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
MacKinnon, James Simpson
Primary Name: MacKinnon, James Simpson
Filed as: MacKinnon, James Simpson
Also known as: James Simpson "Sim" MacKinnon; J.S. MacKinnon
Occupation / Association: Naval Officer; Businessman; President, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6 (1951)
Born: Juneau, Alaska Territory
Spouse: Hazel Jaeger MacKinnon (married December 5, 1923, Los Angeles, California)
Children: James Simpson "Skip" MacKinnon (born February 20, 1925)
Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Los Angeles, California; Philippines; China
Keywords: James Simpson MacKinnon, Sim MacKinnon, J.S. MacKinnon, Skip MacKinnon, Hazel Jaeger MacKinnon, Alaska Laundry and Cleaners, Juneau pioneers, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Igloo 6 President
Biography
James Simpson “Sim” MacKinnon served as President of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6 in 1951.
MacKinnon was the son of a pioneer Fortymile and Juneau mining family.
He was appointed to the United States Naval Academy and graduated as an officer in the U.S. Navy.
He married his childhood friend, Hazel Jaeger, on December 5, 1923, in Los Angeles, California.
After their marriage, the couple lived in the Philippines and China while MacKinnon served in the U.S. Navy.
Their son, James Simpson “Skip” MacKinnon, was born on February 20, 1925.
In 1926, MacKinnon retired from the Navy and returned to Juneau to manage his father-in-law’s business, Alaska Laundry and Cleaners.
Sources
1900–1920 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; Gastineau Channel Memories 1880–1959, p. 245; Alaska Daily Empire, February 21, 1925
Davis, Trevor P. Montgomery
Primary Name: Davis, Trevor P. Montgomery
Filed as: davis_trevor_p_montgomery
Also known as: Trevor P. Davis, Trevor Davis
Occupation / Association: Photographer; Boat Operator; Business Owner; Charter Member, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6
Born: 1892, Alameda, California
Died: 1990, Juneau, Alaska
Parents:
Spouse: Carol Beery Davis
Children: Sylvia Davis, Shirley Davis, Constance Davis, Patte Davis
Associated places: Juneau Alaska, Alameda California, Seattle Washington, San Francisco California
Keywords: Trevor P Montgomery Davis, Trevor Davis photographer, Snap Shoppe Juneau, Juneau photographers, Here and There in Southeast Alaska
Biography
Trevor P. Montgomery Davis was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6, where he served a term as Secretary.
Davis was born in 1892 in Alameda, California, where his mother, Frances, went for the birth. Within three months, the family returned to Juneau. At the age of twelve, he began working on the Davis properties.
In 1910, he purchased a sailboat and converted it to a gas boat in partnership with his brother Cedric. In 1914, the brothers traded the small boat for the Cordelia D and began operating a charter business for hunting and cruising. Trevor earned an operator's and pilot’s license for a 100-ton vessel and, in 1917, completed the requirements for an engineer’s license at the Duthrie Shipyards in Seattle, Washington.
He later joined the United States Navy and was stationed at Bremerton, Washington; San Diego, California; and the Great Lakes Naval Station in Chicago, Illinois.
Photography became a major interest for Davis beginning in 1912 when he acquired his first camera. He developed a technique for oil-tinting enlarged photographs and sold his work at the Nugget Shop and other gift stores in Juneau in June. Established photographers Winter & Pond and Case & Draper encouraged him and provided photographs and advice.
In 1921, Davis exhibited his photographs in San Francisco, and in 1926, he published a booklet of his early images titled Here and There in Southeast Alaska.
Trevor was one of seven members of the committee that selected the Alaska state flag and voted for the design that was ultimately adopted in 1927.
He was also a charter member of the American Legion and the Juneau Yacht Club. As a member of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce for forty-eight years, he promoted numerous civic projects, including the development of Juneau’s first small boat harbor and breakwater. Davis also wrote articles about his experiences in Southeast Alaska for newspapers and magazines.
In the spring of 1921, he met Carol Beery, who had come to Juneau and was searching for the wild violets displayed in shop windows. Davis offered to show her where they grew. The trip involved traveling aboard the Cordelia D and reaching Sheep Creek Basin via the Thane tramway. The excursion began a romance, and the two were married in 1922. They raised four daughters: Sylvia, Shirley, Connie, and Patte.
