Martin, David
Primary Name: Martin, David
Filed as: david_martin
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Occupation / Association: Merchant; Fur Trader; Charter Member, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6
Born: c. 1853, England
Died: April 3, 1916, Juneau, Alaska
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Associated places: England; San Francisco, California; Wrangell, Alaska; Cassiar District; Stikine River; Haines, Alaska; Sitka, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Nome, Alaska
Keywords: David Martin, Martin David, Juneau merchant, Juneau fur trader, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6, Pioneers of Alaska, San Francisco theatrical business, Alaska pioneer merchant
Biography
David Martin was born in England about 1853 and moved with his parents to San Francisco, California, as a small child. Before coming to Alaska, he and a brother were engaged in the theatrical business in San Francisco.
Martin first came to Alaska in 1869, landing at Wrangell. From there, he traveled to the Cassiar country and later returned by way of the Stikine River in 1871. In the years that followed, he lived in several Southeast Alaska communities, including Wrangell, Haines, and Sitka, where he was associated with his father in business.
In 1881, Martin moved to Juneau, where he established a general merchandise store at the location later occupied by Winter & Pond. The store was a major business for many years before he eventually left the mercantile trade. Afterward, he entered the fur business and continued working in that trade in Juneau.
Martin lived in Juneau continuously from 1881 onward, with the exception of a single trip to Nome, where he spent approximately one year. He was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska.
David Martin died on April 3, 1916, at St. Ann’s Hospital in Juneau from complications of organic illness.
Sources
Alaska Daily Empire, April 3, 1916; Biographies of Alaska-Yukon Pioneers 1850–1950, Vol. 5, p. 178, Ed Ferrell (May 1, 2004)
Tags: David Martin, Martin David, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6, Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau merchants, Alaska fur traders, Wrangell Alaska residents, Sitka Alaska residents, Nome Alaska residents
McDonald, Thomas
Primary Name: McDonald, Thomas
Filed as: mcdonald_thomas
Also known as: Thomas McDonald
Occupation / Association: Prospector, miner, fisherman; Charter member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men’s Igloo No. 6
Born: November 1863, Canada
Died: April 14, 1930, Juneau, Alaska
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Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Ketchikan, Alaska; Sitka, Alaska
Keywords: Thomas McDonald, McDonald Thomas, Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Men’s Igloo No. 6, Alaska prospector, Alaska miner, Alaska fisherman, Juneau pioneers
Biography
Thomas McDonald was a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Men’s Igloo No. 6.
McDonald was born in Canada in November 1863. He immigrated to the United States in January 1881 and came to Alaska in January 1894 during the early years of American settlement in the region.
He lived in Juneau, Ketchikan, and Sitka, where he worked as a prospector, miner, and fisherman. These occupations were common among Alaska’s early pioneers who participated in the mining and fishing industries that helped shape the economic development of Southeast Alaska.
McDonald died in Juneau, Alaska, on April 14, 1930.
Sources
1900 U.S. Federal Population Census; 1910 U.S. Federal Population Census; Daily Alaska Empire, April 15, 1930
McDonald, James F.
Primary Name: McDonald, James
Filed as: james_mcdonald
Also known as: James McDonald
Occupation / Association: Diver; Charter Member, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6
Born: c. 1885, Canada
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Associated places: Canada; Juneau, Alaska
Keywords: James McDonald, McDonald James, Juneau diver, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6, Pioneers of Alaska, Alaska diver, Juneau Alaska
Biography
James McDonald was born in Canada around 1885 and immigrated to the United States in 1901. By 1920, he was living in Juneau, Alaska, where his occupation was listed as a diver in the 1920 U.S. Federal Population Census. McDonald was also a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska.
