W.C. Boyd came to the Douglas around 1885, and was referred to as the "grand old man of Douglas." He was very active in Douglas city affairs.

He was a prospector and manager of the Alaska Snettisham Gold Mining Company.

In 1899 mining engineer W.A Sanders agreed to give the people of Douglas "the dry knoll this side of Lawson Creek" if they would not object to his patent. He also agreed to build a road to the grounds, but declined to put it in writing and said his word was good.

Immediately after the meeting, a Cemetery Committee consisting of P.H. Fox, M.J. O'Connor, Reverand Peplogle and W.C. Boyd took possession of the knoll and ran a line from Third Street in Douglas to the area. In November 1900, Boyd was appointed clerk for the Douglas Cemetery Committee and was to keep all records.

He also was in charge of the road gang and later appointed as grave digger because previous diggers were not "observing the plan of the streets and alleys as marked out."

In 1910 he moved to California, for health reasons but returned to the Pioneer Home in Sitka where he died in 1917 near the age of 80.

Lillian Lydia Peterson was a Charter Member of Juneau Igloo No. 6.

She born on November 9, 1914 in Juneau. She was the daughter of 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 and played the violin in the orchestra. She attended secretarial school and when she returned to Juneau she worked for the Territorial Game Commission, Territorial Legislature and the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services until her retirement in 1976.

Lillian married Douglas "Doug" Babcock in Juneau on October 14, 1937. They had two daughters, Malin who was born in Juneau on October 31, 1939 and Susan who was born on February 5, 1945.

Doug and Lillian purchased a home on Vanderbilt Point and lived there for 35 years. The site of their home is now the location of the Juneau Pioneers Home.

She was one of the organizers of the 4H in Juneau in the late 1940's and an owner of Chilkat Fuel in the 1960's.

Lillian died in Juneau on April 21, 2000.

1930/1940 U.S. Federal Census Juneau; U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index; Gastineau Channel Memories, Vol II, p 311; Oral Interview with Malin Babcock; 1923 Juneau High School Yearbook 83

Alma Louisa Hallonquist was a Charter Member of Juneau Igloo No. 6.

She was born in September 21, 1874 in Finland. She immigrated to the United States in 1892 and came to Juneau on March 25, 1899.

Alma married August Emil Hendrickson in 1902. They had two children, Lance Edwin born in Alaska on January 3, 1903 and Ideal Alma Ideal born in Alaska on November 12, 1903.

She moved to the Pioneers Home in Sitka on January 16, 1962 and died there on January 3, 1971. Alma is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.

1900/1910/1930 U.S. Federal Census Juneau; M-Douglas Island Weekly News 6-11-1902; Pioneers of Alaska Auxiliary No. 6 Membership Application; Evergreen Cemetery Burial Record

Venetia Ellizabeth Pugh was a Charter Member of Juneau Igloo Women's Auxilary Number 6.

She was born in the U.S. Customs House in Ketchikan on August 13, 1904 to John F. "Jack" and Venetia L. Pugh.

The family moved to Skagway in 1904 and to Juneau in 1909 where her father was assigned as the Collector of Customs for the District of Alaska. Her father was aboard the S.S. Princess Sophia when she ran aground and sank at Vanderbilt Reef near Juneau with no survivors.

After her father's death she and her mother moved into the Baranof Hotel. Her mother started a tea house and she worked there and at the Baranof Gift Shop.

She graduated from Juneau High School in 1922 and from the University of Washington in 1927 and began a 30-year career as clerk of the District Court.

She married Karl Austin Hahn on October 12, 1935 and they moved to Skagway. Their son Karl A. was born in Skagway, Alaska in July of 1939.

The Hahn family and Venetia's mother moved to Anchorage in 1947 and lived on Government Hill in a Quonset hut until 1953.

She retired from the Clerk of the Court Office in 1969. Karl and Venetia moved to the Anchorage Pioneer's Home in 1987. Venetia died at the Anchorage Pioneer's Home on January 11, 1999.

1910 U.S. Federal Census Juneau; 1940 U.S. Federal Census Skagway; Gastineau Channel Memories, Vol 1, p. 425.; Daily Alaska Empire 10-12-1935; Juneau Empire 1-18-1999; Anchorage Daily News 1-14-1999 85

The first elected queen, Gussie Byington, made a homemade crown that was used 1980-1983. After that a metal and jeweled crown was purchased for the Queen Regent.

The King Regent was presented with a gold-plated No. 2 "muck stick" or round-pointed shovel for the Royal Scepter, and he has always worn a black derby hat of felt material. In mid-1987 materials were purchased and the auxiliary made new King and Queen Regent robes. None had been used before this date.

Each year the names of the King and Queen Regent of that year are engraved on small brass plates, and are attached to the shovel handle.

The first gold colored round-pointed shovel was used by then Gov. Bill Sheffield and Grand President Max Wells at the ground breaking ceremony of the Juneau Pioneers Home on
September 25, 1986.