Museth, Nora Alice
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.
McLaughlin, Rose
Primary Name: McLaughlin, Rose Margaret
Filed as: McLaughlin, Rose Margaret
Also known as: Rose McLaughlin McMullen
Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women's Igloo Auxiliary No. 6
Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Seattle, Washington; Oregon City, Oregon
Keywords: Rose Margaret McLaughlin, Rose McMullen Juneau Alaska, Dennis McLaughlin family Juneau, Annie Lawler McLaughlin, Juneau Women's Igloo Auxiliary No 6, Juneau High School 1918
Biography
Rose Margaret McLaughlin was a Charter Member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Women's Igloo Auxiliary No. 6.
She was born in Juneau, Alaska on March 29, 1900 to Dennis McLaughlin and Annie F. Lawler McLaughlin. She graduated from Juneau High School in 1918.
Rose married Robert B. McMullen in Seattle, Washington, on November 22, 1930. Robert had a daughter, Shirley Suzanne Marie McMullen, from a previous marriage.
Rose Margaret McLaughlin McMullen died in Oregon City, Oregon, on July 24, 1984.
Sources
1910 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; Washington Marriage Certificate; Oregon Death Certificate; 1918 Juneau High School Yearbook.
Jaeger MacKinnon, Hazel May
Primary Name: Jaeger MacKinnon, Hazel Mary
Filed as: jaeger_mackinnon_hazel_mary
Also known as: Hazel Mary Jaeger; Hazel Jaeger MacKinnon; Hazel MacKinnon
Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Igloo Women’s Auxiliary No. 6; teacher
Born: March 12, 1897, Juneau, Alaska
Died: January 6, 1987, Sitka, Alaska
Parents: Ernest R. Jaeger; Anna “Larsen” Jaeger
Spouse: James "Sim" Simpson MacKinnon
Children: James Simpson “Skip” MacKinnon
Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Thane, Alaska; Los Angeles, California; Philippines; China; Sitka, Alaska
Keywords: Hazel Mary Jaeger MacKinnon, Hazel Jaeger, Hazel MacKinnon, Ernest R Jaeger daughter, Anna Larsen Jaeger daughter, Juneau Igloo Women’s Auxiliary No 6 charter member, Alaska Laundry and Cleaners
Biography
Hazel Mary Jaeger MacKinnon was a charter member of the Juneau Igloo Women’s Auxiliary No. 6.
She was born in Juneau on March 12, 1897, to Ernest R. Jaeger and Anna “Larsen” Jaeger. She attended school in Juneau and graduated in 1916.
Hazel later attended Mills College in California. After completing her studies, she returned to Juneau and taught school in Thane for one year.
She married her childhood friend James "Sim" Simpson MacKinnon on December 5, 1923, in Los Angeles, California.
Following their marriage, the couple lived in the Philippines and China while her husband served in the United States Navy.
Their son, James Simpson “Skip” MacKinnon, was born on February 20, 1925. After returning to Juneau, the family operated their family’s laundry business, Alaska Laundry and Cleaners.
Hazel Mary Jaeger MacKinnon died on January 6, 1987, at the Sitka Pioneers’ Home.
Sources
1900–1920 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; Gastineau Channel Memories, 1880–1959, p. 245; Alaska Daily Empire, February 21, 1925; U.S. Social Security Death Index
Tags: Hazel Mary Jaeger MacKinnon, Hazel Jaeger, Hazel MacKinnon, Ernest R Jaeger, Anna Larsen Jaeger, Juneau Igloo Women’s Auxiliary No 6 charter member, Alaska Laundry and Cleaners, Juneau pioneers
Hooker, Mildred
Primary Name: Hooker Cashen, Mildred Kathleen
Filed as: hooker_mildred_kathleen
Also known as: Mildred Kathleen Hooker; Mildred Hooker; Mildred Cashen; Mildred Stroebe
Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Women's Igloo
Born: July 26, 1910, Juneau, Alaska
Died: July 30, 1990, Snohomish, Washington
Parents: Charles Edward Hooker; Catherine Jahneke Hooker
Spouse: Thomas Joseph Stroebe (div.); Leslie Douglas Cashen
Children: Thomas Joseph Stroebe Jr.
Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Los Angeles, California; Snohomish, Washington
Keywords: Mildred Kathleen Hooker, Mildred Hooker Cashen, Mildred Stroebe, Juneau Women's Igloo charter member, Charles Edward Hooker, Catherine Jahneke Hooker
Biography
Mildred Kathleen Hooker was a charter member of the Juneau Women's Igloo.
She was born on July 26, 1910, in Juneau, Alaska, the daughter of Catherine Jahneke and Charles Edward Hooker.
She graduated from Juneau High School in 1928 and completed two years of college.
She was married to and later divorced from Thomas Joseph Stroebe. They had one son, Thomas J. Stroebe, Jr., who was born on January 25, 1928, in Los Angeles, California.
She later returned to Juneau and married Leslie Douglas Cashen there on January 15, 1932.
Mildred died on July 30, 1990, in Snohomish, Washington.
Sources
1920 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; Alaska Daily Empire, January 16, 1932; Juneau-Douglas High School Yearbook, 1927; Washington Death Index
Tags: Mildred Kathleen Hooker, Mildred Hooker Cashen, Mildred Stroebe, Juneau Women's Igloo, Hooker family Juneau
Ellingen, Rena
Primary Name: Ellingen, Rena
Filed as: rena_ellingen
Also known as: Rena Ellingen, Rena Smith
Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Igloo No. 6; Stenographer
Born: November 2, 1900, Juneau, Alaska
Died:
Parents: Edward J. Ellingen; Edna Star Ellingen
Spouse: Ernest Edgerton Smith
Children:
Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon; Camas, Washington
Keywords: Rena Ellingen, Rena Smith, Ellingen Rena, Juneau Igloo No. 6 charter member, Juneau Alaska residents
Biography
Rena Ellingen was a charter member of Juneau Igloo No. 6.
She was the daughter of Edward J. Ellingen and Edna Star Ellingen. Rena was born on November 2, 1900, in Juneau, Alaska. She graduated from Juneau High School in 1918.
She worked as a stenographer in a legal office in Seattle and later for a railroad in Oregon.
Rena married Ernest Edgerton Smith on February 19, 1944, in Camas, Washington.
Sources
1910 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska; 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska; 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Portland, Oregon; 1940 U.S. Federal Census, Portland, Oregon; Clark County, Washington Marriage License Application; Washington Marriage Certificate; 1918 Juneau-Douglas High School Yearbook
Tags: Rena Ellingen, Ellingen Rena, Rena Smith, Juneau Igloo No. 6, Juneau Alaska residents
Anderson, Marie
Primary Name: Anderson, Marie Beth
Filed as: anderson_marie_beth
Also known as: Marie Anderson
Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Igloo No. 6
Born: December 1908, Alaska
Died:
Parents: Nels Anderson; Marie "Mary" Anderson
Spouse:
Children:
Associated places: Douglas, Alaska; Treadwell, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska
Property / Address:
Keywords: Marie Beth Anderson, Marie Anderson, Anderson family Juneau, Juneau Igloo No. 6, Douglas High School 1926
Biography
Marie Beth Anderson was a charter member of Juneau Igloo No. 6.
She was born in December 1908 in Alaska to Nels Anderson and Marie "Mary" Anderson.
She graduated from Douglas High School in 1926.
Sources
1910 U.S. Federal Census, Treadwell, Alaska
1926 Juneau High School Yearbook
Tags: Marie Beth Anderson, Marie Anderson, Anderson Marie Beth, Anderson family Juneau, Juneau Igloo No. 6, Douglas High School alumni
Peterson, Lillian
Primary Name: Peterson, Lillian Lydia
Filed as: Peterson, Lillian Lydia
Also known as: Lillian Lydia Babcock; Lillian Peterson
Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Igloo No. 6; Territorial government employee
Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Vanderbilt Point, Juneau, Alaska
Keywords: Lillian Lydia Peterson Babcock, Lillian Peterson Juneau Alaska, Doug Babcock family Juneau, Hugo Peterson landslide Juneau 1936, Hilja Malin Peterson, Juneau High School orchestra violin, Territorial Game Commission Alaska, Alaska Territorial Legislature staff, Chilkat Fuel Juneau, Vanderbilt Point Juneau history
Biography
Lillian Lydia Peterson was a Charter Member of the Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Igloo No. 6. She was born in Juneau, Alaska on November 9, 1914 to Hugo and Hilja Malin Peterson.
