Wade Hampton - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Father Chapman School Records

Rivergrovegirl — 2013-05-14 05:37:11Z

Does anyone know where Father Chapman's records went to? He ran an orphanage/school in Anvik.

St Michael Hotels

Rivergrovegirl — 2013-02-08 04:16:24Z

I read about a 300 bed hotel being in St Michael around 1900. Is it still there? Does anyone know where to find photos of it?

Re: Ruth ULEN b. 1921 - St. Marys & Eklutna, AK

2hunkydory — 2011-07-23 19:21:06Z

I have not looked at this for a while. I would like to see if my mother is on the roster. My e-mail address is doryrose@hotmail.com
When the school closed down, a lot of files and papers went missing.

Re: Ruth ULEN b. 1921 - St. Marys & Eklutna, AK

jessicaveal113 — 2010-04-20 09:25:55Z

Dory, I too am looking for information about my Grandfathers sister who was sent to the orphanage in Eklutna. For some reason, it's like it never existed. Her name was Annie Alvarez and was born around 1921 somewhere around Bristol Bay. Somewhere in my file I do have a copy of a class roster from that orphanage. I can dig it up and see if your mom is listed as well if you'd like.

~Jessica

George Sheppard Memorial Snow Machine Race

James_Welden — 2008-01-14 19:16:03Z

I just came across a reference to this race on a Wade Hampton tourism web site. I am trying to locate information on my Sheppard Ancestors...one of whome was a George Sheppard who is listed in the 1920 census as living in Wade Hampton. Does anyone know if my George Sheppard is the same one refered to in the Snow Machine Race and does anyone have any information on why there is a George Sheppard Snow Machine Race? thanks for any assistance
Please email me at Terry@WeldenArt.com.

Re: Catherine Jones obituary

gussack — 2007-12-16 10:45:09Z

I hope this obituary from the Anchorage Daily News helps.
Timok

CATHERINE JONES
March 31, 1999 Edition: Final Section: Metro Page: B5 Record Number: 62572
Lifelong Alaskan Catherine Jones, 78, died March 26, 1999, at Alaska Native Medical Center from the long-term effects of Parkinson's disease.
Visitation will be through Thursday at her home in Chevak. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Kashunamiut High School gym. Pallbearers will include Peter Tuluk, Michael Matchian, Patrick Tall, Vincent Matchian, Alfred Usugan and Patrick Matchian. Burial will be in Chevak Cemetery.
Mrs. Jones was born Dec. 24, 1920, in Kashunak.
She was a homemaker and resident of Chevak, though she had lived at Providence Extended Care Center for a time.
Mrs. Jones was a member of Sacred Heart Mission Catholic Church and was a community Native counselor, working mainly with young people. She enjoyed Native crafts.
Her family said: ''Catherine was a gentle, loving and caring person who possessed a strong inner strength and a smile that attracted the young and the old. Many went to her for guidance and comfort. She fulfilled her role as a mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend to all with deep respect.
''She was prepared to continue her journey with much anticipation. All the prayers and greetings from friends and family were very much appreciated by her. She will be very much missed.''
Mrs. Jones is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, John and Loddie Jones and Dennis and Della Jones; daughters and sons-in-law, Marci and David Amik, Bernie and Andrew Boyscout, and Veronica and Norman Boerger; daughters, Mary L. Jones, Alice Jones and Lucy Sparck; son, Micheal Jones; son-in-law, John Bill; grandsons, David Sparck, Steven Amik, Thomas Amik, Michael Amik, Aren Sparck, Kyle Jones, Jeremy Jones, Michael Jones, Thomas R. Jones, Dale Boyscout, Bo Boyscout, Travis Boyscout, Samuel Boyscout, Isaiah Jones, Joel Jones, Caleb Jones, Edgar Jones, Jared Boerger and Bradley Boerger; granddaughters, Sheri Boyscout, Johanna Boyscout, Grace Boyscout, Alvina Jones, Justina Jones, Catherine Jones, Rebekkah Jones, Michelle Sparck, Carole Sparck, Alice Amik, Kathy Amik, Gina Amik, Cherith Amik, Lisa Amik, Shannon Jones, Jonella Bill and Amy Sparck; great-granddaughters, Rachel Bill and Tamara Bill; great-grandson, Harry Bill; brothers, Timothy Matchian and Felix Matchian; and sister, Clara Tall.
Arrangements by Evergreen Memorial Chapels.

Hughes/Kosminsky Marriage 10/16/1900

sandrabordelon — 2007-02-05 20:15:55Z

HUGHES/KOZMINSKY- In St. Michals, Alaska, October 18, 1900, Fredrick HUGHES and Miss N.L. KOZMINSKY

Sacramento Bee 11/10/1900

Catherine Jones obituary

lindakolinski1 — 2005-02-25 16:02:51Z

I would greatly appreciate any advice about how to obtain an obit for:

26 Mar 1999 Chevak Jones, Catherine

Thank you.
LInda

Re: Ruth ULEN b. 1921 - St. Marys & Eklutna, AK

serkku — 2004-10-29 20:05:27Z

Dory Smith wrote:
> I AM LOOKING FOR ANYONE THAT KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT
> MY MOTHER (RUTH ULEN). SHE WAS BORN 3/10/1921. HER
> MOTHER (ELIZA HARRY) WAS MURDERED 1923, SHE WAS PUT
> IN ST. MARY'S ORPHANAGE, THEN SENT TO EKLUTNA.

