Anna Faulkner Scott Knutson Webster was a Charter Member of Juneau Igloo No. 6.
She was born on January 29, 1867 at Maitland, Hants County, Nova Scotia. She was the daughter of Captain Thomas Faulkner and Elizabeth McPherson Faulkner. She was descended from a long line of seafaring men. Anna immigrated to the United States in 1888 and was naturalized in 1890.
She married her first husband, Newton Scott, on May 21, 1890 in Idaho. They had five daughters, Lucy born on May 23, 1980 in Idaho, twins Mabel Grace Scott and Minerva Beatrice Scott born on April 1, 1893 in Grangeville, Idaho, Ruth born in Denver, Idaho in September 1894 and Alice born on June 13, 1895 in Denver, Idaho. Their daughter Ruth died on March 15, 1896 Newton was killed by a falling tree while riding a horse on November 5, 1897. Lucy died on November 14, 1897 and Alice died on November 22, 1897.
Her second husband was Swan Knutson. They were married in Salmon River, Idaho on January 25, 1899. She was widowed when Swan died on August 1, 1901. Their twin children Clarence Knutson and Carol Swanhilde Knutson born on April 5, 1902 in Idaho after his death.
Anna and her three daughters, Mabel, Minnie and Carrie moved to Juneau in 1904 and began her career as head of the Douglas telephone exchange in 1905.
Anna married Edward Webster, who was the President of the Juneau-Douglas Telephone Company, on August 10, 1910, in Juneau. The family moved to Juneau and her Juneau home stood high on the hill, where it was built before the town itself was laid out and planned.
The house is registered as the Edward Webster House on Telephone Hill. Robert E. Hurley, the grandson of Edward and Anna Webster, owned the home when the 1984 Telephone Hill Historic Site and Structures Survey was conducted in 1984.
Anna died on August 13 of 1957 in Juneau and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery on August 16, 1957.
Biographies of Alaska Yukon Pioneers 1850-1950, Vo3. p 318-320, Ed Ferrell, Idaho Marriage Licenses: 1910 I U.S. Federal Census Douglas; 1930/1940 U.S. Federal Census Juneau; Douglas Island Weekly News 8-17-1910; Alaska Death Certificate; Evergreen Cemetery Burial Record