Hagevik, William
Primary Name: Hagevik, William A.
Filed as: hagevik_william_a
Also known as: Bill Hagevik; William Hagevig
Occupation / Association: Fire service instructor; Captain, Ketchikan Fire Department; State of Alaska Director of Fire Service Training
Born: January 17, 1930, Ketchikan, Alaska
Died: October 23, 1991, Douglas, Alaska
Parents:
Spouse: Rosemary Wagoner (m. 1962)
Children: Bill Hagevik; Barbara Hagevik-Doucet; Beth Hagevik; Ann Bogge; Karen Hagevik (d. infancy)
Associated places: Ketchikan, Alaska; Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Santa Cruz, California; Everett, Washington
Keywords: William A Hagevik, Bill Hagevik, William Hagevig, Ketchikan Fire Department captain, Alaska fire service training director, Southeast Fire Training Center Juneau, Alaska State Firefighter of the Year
Biography
William A. Hagevik was born on January 17, 1930 in Ketchikan, Alaska.
He graduated from Ketchikan High School and attended both the University of Washington and the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
In 1962 he married Rosemary Wagoner. They had five children: Bill Hagevik; Barbara Hagevik-Doucet; Beth Hagevik of Santa Cruz, California; Ann Bogge of Everett, Washington; and Karen, who died as an infant. Barbara later married Bill Doucet of Lake Stevens, Washington and had a daughter, Danielle Doucet.
Hagevik served as a captain in the Ketchikan Fire Department. In 1969 he moved to Douglas, Alaska and later worked for the State of Alaska as Director of Fire Service Training, retiring in 1985.
He created the first marine firefighting training center designed to simulate firefighting aboard a ship. The Southeast Fire Training Center in Juneau was later named in his honor. Hagevik was twice named Alaska State Firefighter of the Year, in 1966 and 1984, and in 1990 he was recognized nationally as Volunteer Firefighter of the Year. He was also an honorary member of several fire departments throughout Alaska.
He enjoyed fishing, hunting, studying history, and learning about the operation of masted sailing ships.
William A. Hagevik died at his home in Douglas, Alaska on October 23, 1991 from complications of diabetes at the age of 61. He was buried in the Douglas City Cemetery. Funeral services were held at the Cathedral of the Nativity.
Sources
Find-A-Grave memorial for William A. Hagevik
Tags: William A Hagevik, Bill Hagevik, William Hagevig, Ketchikan Fire Department, Alaska fire service training, Southeast Fire Training Center Juneau, Douglas Alaska residents
Gustafson, Anna Sophia
Primary Name: Gustafson, Anna Sophia
Filed as: gustafson_anna_sophia
Also known as: Anna Sophia Gustafson
Occupation / Association: Community member; associated with the Swedish Lutheran Church
Born:
Died: August 10, 1912
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Spouse:
Children: Olaf Gustafson; Magnus Gustafson; Gerda Gustafson
Associated places: Douglas, Alaska; Tacoma, Washington
Keywords: Anna Sophia Gustafson, Gustafson Anna Sophia, Olaf Gustafson mother, Magnus Gustafson mother, Gerda Gustafson mother, Swedish Lutheran Church Douglas Alaska
Biography
Anna Sophia Gustafson was the mother of Olaf Gustafson, Magnus Gustafson, and Gerda Gustafson.
Members of her family, including Olaf Gustafson, Magnus Gustafson, and Mrs. Gerda Gustafson, arrived aboard the steamship State of California to attend her funeral. Many members of the Odd Fellows Lodge were also present.
Anna Sophia Gustafson died on August 10, 1912. Funeral services were held at the Swedish Lutheran Church, and she was buried in the Douglas City Cemetery. Her final interment was planned for Tacoma, Washington.
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Tags: Anna Sophia Gustafson, Gustafson Anna Sophia, Olaf Gustafson family, Magnus Gustafson family, Gerda Gustafson family, Douglas City Cemetery
Edminson, James
Primary Name: Edminson, James
Filed as: james_edminson
Also known as: James Edmiston
Occupation / Association: Miner, Treadwell Mine; Alaska-Juneau Mine; Treadwell Foundry Worker
Born: 1879, Scotland
Died: March 14, 1944, Seattle, Washington
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Spouse:
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Associated places: Scotland; Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Seattle, Washington
Keywords: James Edminson, James Edmiston, Edminson James, Edmiston James, Treadwell Mine miners, Alaska Juneau Mine workers
Biography
James Edminson was born in Scotland in 1879.
