Primary Name: Naghel, Annetta

Filed as: Naghel, Annetta

Also known as: Annetta Theresa Johnson; Annetta Theresa Naghel

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

Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Sitka, Alaska; San Francisco, California; Alameda, California

Keywords: Annetta Naghel Juneau Alaska, Annetta Theresa Johnson, Charles Edward Nagel family Juneau, Pacific Coast Steamship Company Spokane musician, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women's Auxiliary charter members, Evergreen Cemetery Juneau burials

Biography

Annetta Naghel was a Charter Member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Women’s Auxiliary No. 6.

She was born Annetta Theresa Johnson on August 28, 1877, in San Francisco, California, to Annie T. McClary and Alexander Johnson.

In 1904, she met Charles Edward Nagel in Sitka, Alaska. At the time, he was a United States Marine stationed there, and she was working as a musician aboard the Pacific Coast Steamship Company vessel S.S. Spokane.

Nagel proposed during the 1905 tour season, and the couple planned to marry the following year. Instead, Annetta left the ship while it was in Juneau, and the two were married there on August 6, 1906.

Annetta and Charles had three children: Edward Quesnel “Pat” Nagel, born in Juneau on February 10, 1908; Grace Emette Nagel, born in Juneau on October 28, 1909; and Gladys Agnes Nagel, born in Juneau on October 10, 1911.

Annetta Theresa Naghel died in Alameda, California, on July 11, 1957. She was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Juneau on July 22, 1957.

Sources

1910, 1920, and 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska.

Gastineau Channel Memories, Volume 2, pp. 265–277.

Alaska Marriage Records.

California Death Index.

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: Mullen, Beatrice

Filed as: Mullen, Beatrice

Also known as: Beatrice Margaret Behrends; Beatrice Margaret Mullen

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

Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; San Francisco, California; Palo Alto, California

Keywords: Beatrice Mullen Juneau Alaska, Beatrice Margaret Behrends, B M Behrends family Juneau Alaska, John Francis Mullen family Juneau, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women's Auxiliary charter members, early Juneau pioneer families

Biography

Beatrice Mullen was a Charter Member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Women’s Auxiliary No. 6.

She was born Beatrice Margaret Behrends in Juneau, Alaska, on September 25, 1892, to Bernard B. M. Behrends and Margarete Virginia Pakel Behrends, members of a prominent early Juneau pioneer family.

On June 25, 1915, she married John Francis Mullen in Juneau. The couple had three children: Bernhard, born March 26, 1916, in Juneau; Beatrice, born October 30, 1918, in San Francisco, California; and Virginia, born May 28, 1920, in Juneau.

Beatrice Mullen died in Palo Alto, California, on May 16, 1982.

Sources

1940 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska.

California Death Index.

Alaska Daily Empire, March 29, 1916.

Primary Name: McDonald, Elizabeth

Filed as: McDonald, Elizabeth

Also known as: Elizabeth Marshall Hucheson; Elizabeth Hucheson McDonald

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

Associated places: Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Seattle, Washington; Atlin, British Columbia; Marshfield, Oregon; West Virginia

Keywords: Elizabeth McDonald Juneau Alaska, Elizabeth Marshall Hucheson, John F McDonald Douglas Alaska, Douglas Alaska pioneer families, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women's Auxiliary charter members, early Douglas Alaska residents

Biography

Elizabeth McDonald was a Charter Member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Women’s Auxiliary No. 6.

She was born Elizabeth Marshall Hucheson in November 1858 in West Virginia to Agnes Henry and Robert M. Hucheson.

In 1875, she married John F. McDonald in Marshfield, Oregon. The couple lived in Seattle, Washington, for approximately twenty years and later spent two years in Atlin, British Columbia, before moving to the Gastineau Channel region. In 1899, they settled in Douglas, Alaska.

John McDonald served the community for eighteen years as the city marshal of Douglas.

Elizabeth and John had four children: Annie, born in 1877 in Oregon; Agnes, born in 1879 in Washington; Ruth Irene, born in July 1892; and Elizabeth Ione, born in November 1896.

Elizabeth McDonald died on February 20, 1933, in Seattle, Washington.

Sources

1910 U.S. Federal Census, Douglas, Alaska.

Biographies of Alaska-Yukon Pioneers 1850–1950, Volume 2, p. 202, Ed Ferrell.

Alaska Daily Empire, February 21, 1933.

Washington Death Certificate.

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.

Primary Name: Mackie, Leota G.

Filed as: Mackie, Leota G.

Also known as: Leota G. Jaques; Leota Jaques Mackie

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

Associated places: Treadwell, Alaska; Douglas Island, Alaska; San Francisco, California; Washington Territory; Chillicothe, Iowa; Seattle, Washington

Keywords: Leota G Mackie Juneau Alaska, Leota Jaques Mackie, Mackie family Treadwell Alaska, William Albert Mackie miner Alaska, Treadwell pioneer families, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women's Auxiliary charter members

Biography

Leota G. Mackie was a Charter Member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Women’s Auxiliary No. 6.

She was born Leota G. Jaques on October 29, 1868, in Chillicothe, Iowa, to Clarissa R. Jaques and Wicker John Hudson Jaques.

Leota married William Albert Mackie in either 1886 or 1887 in Washington Territory. The couple later lived in San Francisco, California, where their first two children were born: Pearl L. Mackie in December 1889 and Eddie V. Mackie in September 1892.

In 1898, the Mackie family moved from San Francisco to Treadwell on Douglas Island, Alaska, during the early development of the mining community associated with the Treadwell mines.

Leota G. Mackie died near Seattle, Washington, on February 25, 1940.

Sources

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

Washington Death Certificate.

Primary Name: Oja, Lillian M.

Filed as: Oja, Lillian M.

Also known as: Lillian M. Oja

Occupation / Association: Bank clerk; bookkeeper; Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Igloo No. 6

Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Douglas, Alaska; Sitka, Alaska; Seattle, Washington

Keywords: Lillian M Oja Juneau Alaska, Frank Oja family Alaska, Matilda Josephine Ridell Oja, Juneau High School 1922 graduates, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women's Auxiliary charter members, Sitka Alaska bookkeepers, early Juneau banking employees

Biography

Lillian M. Oja was a Charter Member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Igloo No. 6.

She was born on August 20, 1904, in Alaska to Frank Oja and Matilda Josephine Ridell Oja.

Lillian graduated from Juneau High School in 1922. She worked as a bank clerk in Juneau and later as a bookkeeper in Sitka, Alaska.

Lillian M. Oja died on January 17, 1997, in Seattle, Washington.

Sources

1910 U.S. Federal Census, Douglas, Alaska.

1930 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska.

1940 U.S. Federal Census, Sitka, Alaska.

Washington Death Index.

Juneau High School Yearbook, 1922.

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.

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Primary Name: McKane, Rita

Filed as: McKane, Rita

Also known as: Rita McKane

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

Associated places: Juneau, Alaska

Keywords: Rita McKane Juneau Alaska, McKane family Juneau Alaska, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women's Auxiliary charter members, early Juneau pioneer families

Biography

Rita McKane was a Charter Member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Women's Auxiliary No. 6.

Sources

Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women's Auxiliary records.

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