In 1934, Davis opened a photographic business on Seward Street where he developed, printed, and tinted photographs. He became an Eastman Kodak dealer, and the Snap Shoppe operated successfully for twenty-five years. One of his well-known photographs, Juneau’s Harbor Lights, required a one-hour exposure on a clear night in 1942. When a passing fishing boat disturbed the reflection, he was forced to repeat the entire exposure to achieve the desired image.
His work emphasized contrasts and composition, particularly winter light and shadow. As photography evolved, he expanded from black-and-white images to color photography and accumulated an extensive collection of slides and films. Many friends and community members attended his public presentations. While working for Prince William Sound Canneries, he filmed salmon runs and bears on color motion picture film.
After retiring from the photography business, Davis developed the Pinewood Park subdivision. He and his wife later piloted their boat, the Sylvita, to the Seattle World’s Fair, where they joined family and friends.
In his later years, he traveled widely, including a trip across the eastern United States with a Tlingit dance group during the U.S. Bicentennial, journeys across Alaska during the state’s Centennial celebration, visits to relatives on the West Coast, and travel in the South Pacific.
Davis later authored a pictorial history of the city titled Looking Back on Juneau – The First Hundred Years.
Trevor Davis died at the Pioneers’ Home in Juneau in 1990 at the age of ninety-seven and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery. He was survived by his wife and daughters, Sylvia, Shirley, and Constance.
Sources
Gastineau Channel Memories 1880-1959, p.119
Tags: Trevor P Montgomery Davis, Trevor Davis, Davis Trevor, Juneau photographers, Snap Shoppe Juneau, Juneau Men's Igloo No 6, Alaska flag committee, Juneau Yacht Club, American Legion Juneau
Davis, Cedric P. Montgomery
Primary Name: Davis, Cedric P. Montgomery
Filed as: davis_cedric_p_montgomery
Also known as: Cedric P. Montgomery Davis
Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Men’s Igloo; mariner; miner; U.S. Navy Quartermaster
Born: 1894, Juneau, Alaska
Died: 1977, Juneau, Alaska
Parents:
Spouse: Never married
Children:
Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Crestof Island, Alaska; Taku River, Alaska; Nome, Alaska; Seattle, Washington; Mexico
Keywords: Cedric P Montgomery Davis, Cedric Davis Juneau, Davis family Juneau, Pinewood Park subdivision, Juneau Men’s Igloo charter member
Biography
Cedric P. Montgomery Davis was a charter member of the Juneau Men’s Igloo.
Davis was born in Juneau in 1894. His experience with boats, engines, and navigation, in partnership with his brother Trevor, led him to enlist in the U.S. Navy during World War I. He served as a Quartermaster aboard a sub-chaser, was later reassigned to the battleship Oregon, and subsequently transferred to a freighter operating in the Atlantic, which allowed him to visit his mother’s sister in England.
In the early 1920s, Cedric operated a boat for the Hearst-Chichagof Mining Company and owned a mine on Crestof Island. He enjoyed prospecting there and along the Taku River.
At the onset of World War II, Cedric worked for the U.S. Army in Nome, operating the diesel electrical plant. When not working aboard boats, he stayed at the old Davis family home on Sixth Street with his sister Cordelia and her family.
After his sister and her husband moved to Seattle, Cedric made one of the smaller Sixth Street Davis houses his home. In the 1950s, he joined his brother, Trevor, in developing the Pinewood Park subdivision on land owned by the Davis family. He also helped construct cabins for Carol and her daughters on land obtained by Carol under the U.S. Small Tract Act.
When the vessel Cordelia D was traded for the trim Sylvita, Cedric traveled with Carol and Trevor aboard the new boat to the Seattle World’s Fair in 1962.
In later years, he enjoyed spending winters in Mexico and visiting Seattle.
Friends remembered Cedric as a kind and generous man who liked to see everyone happy, especially children, to whom he frequently gave money for ice cream. He never married.
Cedric died at Bartlett Memorial Hospital in 1977 at the age of 83 and was buried next to his parents at Evergreen Cemetery in Juneau.
Sources
Gastineau Channel Memories 1880–1959, p. 119
Tags: Cedric P Montgomery Davis, Cedric Davis, Davis family Juneau, Juneau Men’s Igloo, Pinewood Park subdivision