Primary Name: Baggen, George

Filed as: baggen_george

Also known as: —

Occupation / Association: Juneau pioneer

Born: Norway

Died: —

Parents: —

Spouse: Sandbery, Olga

Children: George Baggen Jr.; L. C. Baggen; Betty Baggen-Vrooman

Associated places: Norway; Juneau, Alaska

Keywords: George Baggen, Baggen George, Olga Sandbery Baggen, Betty Baggen Vrooman, Juneau Alaska pioneers

Tags: George Baggen, Baggen family, Betty Baggen Vrooman, Norway immigrants, Juneau pioneers

Biography

George Baggen was born in Norway.

He married Olga Sandbery, who was also from Norway. They had three children: George Baggen Jr., L. C. Baggen, and Betty Baggen-Vrooman.

The family immigrated to Juneau, Alaska.

Sources

Family references; Juneau historical records

George Baggen Baggen George G Baggen Geo Baggen George Baggen Sr

Primary Name: Cleaver, Hendrick Isaac

Filed as: cleaver_hendrick_isaac

Also known as: Hendrick Isaac Cleaver; “Cannibal Ike”

Occupation / Association: Early settler of Douglas

Born: circa 1839, Norway

Died: June 2, 1911, Douglas, Alaska

Parents:

Spouse:

Children: Daughter (name not recorded), remained in Norway

Associated places: Norway; Douglas, Alaska; Douglas Indian Village

Keywords: Hendrick Isaac Cleaver, Cannibal Ike, Cleaver Hendrick Isaac, early settlers Douglas Alaska

Biography

Hendrick Isaac Cleaver was born in Norway around 1839. He later came to Alaska and became one of the original settlers of Douglas.

Cleaver was known locally as “Cannibal Ike.” He lived alone in a modest home in the Indian Village at Douglas. A daughter remained behind in Norway.

He died at about seventy-two years of age on June 2, 1911. Funeral services were held at the Swedish Lutheran Church with Father J. H. Warmanen officiating.

Hendrick Isaac Cleaver was buried in the Douglas City Cemetery.

Sources

Find-A-Grave

Hendrick Isaac Cleaver Cannibal Ike Cleaver Hendrick Isaac H I Cleaver

Tags: Hendrick Isaac Cleaver, Cannibal Ike, Cleaver Hendrick Isaac, Douglas City Cemetery, Douglas Alaska pioneers

Primary Name: Shudshift, Arne Geirmmund

Filed as: Shudshift, Arne Geirmmund

Also known as: Arne G. Shudshift

Occupation / Association: Early Alaska resident

Associated places: Norway; Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska

Keywords: Arne Geirmmund Shudshift, Arne G Shudshift, Enne Victoria Kronquist Shudshift, Pearl Shudshift, Douglas Eagles Cemetery, Douglas Alaska, pioneers, Norwegian immigrants Alaska

Biography

Arne Geirmund Shudshift was born April 2, 1894, in Norway.

He may have been the husband of Enne Victoria Kronquist Shudshift and the father of Pearl Shudshift.

Arne Shudshift died in May 1980 at the age of 86 and was buried in the Douglas Eagles Cemetery in Douglas, Alaska.

Sources

Find-A-Grave.

Museth, Trine

Association: Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6

Role: Charter Member

Associated Places: Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Escondido, California; San Diego, California

Biography

Trine Museth was a charter member of the Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.

She was born in Douglas, Alaska, on November 25, 1897, to Henry Museth and Martha Museth. The family name had originally been Mjaaset. Her parents, Hendrik and Marta Mjaaset, emigrated from Voss, Norway, in 1881 and later Americanized their surname to Museth.

Museth grew up in the Douglas and Juneau area during the early years of the mining communities of Southeast Alaska.

When her father became ill in 1923, she moved with her parents and her sisters, Nora and Agnes, to Escondido, California. After her father's death in 1926, she remained in California and worked as a teller at a commercial bank for approximately forty years. She retired in 1963.

Trine Museth died in San Diego, California, on June 14, 1988.

Sources

• 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Douglas, Alaska
• Gastineau Channel Memories, Vol. 1, pp. 353–355
• California Death Index

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.

Primary Name: Museth, Agnes

Filed as: Museth, Agnes

Also known as: Agnes E. Museth

Occupation / Association: Stenographer, Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company; Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women's Auxiliary No. 6

Associated places: Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Tacoma, Washington; Escondido, California; San Diego, California; Voss, Norway

Keywords: Agnes Museth Juneau Alaska, Museth family Douglas Alaska, Nora Alice Museth, Alaska Juneau Gold Mine employees, Douglas High School graduates Alaska, Norwegian immigrants Juneau Alaska, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women's Auxiliary charter members

Biography

Agnes Museth was a Charter Member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Women’s Auxiliary No. 6.  She was born May 29, 1892, in Michigan to Henry Museth and Martha Nilsdatter Bolstad Museth. Her parents had immigrated from Voss, Norway in 1881, and their family name was Americanized from Hendrik and Marta Mjaaset after their arrival in the United States.

Agnes came to Alaska with her family in June 1894 and grew up in Douglas. She graduated from Douglas High School in 1911 and later attended a one-year business college in Tacoma, Washington.

After completing her education, Museth began working as a stenographer for the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company.

In 1923, when her father became ill, Agnes moved with her parents and her sisters Nora and Trini to Escondido, California. She remained in California after her father’s death in 1926.

