Hill overlooking downtown Juneau. Photographs of Juneau from the 1880s confirm that the Webster House was among the earliest homes constructed in the area. Robert E. Hurley, the grandson of Edward and Anna Webster, owned the home when the 1984 Telephone Hill Historic Site and Structures Survey was conducted.
The Webster family owned and operated the Juneau and Douglas Telephone Company from 1893 until 1968, providing the first commercial telephone service in Alaska. The telephone company operated from the Webster home from 1915 to 1958 (DeArmond 1967; Hurley & Carrigan 1983).
Edward Webster began construction of his house in 1882, and numerous additions were made during the following seventy years (Hurley & Carrigan 1983). District Recorder records and the 1894 plat map of the Juneau Townsite show Edward Webster and Frank Bach owning Lots 7 and 8 in Block 1.
After Edward Webster’s death in 1918, his wife Anna assumed management of the company and continued operating it until her death in 1957.
Sources
Stone 1982
Alaska Monthly 1907
DeArmond 1967
Hurley & Carrigan 1983
Bach, Leonard Leonhardt George
Primary Name: Bach, Leonard Leonhardt George
Filed as: bach_leonard_leonhardt_george
Also known as: George Bach; Leonard L. G. Bach
Occupation / Association: Prospector; Geologist; Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men’s Igloo No. 6
Born: September 5, 1859, Nürnberg (Nuernburg), Bavaria, Germany
Died: May 14, 1946, Juneau, Alaska
Parents: Peter Bach; Julia Miller Bach
Spouse: Sofia Hannila-Bach (m. 1896; div. 1903)
Children: Edward Bach; Vivian Bach
Associated places: Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany; Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Comet (Kensington), Alaska; Taku Harbor, Alaska; Fort Durham
Keywords: George Bach, Leonard Leonhardt George Bach, Bach family, Taku Harbor homesteaders, Juneau prospectors, Douglas pioneers
Biography
Leonard Leonhardt George Bach was a charter member of the Juneau Men’s Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska.
Bach was born in Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany, on September 5, 1859, the son of Peter Bach and Julia Miller Bach.
He arrived in the Juneau–Douglas area in the 1880s, where his brother, Frank Bach, became a prominent businessman and civic leader in Douglas.
George worked as a geologist and prospector, exploring widely throughout Southeast Alaska. His activities included work at the Comet Mine, Taku Harbor, the Sumdum Mine, and other mineral prospects both north and south of Juneau.
While at Comet (now the Kensington mining district), he met Sofia Hannila-Bach, whose parents operated the company store and boarding house in the settlement.
The couple married in 1896 and had two children: Edward Bach and Vivian Bach. Their marriage ended in divorce in 1903.
During the 1920s, Bach settled on a homestead at Taku Harbor on the site of historic Fort Durham, which had been a Hudson’s Bay Company trading post from 1840 to 1843.
He died from senility at St. Ann’s Hospital in Juneau on May 14, 1946, at 7:00 p.m. at the age of 87. He was buried in the Douglas City Cemetery. His funeral arrangements were handled by Charles W. Carter.
Sources
Alaska Gold Rush Pioneers of the Juneau–Douglas Area 1880–1921, p. 26.
Tags: George Bach, Leonard Bach, Bach family, Juneau pioneers, Douglas pioneers, Taku Harbor homesteaders, Fort Durham, Comet Mine, Sumdum Mine