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
Charter Members
Hooker, Katherine
Primary Name: Heltness, Katherine “Kitty”
Filed as: heltness_katherine
Also known as: Kitty Heltness; Katherine Heltness; Katherine Jahncke; Katherine Hooker
Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Women’s Igloo No. 6; President, Juneau Women’s Igloo (1928, 1929); Telephone company employee; Coffee shop proprietor
Born: 1868, Germany
Died: February 28, 1951, Everett, Washington
Parents:
Spouse: William H. Jahncke (m. August 31, 1889; div. 1891); Charles E. Hooker (m. June 15, 1892; div.)
Children: Mildred Drewitt Hooker (adopted June 18, 1913)
Associated places: Germany; Seattle, Washington; Juneau, Alaska; Everett, Washington
Keywords: Katherine Kitty Heltness, Kitty Heltness, Katherine Heltness, Katherine Jahncke, Katherine Hooker, Charles E Hooker, Mildred Drewitt Hooker, Juneau Women’s Igloo President 1928, Juneau Women’s Igloo President 1929
Biography
Katherine “Kitty” Heltness was a charter member of the Juneau Women’s Igloo and served as its President in 1928 and 1929. Her daughter, Mildred, was also a charter member.
She was born in Germany in 1868 and moved to the United States around 1888. In Seattle, she worked for the Sunset Telephone and Telegraph Company.
While living in Seattle, she met William H. Jahncke, and the two were married on August 31, 1889. The marriage ended in divorce on March 6, 1891.
On June 15, 1892, Katherine married Charles E. Hooker, who at the time was working as a prescription clerk. By 1902, he had become a traveling salesman for Kreilsheimer Brothers, a whiskey distributor based in Seattle. Through this work, he became acquainted with Jules Caro, a Juneau resident who was then living in Seattle and working for the company.
Charles and Katherine moved to Juneau in 1910. On June 18, 1913, they adopted a young girl named Mildred Drewitt, who had been born in Canada. Her mother was unable to care for her, and the child was about to be placed in an orphanage in Whitehorse.
A few years later, Katherine and Charles separated, and Katherine and Mildred moved to Seattle. In the fall of 1915, she went to the courthouse to file for a divorce from Charles and discovered that her earlier divorce from William Jahncke had never been finalized. A judge finalized the first divorce, allowing her to proceed with the divorce from Charles.
The July 18, 1916, edition of the Daily Alaska Dispatch reported that Katherine had just returned to Juneau from an extended trip. It is likely that she had traveled there to deliver divorce papers to Charles before returning to Seattle.
She and Mildred eventually returned to Juneau, where Katherine operated a coffee shop.
Katherine later moved to Everett, Washington, sometime after 1940. She died there on February 28, 1951.
Sources
Daily Alaska Dispatch, July 18, 1916; Pioneers of Alaska Women’s Igloo records; census and family records
Tags: Katherine Kitty Heltness, Kitty Heltness, Katherine Jahncke, Katherine Hooker, Charles E Hooker, Mildred Drewitt Hooker, Juneau Women’s Igloo President 1928, Juneau Women’s Igloo President 1929
Hooker, Charlie E.
Primary Name: Hooker, Charles E.
Filed as: hooker_charles_e
Also known as: Charles Edward Hooker; Charles E. Hooker
Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Men’s Igloo; prescription clerk; traveling salesman; Secretary–Treasurer, A. J. B. Caro Company
Born: 1872, Ohio
Died: July 25, 1952
Parents:
Spouse: Katherine “Kitty” Heltness-Jahncke; Lillie Blanche Clark-Burford Hooker
Children: Mildred Drewitt Hooker (adopted)
Associated places: Ohio; Skagway, Alaska; Seattle, Washington; Juneau, Alaska; Whitehorse, Yukon
Keywords: Charles E Hooker, Charles Edward Hooker, Hooker Charles E, Juneau Men’s Igloo charter member, A J B Caro Company, Kreilsheimer Brothers
Biography
Charles E. Hooker was a charter member of the Juneau Men’s Igloo.
Hooker was born in 1872 in Ohio. He lived in Skagway beginning in 1897.
On June 15, 1892, Charles married Katherine “Kitty” Heltness-Jahncke.
He was working as a prescription clerk at the time. By 1902, he was working as a traveling salesman for Kreilsheimer Brothers, a whiskey distributor based in Seattle. Through this work, he met Jules Caro, who was from Juneau but living in Seattle and working for the company.
They moved to Juneau in 1902, where Hooker worked for the A. J. B. Caro Company as Secretary–Treasurer.
On June 18, 1913, Charles and Katherine adopted a little girl named Mildred Drewitt, who had been born in Canada. The child’s mother was unable to care for her, and she was going to be placed in an orphanage in Whitehorse. Mildred later became a charter member of the Juneau Women’s Igloo.
In 1936, he married Lillie Blanche Clark-Burford Hooker.
Charles E. Hooker died on July 25, 1952, at the age of 81 years.
Sources
1920 U.S. Federal Population Census
Tags: Charles E Hooker, Charles Edward Hooker, Hooker Charles E, Juneau Men’s Igloo, A J B Caro Company, Hooker family Juneau