Morton, Ione Elizabeth
Primary Name: Morton, Ione Elizabeth
Filed as: Morton, Ione Elizabeth
Also known as: Ione Morton; Ione Elizabeth McDonald
Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Women's Igloo Auxiliary No. 6
Born: November 4, 1895, Washington
Died: April 13, 1956, Contra Costa County, California
Parents: John F. McDonald; Elizabeth M. Hutchison McDonald
Spouse: Harold Frederick Morton
Children: John Francis Morton (born 1914, Washington); Myrtle Ione Morton (born December 15, 1914, Douglas, Alaska)
Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Douglas, Alaska; Sitka, Alaska; Anchorage, Alaska; Alameda, California; Contra Costa County, California
Keywords: Ione Elizabeth Morton, Ione McDonald Morton, Harold Frederick Morton, Myrtle Ione Morton, John Francis Morton, Pioneers of Alaska Women's Igloo 6 Charter Member
Biography
Ione Elizabeth McDonald Morton was a Charter Member of the Juneau Women's Igloo Auxiliary No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.
She was born November 4, 1895 in Washington to John F. McDonald and Elizabeth M. Hutchison McDonald.
She married Harold Frederick Morton on November 19, 1912, in Juneau, Alaska. The couple had two children: John Francis Morton, born in Washington in 1914, and Myrtle Ione Morton, born December 15, 1914, in Douglas, Alaska.
In 1920, she was living in Sitka, where her husband served as Superintendent of the Alaska Pioneers Home. By 1930, the family had moved to Anchorage, Alaska.
Ione Elizabeth Morton died on April 13, 1956, in Contra Costa County, California.
Sources
1920 U.S. Federal Census, Sitka; 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Anchorage; 1940 U.S. Federal Census, Alameda County, California; Alaska Marriage Certificate; California Death Index; Douglas Island Weekly News, November 27, 1912; Douglas Island Weekly, December 16, 1914
Messerschmidt, Frances Helen
Primary Name: Messerschmidt, Frances Helen Theresa
Filed as: Messerschmidt, Frances Helen Theresa
Also known as: Frances Helen Theresa Hermie; Frances Helen Theresa Weisberg; Frances Helen Theresa Niederhelman; Frances Helen Theresa Stephenson
Occupation / Association: Bookkeeper; Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Women's Igloo Auxiliary No. 6
Born: August 20, 1907, Juneau, Alaska
Died: December 1, 2002, Seal Beach, Orange County, California
Parents: Gustav Heinrich Hermie; Gertrude Rosina Hermie
Spouses: Robert Nathan Weisberg (m. January 15, 1926); Louis Carl Niederhelman (m. August 20, 1932); Harold Stephenson (m. 1943); Harold J. Messerschmidt
Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Stockton, California; Seal Beach, Orange County, California
Keywords: Frances Helen Theresa Messerschmidt, Frances Hermie, Frances Weisberg, Frances Niederhelman, Frances Stephenson, Pioneers of Alaska Women's Igloo 6 Charter Member
Biography
Frances Helen Theresa Messerschmidt was a Charter Member of the Juneau Women's Igloo Auxiliary No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.
She was born in Juneau, Alaska, on August 20, 1907, to Gustav Heinrich Hermie and Gertrude Rosina Hermie.
She married Robert Nathan Weisberg on January 15, 1926. Weisberg died July 29, 1931.
She remarried on August 20, 1932, to Louis Carl Niederhelman, who worked as a bartender. Frances worked as a bookkeeper. The 1940 census listed her as divorced.
In 1943, she married Harold Stephenson, who died June 24, 1971.
She later married Harold J. Messerschmidt and was living in Stockton, California in 1947.
Frances Helen Theresa Messerschmidt died December 1, 2002, in Seal Beach, Orange County, California.
Sources
1940 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; U.S. Social Security Death Index; Gastineau Channel Memories, Vol. 1, p. 333; Alaska Daily Empire, January 16, 1926
McRoberts, Kate
Primary Name: Chernikoff, Katherine
Filed as: Chernikoff, Katherine
Also known as: Katherine "Kate" Zeranoff; Katherine McRoberts; Katherine Chernikoff
Occupation / Association: Waitress; Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Women's Igloo Auxiliary No. 6
Born: November 11, 1894, Sitka, Alaska
Died: December 5, 1965, Sitka, Alaska
Spouses: Richard McRoberts; Boris Vasilicrich Chernikoff (m. January 20, 1936)
Children: Jennie McRoberts (born March 1921); Richard McRoberts (born August 1922); Harold McRoberts (born April 1926); Eugene McRoberts (born 1927); John McRoberts (born July 1929)
Associated places: Sitka, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska
Keywords: Katherine Zeranoff Chernikoff, Kate Zeranoff, Katherine McRoberts, Boris Vasilicrich Chernikoff, Pioneers of Alaska Women's Igloo 6 Charter Member, Sitka Alaska pioneers
Biography
Katherine "Kate" Zeranoff Chernikoff was a Charter Member of the Juneau Women's Igloo Auxiliary No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.
She was born on November 11, 1894, in Sitka, Alaska.
She married Richard McRoberts. The family was living in Sitka in 1920, where Katherine worked as a waitress. Their children were Jennie, born in March 1921; Richard, born in August 1922; Harold, born in April 1926; Eugene, born in 1927; and John, born in July 1929. Katherine was recorded as widowed in the 1930 census.