Agnes E. Museth died on December 18, 1977, in San Diego, California.

Sources

1900 U.S. Federal Census, Douglas, Alaska.

Gastineau Channel Memories, Volume 1, pp. 353–355.

California Death Index.

Primary Name: McCloskey, Laura

Filed as: McCloskey, Laura

Also known as: Laura “Lizzie” McCloskey

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women’s Auxiliary No. 6

Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Seattle, Washington; Norway

Keywords: Laura Lizzie McCloskey Juneau Alaska, McCloskey family Juneau Alaska, Peter McCloskey miner Alaska, Norwegian immigrants Juneau Alaska, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women’s Auxiliary charter members

Biography

Laura “Lizzie” McCloskey was a Charter Member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Women’s Auxiliary No. 6.

She was born in Norway in February 1867 and immigrated to the United States in 1889. She married Peter McCloskey.

Peter McCloskey came to Alaska in March 1895 and worked as a miner. Lizzie arrived in Juneau later that year, in December 1895. The couple raised their family in the Juneau area during the early mining era.

Their son, James L. McCloskey, was born in Alaska in March 1897, and their daughter, Laura Olive McCloskey, was born in April 1901.

Laura McCloskey died in Seattle, Washington, on May 3, 1935.

Sources

1900 and 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska.

Alaska Daily Empire, May 1, 1935.

Sather, Karen “Carrie”

Association: Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Igloo No. 6

Role: Charter Member

Biography

Karen “Carrie” Sather was a charter member of Juneau Igloo No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.

She was born in September 1872 in Norway and later immigrated to the United States.

She married Frank Oliver. The couple had three children: James Douglas Oliver, born in Alaska on March 6, 1898; Clara Ester Oliver, born in Alaska on August 31, 1899; and Dorris Jessie Oliver, born in 1903 in Tacoma, Washington.

Sather lived in the Juneau-Douglas area during the early years of Alaska’s mining community and was among the founding members of the Juneau women’s auxiliary of the Pioneers of Alaska.

Karen “Carrie” Sather died in Seattle, Washington, on June 29, 1936.

Sources

• 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Douglas, Alaska
• 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska
• Alaska Daily Empire, June 30, 1936
• Douglas Island Weekly News, September 5, 1899

Primary Name: Lyche, Martha Malin

Filed as: Lyche, Martha Malin

Also known as: Martha MacKinnon; Martha Malin MacKinnon

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women's Auxiliary No. 6; hotel operator

Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Tacoma, Washington; Norway

Keywords: Martha Malin Lyche Juneau Alaska, Martha MacKinnon Juneau Alaska, Lockie MacKinnon family Juneau, Juneau Hotel Main Street history, MacKinnon Apartments Juneau, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women's Auxiliary charter members, early Juneau hotel operators

Biography

Martha Malin Lyche was a Charter Member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Women’s Auxiliary No. 6.

She was born in Norway in May of 1873 and immigrated to the United States in 1887. In 1892, she came to Alaska from Tacoma, Washington.

Lockie MacKinnon traveled to Seattle in June to hire maids for the Circle City Hotel in Juneau. Martha and a Scandinavian friend were hired and traveled north to Juneau.

Martha later recalled that “two weeks later, I foolishly married the man.” Their first son, James Simpson MacKinnon, was born in Juneau in March 1897. Twin sons, John Neil Donald MacKinnon and Thron Rudolf MacKinnon, were born in 1901.

Lockie and Martha operated the Zynda Hotel, later renamed the Juneau Hotel, on Main Street. In 1926, the couple built the MacKinnon Apartments at Third and Franklin Streets in downtown Juneau.

Martha Malin Lyche MacKinnon died on October 12, 1948.

Sources

1900 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska.

1910 U.S. Federal Census, Tacoma, Washington.

Alaska Gold Rush Pioneers of Juneau Douglas Area 1880-1921, p. 49.

Martha Malin Lyche Martha Lyche Martha MacKinnon Martha Malin MacKinnon Martha M MacKinnon M M Lyche Lyche MacKinnon Mackinnon McKinnon

Primary Name: Paulson, Josephine

Filed as: josephine_paulson

Also known as: Josephine Hansen

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

Born: 1863, Norway

Died: February 22, 1925, Tacoma, Washington

Parents:

Spouse: Hans Peter Hansen

Children: Myrtle B. Hansen; Russell B. Hansen; Beatrice Hansen

Associated places: Norway; Tacoma, Washington; Juneau, Alaska

Keywords: Josephine Paulson, Josephine Hansen, Paulson Josephine, Hansen Josephine, Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6

Biography

Josephine Paulson was a charter member of Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6.

She was born in 1863 in Norway.

She married Hans Peter Hansen on February 28, 1891. They had three children. Myrtle B. was born May 5, 1894, in Tacoma, Washington. Russell B. was born August 20, 1899, in Alaska. Beatrice was born in October 1901 in Washington.

Hans went to Alaska in July 1895 to work as a carpenter. Josephine and the family followed in August of 1897, moving from Tacoma, Washington, to Juneau.

Josephine died in Tacoma, Washington, on February 22, 1925.

Sources

1910 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska; Washington Death Certificate

Josephine Paulson Josephine Hansen Paulson Josephine Hansen Josephine

Tags: Josephine Paulson, Paulson Josephine, Josephine Hansen, Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6, Norway immigrants Juneau