Vanden Wyer, Catherine L.
Born: July 1894
Birthplace: Douglas, Alaska
Died: May 3, 1964
Place of death: Seattle, Washington
Parents: Nicholas King; Alice Alicia Develin King
Spouse: Hurbert A. Vanden Wyer (marine engineer)
Children: Alice E. Vanden Wyer (born June 2, 1921, Alaska); Hurbert Anthony Vanden Wyer (born 1926, Seattle, Washington)
Association: Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6
Biography
Catherine L. Vanden Wyer, born Catherine L. King, was a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6. She was born in July 1894 in Douglas, Alaska, the daughter of Nicholas King and Alice Alicia Develin King, members of the early Douglas Island community during the territorial mining era.
She married Hurbert A. Vanden Wyer, a marine engineer, in 1920. The couple had two children: Alice E. Vanden Wyer, born in Alaska on June 2, 1921, and Hurbert Anthony Vanden Wyer, born in Seattle, Washington, in 1926.
Catherine spent part of her early life in the Juneau–Douglas area and later lived in Seattle, Washington. She died in Seattle on May 3, 1964.
Sources
- 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Douglas, Alaska
- 1920 and 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Seattle, Washington
- Alaska Daily Empire, June 2, 1921
- Washington Death Index