She later remarried Boris Vasilicrich Chernikoff on January 20, 1936.
Katherine Chernikoff died in Sitka, Alaska, on December 5, 1965.
Sources
1920 U.S. Federal Census, Sitka; 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; Alaska Marriage Certificate; Alaska Death Certificate
Orenshaw, Mary
Primary Name: Crenshaw, Margaret Agnes
Filed as: Crenshaw, Margaret Agnes
Also known as: Margaret "Mary" Agnes Williams, Mary Agnes Crenshaw
Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Women's Igloo No. 6
Born: August 6, 1866, London, England
Died: October 30, 1925, Juneau, Alaska
Associated places: London, England; Washington; Juneau, Alaska
Keywords: Margaret Agnes Crenshaw, Mary Agnes Williams, Juneau Alaska pioneer women, Pioneers of Alaska Women's Igloo 6 charter member
Biography
Margaret "Mary" Agnes Williams Crenshaw was a Charter Member of Juneau Women's Igloo No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.
She was born on August 6, 1866, in London, England. She immigrated to the United States in 1875.
Margaret married William Crenshaw in 1883. The couple had three children: daughters Ida May Crenshaw, born in January 1886 in Washington; Margaret Viola Crenshaw, born in June 1894 in Washington; and a son, Quinton Crenshaw, born in September 1889 in Alaska.
The family moved to Juneau in 1887, where William worked as a cook.
Mary Agnes Crenshaw died in Juneau on October 30, 1925.
Sources
1900 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; Biographies of Alaska-Yukon Pioneers, Volume 5, p. 213; Alaska Daily Empire, October 31, 1925; Alaska Death Certificate
Olds, Klonda
Primary Name: Mathews, Klondyke Evonne
Filed as: Mathews, Klondyke Evonne
Also known as: Klondyke "Klonda" Evonne Olds, Klonda Mathews
Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Women's Igloo No. 6
Born: July 18, 1897, Alaska
Died: September 20, 1983, Huntington Beach, California
Parents: John Olds; Lila Elizabeth Ann Prior Olds
Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Grand Junction, Colorado; Huntington Beach, California
Keywords: Klondyke Evonne Olds Mathews, Klonda Olds, Klonda Mathews, Juneau Alaska pioneer women, Pioneers of Alaska Women's Igloo 6 charter member
Biography
Klondyke "Klonda" Evonne Olds Mathews was a Charter Member of Juneau Women's Igloo No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.
She was born July 18, 1897, in Alaska to John Olds and Lila Elizabeth Ann Prior Olds.
On August 23, 1922, she married Avery Lester Mathews, a lawyer. The couple later moved to Colorado, where they had two children: John Lester Mathews, born October 13, 1929, and Myra Ann Mathews, born in 1931.
Klondyke Evonne Mathews died September 20, 1983, in Huntington Beach, California.
Sources
1900 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; 1940 U.S. Federal Census, Grand Junction, Colorado; California Death Index; Alaska Vital Records
McKanna, Katherine
Primary Name: McKanna, Katherine Ann
Filed as: McKanna, Katherine Ann
Also known as: Katherine Ann Rooney; Katherine Rooney McCanna; Katherine McKenna; Katherine McKanna
Occupation / Association: Teacher; Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Women's Igloo Auxiliary No. 6
Born: April 2, 1852, Farrellton, Quebec, Canada
Died: May 2, 1939, Los Angeles, California
Parents: Rooney family of Farrellton, Quebec
Spouse: Michael Bernard McCanna (married April 9, 1874, Raymond Township, Minnesota)
Children: Elizabeth Elinor McCanna (born May 13, 1875, Raymond Township, Minnesota); James Adelbert McCanna (born December 16, 1876, Fargo, North Dakota); Emmett Joseph McCanna (born 1879, Miles City, Montana); Phillip Frances McCanna (born May 1884, Miles City, Montana)
Associated places: Farrellton, Quebec, Canada; Padua, Minnesota; Raymond Township, Minnesota; Bismarck, North Dakota; Fargo, North Dakota; Miles City, Montana; Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Los Angeles, California
Keywords: Katherine Ann Rooney McKanna, Katherine Rooney McCanna, Katherine McKenna Alaska, Katherine Rooney pioneer teacher, Pioneers of Alaska Women's Igloo 6 Charter Member
Biography
Katherine Ann Rooney McKanna was a Charter Member of the Juneau Women's Igloo Auxiliary No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.
She was born April 2, 1852, in Farrellton, Quebec, Canada. Her family immigrated to the United States in 1865 and settled in Minnesota near Padua.
In 1872, she became the first teacher in a one-room schoolhouse in nearby Raymond Township, Minnesota.
She married Michael Bernard McCanna on April 9, 1874, in Raymond Township, Minnesota. Their first child, Elizabeth Elinor, was born there on May 13, 1875.
The family moved to Bismarck, North Dakota, in 1876. Their second child, James Adelbert, was born December 16, 1876, in Fargo, North Dakota. They later moved to Miles City, Montana, where Emmett Joseph was born in 1879 and Phillip Frances in May 1884.
Although the family spelled their name McCanna, newspapers often rendered it as McKenna. Over time, the spelling settled as McKanna.
Katherine Ann Rooney McKanna died May 2, 1939, in Los Angeles, California.
Sources
1900 and 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Douglas, Alaska; 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska; Alaska Weekly, June 2, 1939