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1920 U.S. Federal Population Census, Juneau, Alaska; Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men’s Igloo charter member records
Tags: James McDonald, McDonald James, J. McDonald, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6, Pioneers of Alaska, divers, Juneau residents, Alaska pioneers
Miller, Joseph
Primary Name: Miller, Joseph
Filed as: miller_joseph
Also known as: Joseph Miller
Occupation / Association: Charter member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men’s Igloo No. 6
Born: October 1866, Germany
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Associated places: Juneau, Alaska
Keywords: Joseph Miller, Miller Joseph, Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Men’s Igloo No. 6, charter member, Juneau pioneers
Biography
Joseph Miller was a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Men’s Igloo No. 6.
Miller was born in Germany in October 1866. He immigrated to the United States in 1881 during a period of significant European immigration to North America.
He later became associated with the early pioneer community of Juneau, Alaska.
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1910 U.S. Federal Population Census
Miller, James M.
Primary Name: Miller, James M.
Filed as: james_m_miller
Also known as: James Miller; J. M. Miller
Occupation / Association: Meat Market Manager; Deputy United States Marshal; Jailer; Charter Member, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6
Born: 1855, Marietta, Ohio
Died: March 8, 1920, Skagway, Alaska
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Spouse: Wife not named
Children: James Miller, Jr.; Raymond Miller
Associated places: Marietta, Ohio; Dawson, Yukon; Nome, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Skagway, Alaska
Keywords: James M. Miller, James Miller, J. M. Miller, Miller James M., Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6, Pioneers of Alaska, Frye-Bruhn meat market, deputy United States Marshal, jailer, Skagway, Nome, Juneau
Biography
James M. Miller was born in 1855 at Marietta, Ohio. In 1898, he and his wife went north to Dawson and then to Nome, where they lived for several years before coming to Juneau about 17 years before his death.
In Juneau, Miller served as manager of the Frye-Bruhn meat market for more than eight years. About three years before his death, he was appointed deputy United States Marshal for Skagway. He was later appointed jailer there.
Miller was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska. He died on March 8, 1920, in Skagway, Alaska. He was survived by his wife and his son, James Miller, Jr.. An older son, Raymond Miller, had died several years earlier at Juneau at the age of fourteen. Raymond was noted as the first white child born in Nome.
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Alaska Daily Capital, March 9, 1920; Biographies of Alaska-Yukon Pioneers 1850-1950, Volume 1, pp. 222-223, by Ed Ferrell (May 1, 2009); Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men’s Igloo charter member records
Tags: James M. Miller, James Miller, J. M. Miller, Miller family, Raymond Miller, James Miller Jr., Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6, Pioneers of Alaska, Frye-Bruhn meat market, deputy United States Marshal, jailer, Juneau, Skagway, Nome, Dawson, Marietta Ohio
Moore, John S.
Primary Name: Moore, John
Filed as: john_moore
Also known as: John Moore
Occupation / Association: Laborer; Charter Member, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6
Born: December 1878, California
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Associated places: California; Juneau, Alaska
Keywords: John Moore, Moore John, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6, Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau laborer, Alaska pioneers, Juneau Alaska
Biography
John Moore was born in December 1878 in California. He came to Juneau, Alaska, in April 1897, where he worked as a laborer. Moore was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska.
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1900 U.S. Federal Population Census, Juneau, Alaska; Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men’s Igloo charter member records
Tags: John Moore, Moore John, J. Moore, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6, Pioneers of Alaska, laborers, Juneau residents, Alaska pioneers
Naghel, Charles Edward
Naghel, Charles
Association: Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6
Role: Charter Member; President
Year: President, 1915
Biography
Charles Naghel was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska and served as its president in 1915.
Naghel was born in Roseville, California, on February 15, 1880. His father, Edward Nagel, was an actor, singer, dancer, and musician who traveled through the mining camps of California performing. After his mother died when he was in the fifth grade, his father removed him from school, and the family traveled widely through California until his father remarried.
At the age of fifteen Naghel went to work in the steel rolling mills. When the Spanish–American War broke out in 1898, he joined the California Infantry at the age of eighteen. Although the war was short, he enrolled in a correspondence school in Pennsylvania while serving.
After the war, he joined the United States Marines. In 1900, a contingent of Marines was sent to Sitka to quell an uprising between two Native tribes. Naghel lived in the Marine Barracks in Sitka, which later became the first Alaska Pioneers’ Home. During this period, he continued working toward his high school diploma through the Calvert Correspondence School.