He worked as a miner at the Treadwell Mine and the Alaska-Juneau Mine. In 1921, he was working at the Treadwell Foundry.
Edminson died in Seattle, Washington, on March 14, 1944, at about age 64. He was buried in the Douglas Eagles Cemetery.
Sources
Survey and Inventory of Douglas Historic Cemeteries; Find-A-Grave memorial for James Edmiston
Tags: James Edminson, James Edmiston, Edminson James, Edmiston James, Treadwell Mine miners, Alaska Juneau Mine workers, Douglas Eagles Cemetery
Dalton, Josephine
Primary Name: Dalton, Josephine
Filed as: dalton_josephine
Also known as: Josephine Dalton; Josephine Grant
Occupation / Association: Daughter of Alaska pioneer Jack Dalton
Born: 1916
Died:
Parents: Jack Dalton; Anna Krippeahne-Dalton
Spouse: U. S. Grant
Children:
Associated places: Alaska; Seattle, Washington; San Francisco, California
Keywords: Josephine Dalton, Josephine Grant, Dalton family Alaska, Jack Dalton daughter
Biography
Josephine Dalton was born in 1916 to Jack Dalton and Anna Krippeahne-Dalton, about the time the Dalton family left Alaska for the Seattle area.
She later married U. S. Grant, a descendant of the Civil War general and President of the United States, and became a well-known citizen of San Francisco, California.
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Anna
Primary Name: Dalton, Anna Krippeahne
Filed as: dalton_anna_krippeahne
Also known as: Anna Dalton; Anna Krippeahne Dalton
Occupation / Association:
Born:
Died: 1929
Parents:
Spouse: Jack Dalton
Children: James "Jim" W. Dalton; Josephine Dalton-Grant
Associated places: Cordova, Alaska; Seattle, Washington
Keywords: Anna Krippeahne Dalton, Anna Dalton, Krippeahne family, Dalton family Alaska
Biography
Anna Krippeahne Dalton married Jack Dalton in 1911 in Cordova, Alaska.
The couple had two children: James “Jim” W. Dalton, born in 1913, and Josephine Dalton-Grant, born in 1916. Around the time of Josephine’s birth, the Dalton family left Alaska and relocated to the Seattle area.
Anna Dalton died in 1929.
Sources
McPherson, J. R.
Primary Name: Copper River and Northwestern Railway Survey Expedition
Filed as: Copper River and Northwestern Railway Survey Expedition, 1905
Also known as: Copper River Route Survey
Occupation / Association: Railroad survey expedition; Copper River and Northwestern Railway development
Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Valdez, Alaska; Copper River Valley, Alaska; Cordova, Alaska; Haines, Alaska; Seattle, Washington
Keywords: Copper River and Northwestern Railway survey 1905, Jack Dalton railroad survey Alaska, Samuel Murchison railroad engineer Alaska, J R McPherson surveyor Alaska, Michael Heney railroad builder Alaska, Stephen Birch Alaska Syndicate, Copper River railroad history
Biography
In September 1905, Jack Dalton, Sam Murchison, and surveyor J. R. McPherson conducted a new evaluation of the proposed Copper River railroad route in Alaska and determined that the route was feasible.
The party returned to Valdez in late October 1905 and transmitted their conclusions to railroad builder Michael Heney by coded telegram. Heney later met Dalton and Murchison in Juneau and filed a right-of-way application with the United States General Land Office.
Because the Copper River route faced no competing applications, the right-of-way was approved. Heney and Murchison then traveled to Seattle to obtain equipment and supplies for the railroad project.
Meanwhile, Dalton, McPherson, several chainmen, and a group of Dalton’s Chilkat Native packers from Haines began detailed surveying work along the route. The group secretly purchased an abandoned cannery in Cordova to serve as the southern terminus of the future railway.
Construction of the Copper River and Northwestern Railway began during the winter of 1905–1906. Financial difficulties soon revealed that Close Brothers could not support the project. At the same time, the competing Katalla route, initially supported by Stephen Birch and the Alaska Syndicate, proved impractical.
