Primary Name: Valentine, Josephine G.

Filed as: Valentine, Josephine G.

Also known as: Josephine Cook; Josephine G. Cook; Josephine Scanlon Cook Valentine

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6

Associated places: New York; San Francisco, California; Juneau, Alaska; Seattle, Washington

Keywords: Josephine G Valentine, Josephine Cook Juneau, Emery Valentine family, Frank A Cook miner, Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No 6 charter members, Scanlon family, early Juneau women

Biography

Josephine G. Valentine was a charter member of the Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.

She was born in October 1871 in New York to Mary Ryan and Hugh Scanlon. As a young woman, she moved west to San Francisco, California, and later came north to Juneau, Alaska, in 1899.

Josephine married Frank A. Cook, a miner. The couple had one daughter, Madeline Ann Cook, who was born on May 15, 1905. Later that same year, Frank Cook died on December 15, 1905.

Josephine later remarried on December 16, 1909, in Juneau to Emery Valentine. Their marriage ended in divorce in 1915.

Josephine G. Valentine later moved to Seattle, Washington, where she died on December 9, 1952.

Sources

1880 U.S. Federal Census, San Francisco

1900 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau

Alaska Marriage Certificate

Washington Death Certificate

Douglas Island Weekly News, December 22, 1909