Her parents were killed when a landslide destroyed their apartment building on South Franklin Street on November 22, 1936.
Lillian graduated from Juneau High School in 1932, where she played the violin in the school orchestra. She later attended secretarial school and, upon returning to Juneau, began a long career in territorial and state government service. She worked for the Territorial Game Commission, the Territorial Legislature, and later the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services until her retirement in 1976.
She married Douglas “Doug” Babcock in Juneau on October 14, 1937. The couple had two daughters: Malin, born in Juneau on October 31, 1939, and Susan, born February 5, 1945.
Doug and Lillian purchased a home on Vanderbilt Point where they lived for thirty-five years. The site of their home later became the location of the Juneau Pioneers Home.
Lillian was one of the organizers of the 4-H program in Juneau in the late 1940s and was also an owner of Chilkat Fuel during the 1960s.
Lillian Lydia Peterson Babcock died in Juneau on April 21, 2000.
Sources
1930 and 1940 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau.
U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index.
Gastineau Channel Memories, Volume II, page 311.
Oral Interview with Malin Babcock.
Juneau High School Yearbook, 1932.
Oja, Lillian
Primary Name: Oja, Lillian M.
Filed as: Oja, Lillian M.
Also known as: Lillian M. Oja
Occupation / Association: Bank clerk; bookkeeper; Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Igloo No. 6
Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Douglas, Alaska; Sitka, Alaska; Seattle, Washington
Keywords: Lillian M Oja Juneau Alaska, Frank Oja family Alaska, Matilda Josephine Ridell Oja, Juneau High School 1922 graduates, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women's Auxiliary charter members, Sitka Alaska bookkeepers, early Juneau banking employees
Biography
Lillian M. Oja was a Charter Member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Igloo No. 6.
She was born on August 20, 1904, in Alaska to Frank Oja and Matilda Josephine Ridell Oja.
Lillian graduated from Juneau High School in 1922. She worked as a bank clerk in Juneau and later as a bookkeeper in Sitka, Alaska.
Lillian M. Oja died on January 17, 1997, in Seattle, Washington.
Sources
1910 U.S. Federal Census, Douglas, Alaska.
1930 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska.
1940 U.S. Federal Census, Sitka, Alaska.
Washington Death Index.
Juneau High School Yearbook, 1922.
Oja, Daisy
Primary Name: Oja, Daisy Ellen
Filed as: Oja, Daisy Ellen
Also known as: Daisy Ellen Woods
Occupation / Association: Charter member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women’s Igloo No. 6
Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; San Pedro, California; Klamath Falls, Oregon; Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Keywords: Daisy Ellen Oja, Daisy Woods, Oja family Juneau Alaska, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women's Igloo No 6 charter member, Juneau High School 1923 graduates, Woods family San Pedro California
Biography
Daisy Ellen Oja was a Charter Member of Juneau Igloo No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.
She was born September 13, 1905, in Juneau, Alaska, to Frank Oja (Ojampere) and Matilda Josephine Ridell Oja.
Daisy graduated from Juneau High School in 1923.
She married Willie Smith Woods on February 24, 1928. The couple had two daughters, both born in San Pedro, California. Maria Jo Woods was born July 26, 1931, and Anne Christine Woods was born September 11, 1932.
Daisy died December 29, 1988, in Klamath Falls, Oregon, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Sources
1910 U.S. Federal Census, Douglas; 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; Alaska Daily Empire, February 29, 1928; Oregon Death Index; 1923 Juneau High School Yearbook
Irene Nelson
Nelson, Irene Lauretta
Association: Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Igloo No. 6
Role: Charter Member
Biography
Irene Lauretta Nelson was a charter member of Juneau Igloo No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.
She was born on November 21, 1903, in Juneau, Alaska, the daughter of Richard Parker Nelson and Annie G. Fitzgerald Nelson.
Nelson graduated from Juneau High School in 1922. By 1930, she was employed as a music teacher in the public schools.
On June 26, 1935, she married Arlie Benjamin Hayes in Seattle, Washington.
Irene Lauretta Nelson died on September 1, 2001, in Bellevue, Washington.
Sources
- 1910, 1930, 1940 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska
- U.S. Social Security Death Index
- Washington Marriage Certificate
- Pioneers of Alaska Auxiliary No. 6 Membership Application
- 1922 Juneau High School Yearbook