He met his future wife, Annetta Theresa Johnson, in Sitka in 1904 while she was employed as a musician aboard the S.S. Spokane.
Naghel later resigned from the Marines and moved to Juneau, where he worked for the Alaska Steam Laundry, driving the horse wagon that picked up and delivered laundry throughout the community. During the 1905 tourist season, he proposed to Annetta. The couple married in Juneau on August 6, 1906.
In 1907, the couple moved to Skagway, where Naghel worked for the United States Customs Service. They returned to Juneau in 1908 when their first child, Pat, was born. After a brief period living in Sitka, the family again settled in Juneau, where Naghel worked for Ross-Higgins Grocery and later for Charlie Goldstein’s store.
He eventually secured employment with the United States Land Office, serving as a clerk for the U.S. Surveyor General’s Office. In that position, he was responsible for approving and paying federal debts within the Territory of Alaska. He held the position for many years and retired in 1942.
Following retirement, Naghel spent much of his time at the family’s summer home in the Mendenhall Valley. He also continued bookkeeping work for Hazel Jaeger McKinnon’s Alaska Laundry.
Charles Naghel died in Juneau on September 28, 1945.
Sources
- Gastineau Channel Memories, 1880–1967, Vol. 2, pp. 265–266, story by Grace Naghel
- Alaska Marriage License Records
- Pioneers of Alaska Men’s Igloo No. 6 Biographical Sketch
Wagner, John
Primary Name: John Wagner
Filed as: Wagner, John
Died: August 4, 1942 – St. Ann’s Hospital, Juneau, Alaska
Associated places: Skagway, Alaska; Chilkoot Pass; Juneau, Alaska
Occupation / Association: Packer, Chilkoot Trail
Affiliation: Charter Member, Juneau Men's Igloo
Keywords: Chilkoot Trail packers, Klondike Gold Rush, Chilkoot Pass history, Alaska pioneers, Pioneers of Alaska
Biography
John Wagner was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo.
He first appeared in Skagway in 1896 during the Klondike Gold Rush and worked as a packer on the famous Chilkoot Trail.
Wagner became known as the strong man of Chilkoot Pass and was reputedly the only packer strong enough to carry a complete cook stove over the trail.
Wagner “mushed over the Great Divide” at St. Ann’s Hospital in Juneau on August 4, 1942, at the age of 80.
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- Alaska Sportsman, January 1943, p. 19
- Pioneers of Alaska Men’s Igloo No. 6 Biographical Sketch
Wallen, Oscar
Primary Name: Oscar Wallen
Filed as: Wallen, Oscar
Born: November 1876 – Alaska
Associated places: Alaska
Occupation / Association: Not recorded
Affiliation: Charter Member, Juneau Men's Igloo
Keywords: Juneau pioneers, Alaska settlers, Swedish immigrant families, Pioneers of Alaska
Biography
Oscar Wallen was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo.
Wallen was born in November 1876 in Alaska. His father, Oscar Wallen Sr., was born in Sweden and worked as a painter.
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- 1900 U.S. Federal Population Census
- Pioneers of Alaska Men’s Igloo No. 6 Biographical Sketch
Wheeler, Frank F.
Primary Name: Frank Wheeler
Filed as: Wheeler, Frank
Born: October 1862 – Michigan, United States
Associated places: Michigan; Bartlett Bay, Alaska
Occupation / Association: Carpenter, Bartlett Bay Saltery
Affiliation: Charter Member, Juneau Men's Igloo
Keywords: Bartlett Bay Saltery, Alaska carpenters, early Alaska industry, Pioneers of Alaska
Biography
Frank Wheeler was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo.
Wheeler was born in October 1862 in Michigan. By 1900, he was living in Alaska and working as a carpenter at the Bartlett Bay Saltery.
Sources
- 1900 U.S. Federal Population Census
- Pioneers of Alaska Men’s Igloo No. 6 Biographical Sketch