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<p class=MsoNormal>Hello!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>This weekend I have been reworking a newspaper index for
newspapers from Wrangell, Alaska that I completed in 1995. I have had a
recent request for the entire project and since I have better software, I
thought I would try to recreate the index and burn it to a CD to make it
available to more libraries and researchers in Alaska. At the time it was
pretty expensive to provide hard copies. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Part of the index was a <u>vital statistics</u> section which
listed names whether they were found in the newspaper or public records. The
newspapers were primarily Wrangell newspapers but I also did research in
Victoria, BC so you may see some newspapers cited from that city. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>While the index was done for 1898-1899, there are other
dates included because of the various researches that I was doing at the
time. I thought this information on people who lived at Wrangell, Alaska
might be of interest since these people were either born in Oregon before
traveling to Alaska or have an Oregon connection. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The newspapers are available through your local library on
microfilm and/or microfiche. Please note, that unless you want to have
the primary source in your files, the information listed is complete – in
fact some information is additional from research that I had and I added it to
the name.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>This is the only information that I have on these people. I
hope that this information will be of help to someone.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Trish Neal<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Coos Bay, Oregon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>Newspaper
Key<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>SRJ=Stikeen
River Journal FWN=Fort
Wrangel News<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>AS=Alaska
Sentinel (Wrangell) WS=Wrangell
Sentinel<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>AW=Alaska
Weekly VC=Victoria
Colonist <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>DBC=Daily
British Colonist</span></i><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Anderson, Clarence H.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b> </b>DOD:
05/20/1951<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> DOB:
at Scofield, Oregon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Age
25 years; boating accident; Parents: M/M Thomas Anderson; Sisters:
Florence Miller, Doris Norton; Brother: Arthur Anderson.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <i>05/25/1951
1:6 WS<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Arola, Isaac</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> DOD:
1932<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> DOB:
at Finland<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'> Age
71 years. Heart disease and asthma. Came from Finland with wife and
infant son about 1888 to Astoria, Oregon. Spouse died in 1893 at
Oregon. Sons: Carl, John, George. Grandaughter: Elna Arola.
Grandson: Edward Arola. Was in the Klondike and Dawson.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <i>12/23/1932
1:4 WS<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Barnes, F. C.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> DOD:
07/30/1931<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> DOB:
1854 at Albany, New York<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Died
at his home in Portland, Oregon; Spouse passed away last September.
Built cannery at Lake Bay in 1901 and operated until 1927. Four
daughters and one son.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <i>07/31/1931
1:5 WS</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i>D</i></b><b> Black, Mrs. Scott</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> DOD:
05/10/1926<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> DOB:
at Oregon 1869<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Age
57 years. Cirrhosis of liver. Came to Wrangell from Ketchikan to go into
Cassiar with husband. Spouse. Mother survives in Portland,
Oregon. Son: Bert Woolridge of Wallace, Idaho.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <i>05/13/1926
1:3 WS</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Parrott, Walter Edward</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> DOD:
08/18/1928<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> DOB:
12/11/1861 at Oregon City, Oregon. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Age
67 years. Came to Alaska in 1903. Engaged in fishing for first 8
years. Had a farm on Sergief Island at the mouth of the Stikine
River. Parents: Joseph Parrott and Elenor Fish
Parrott. Sister: Mrs. Jessie White and her daughter Miss Lois
White from Yakima, Washington.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <i>08/23/1928
1:2 WS<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Stump, Parke</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> DOD:
01/14/1947<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> DOB:
Oregon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Age
65 years. Came to Alaska when he was age 19 years, first to Nome and then
to interior Alaska. Came to southeastern Alaska in 1925: Hyder,
Wrangell and Ketchikan. His wife, who was a sister of Mrs.
Lenabelle Green of Wrangell, <br>
passed away a few years
ago in California. Moved to Ketchikan after her death.
Step-sons (?): W.C. Stump and E.E. Bailey<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <i>01/17/1947
5:2 WS</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Thomas, William Green</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> DOD:
05/04/1930<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> DOB:
01/19/1851 at Randolph county, Missouri<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Age
79 years. From heart attack. First Married Alyda McAvoy on
01/21/1888 at Fort Wrangell. She precied
him in death in 1918. Married Ida F. Swift on 12/26/1924 at Seattle,
Washington. He was the U.S. Commissioner for over <br>
30 years at
Wrangell. The youngest child of a large family. His family
came over the Blue Mountains following the Oregon Trail in 1851. He was
carried off by a cougar but was saved from certain death by the men
in the party. The family settled near Scio, Oregon.
Parents: Thomas Turpin Thomas and Nancy Curl Thomas.
His mother died when he was 7 years old. His father died two years
later. He had brothers and sisters of which only two sisters were
surviving at the time of his death. One sister died the day
after William at The Dalles, Oregon (Note: no information has been found
on her at TD.) NOTE: The Irene Ingle Public Library in Wrangell, Alaska
does have a clip file on Wm. Thomas and his wife.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <i>05/08/1930
1:3 WS</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Worden, J.E.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> DOD:
1925<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> DOB:
07/04/1861 at Niagara Falls, New York.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Age 64 years. His father died
when he was age 2 years from injuries from the Civil War. His mother
passed away when he was age 9 years. He was reared by his father’s
brother. Settled at Portland, Oregon. Spouse: Nina Turner on
11/28/1895 at Portland. Moved to Fort Wrangell in 1898. Appointed
U.S. Postmaster at Wrangell and served in that capacity until 1917. Worden was also
a photographer, having photographed a great deal of local area.
Children: Mrs. Lynn (Robert) Holmes, Mrs. Liberty (Louis M.) Royal, Homer
Worden. Member of Pioneers of Alaska, Redmen’s Lodge, Elks Lodge
and Woodmen of the World.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <i>03/26/1925
1:1 WS</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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