The Alaska Syndicate eventually purchased Heney’s interests and continued construction of the railway. The line was completed to the rich copper mines of the interior in 1911, becoming one of the most significant industrial transportation projects in Alaska’s early twentieth-century development.
Sources
Alaska Mining Hall of Fame.
Malony, Cora Cleveland
Primary Name: Malony, Cora Cleveland
Filed as: Malony, Cora Cleveland
Also known as: Cora Cleveland Malony
Occupation / Association: Milliner; Juneau business owner
Associated places: Bryan, Ohio; Bellingham, Washington; Juneau, Alaska
Keywords: Cora Cleveland Malony, Cora Malony Juneau, Juneau hat shop owner, Malony family Juneau Alaska, Wickersham House history, Alaska Gastineau Mine community
Biography
Cora Cleveland Malony moved to Juneau, Alaska, in 1895. She had previously lived in Bryan, Ohio, and Bellingham, Washington.
Cora, some twenty-five years younger than John Malony, had an independent streak of her own and established a hat shop in Juneau.
She married John Malony in Juneau, and on December 29, 1899, she gave birth to their son, John Malony, Jr.
A residence was later constructed in downtown Juneau for Bart Thane’s Alaska Gastineau mine. Much to Cora’s disappointment, as she had hoped to live in the house, it was sold. The residence later became known as the Wickersham House.
Cora Cleveland Malony died in 1967 at the age of eighty-five.
Sources
Alaska Mining Hall of Fame.
White, Gloria Edith
Gloria Edith White was born on August 27, 1921, in Seattle, Washington, to William Charles White and Inez May Parker-White.
She grew up in Juneau, Alaska with eight siblings: Henrietta May White, Charles Benjamin White, Dorothy Annabelle White, Genevieve Williamina White, Anna Louise White, Glen Edward White, Alice G. White, and William L. White Jr..
Dufrense, Franklin R.
Primary Name: Dufresne, Franklin R.
Filed as: dufresne_franklin_r
Also known as: Franklin Dufresne; Frank R. Dufresne
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Born:
Died:
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Spouse: Klondy Nelson-Woofter (m. October 30, 1925, Seattle, Washington)
Children: Franklin Leu N. Dufresne (b. January 9, 1927, Juneau, Alaska)
Associated places: Seattle, Washington; Juneau, Alaska
Keywords: Franklin R Dufresne, Frank R Dufresne, Dufresne Franklin R, Klondy Nelson Woofter Dufresne, Franklin Leu N Dufresne
Biography
Franklin R. Dufresne married Klondy Nelson-Woofter in Seattle, Washington, on October 30, 1925.
The couple had one son, Franklin Leu N. Dufresne, who was born in Juneau, Alaska, on January 9, 1927.
Sources
Family records; Juneau historical records
Tags: Franklin R Dufresne, Frank R Dufresne, Klondy Nelson Woofter, Franklin Leu N Dufresne, Juneau families
Woofter, Klondy
Primary Name: Klondy Esmerelda Nelson Woofter Dufresne
Filed as: Woofter, Klondy Esmerelda
Born: October 1, 1897 – Deadwood, South Dakota
Died: November 19, 1987 – Olympia, Washington
Associated places: Deadwood, South Dakota; Council, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Seattle, Washington; Olympia, Washington
Occupation / Association: Pioneers of Alaska member
Keywords: Woofter family, Juneau, Nelson family, Alaska, Juneau pioneer families, Alaska women pioneers
Biography
Klondy Esmerelda Nelson was born in Deadwood, South Dakota, on October 1, 1897, to Oscar Warren Nelson and Alma P. Nelson. The family moved to Council, Alaska, in 1902.
She married Clarence Jefferson Woofter in Juneau on January 13, 1920. They had a daughter, Virginia Olive Claire Woofter, who was born in Juneau on May 18, 1921.
Klondy later married Franklin R. Dufresne in Seattle on October 30, 1925. Their son, Franklin Leu N. Dufresne, was born in Juneau on January 9, 1927.
Klondy died on November 19, 1987, in Olympia, Washington.
Sources
- South Dakota Birth Certificate
- Washington Marriage License
- 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Cape Nome, Alaska
- 1920, 1930, 1940 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau
- Alaska Daily Empire, January 14, 1920
- Alaska Daily Empire, November 10, 1925
- Washington Death Index
- U.S. Social Security Death Index
- Pioneers of Alaska Membership Application