Dory, I am assuming you mean an orphanage in St. Marys, Alaska? The Jesuits ran a boarding school there, which might also have functioned as an orphanage, though originally it was 90 miles downriver at a place called Akulurak, until in the 1940s the river along there (on the Yukon River delta) had silted in so much that they moved upriver to St. Marys. So if that's the orphanage your mother was in after your grandmother's 1923 murder, it's likely she was first in Akulurak. There is further information about the history of Akulurak & St. Marys at the Alaska Community database at http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_CIS.htm and even more at the website of the Church of the Nativity in St. Marys at http://www.cbna.info/churches/saint.html .

Eklutna is an Alaska Native village contained in the Municipality of Anchorage.

In any case, I would recommend writing to village authorities at St. Marys, and/or to village authorities in Eklutna. You can get contact info for both places from the same website given above.

Even better would probably be to contact the Catholic Church, Diocese of Fairbanks, which is the diocese that St. Marys falls under. Their address:

Diocese of Fairbanks
1316 Peger Rd.
Fairbanks, AK 99709

(This address came from the page http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/CatholicUS-AnchorageAK.h... .)

(Note: this thread was originally posted in the message board for the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area of Alaska. As administrator of that board, I moved this thread to the board for the Wade Hampton Census Area, since that's where St. Marys is located.)

-- Mel

Ruth ULEN b. 1921 - St. Marys & Eklutna, AK

DSpromberg — 2004-10-29 19:39:43Z

I AM LOOKING FOR ANYONE THAT KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT MY MOTHER (RUTH ULEN). SHE WAS BORN 3/10/1921. HER MOTHER (ELIZA HARRY) WAS MURDERED 1923, SHE WAS PUT IN ST. MARY'S ORPHANAGE, THEN SENT TO EKLUTNA.

Re: Jim Douglas in Marshall, AK in 1940s (my father's dad)

serkku — 2004-10-20 19:31:30Z

Hey Wassily, let me know if I've got this right:

Your father's father was named Jim Douglas, who was in Marshall in the 1940s, but you're not sure where he came from or where he went. You're not sure who your father's mother was, but it may have been Okalena Riley. You also don't know where your father was born, but he may have been born out-of-state. He had some siblings but they are dead now.

Even though you're trying to find out more about your father's father, it would help to know info about where/when your father was born, & anything you know about his siblings even if they're dead now, because those pieces of information might help to find out more about your grandfather. For example, you might be able to get records about their deaths that also tells things about their parentage.

Can you provide more info?

-- Mel

Re: Lookup needed for death in Sheldon Point

serkku — 2004-10-20 19:18:25Z

There is probably no newspaper or funeral home for Nunam Iqua (formerly Sheldon Point), which is a village with a population currently of 204. It's accessible only by air or boat -- as are most villages & towns in the Wade Hampton Census Area, & in lots of other parts of Alaska too.

If there are any obits for your relative at all, more likely they're in the Bethel or maybe even the Nome newspapers. That said, I have access to two large libraries in Anchorage (university & city) that have the states papers. So if you can tell me the name of your relative, I'll try to look it up next time I get over to one of those libraries. I have some other library research to catch up on there too, so I can just add this to my research list.

-- Mel

Contacts in Sheldon Point (now Nunam Iqua)

serkku — 2004-10-20 19:04:20Z

B J, you might try writing to village authorities in Sheldon Point, which is now known as Nunam Iqua. Here is some contact information (which I got from the Alaska Community Database at http://www.dced.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_COMDB.htm ):

Organizations with Local Offices

CITY
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City of Nunam Iqua
P.O. Box 26
Nunam Iqua, AK 99666-0026
Phone 907-498-4226
Fax 907-498-4250

VILLAGE CORPORATION
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Swan Lake Corporation
P.O. Box 25
Sheldon Point, AK 99666
Phone 907-498-4227
Fax 907-498-4242

VILLAGE COUNCIL
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Native Village of Nunam Iqua
P.O. Box 27
Sheldon Point, AK 99666
Phone 907-498-4184
Fax 907-498-4185

I was in Sheldon Point/Nunam Iqua several years ago on a job-related visit... I can still see the cemetery markers in my mind. (The cemetery as I recall was pretty near the office of the Village Public Safety Officer, which is who I was doing business with that day.) I hope the city or village council can lend you a hand.

-- Mel

Re: Relatives in St. Michael

bjhicks46 — 2004-10-20 18:54:32Z

On the 1930 Alaska, St Michaels, Chaneliak Village Oct 19, 1929 there is Lucia J. PETRIE age 44 widowed and her niece Polly G. FREDERICKS age 18.

Relatives in St. Michael

2004-10-20 18:53:57Z

Looking for descendants of the following: FREDERICKS, HOWIE, STALL or STOLL, ANNANIEFF, GOLITZIN or GOLSEN, ENGELSTAD, PETRI, AGLIUK. All were living in St Michael in 1900. Andrew Fredericks ran a post at Andreafsky. He had 5 daughters and two sons. All grew up in St Michael. His daughter Lucy Petri was a nurse.

Re: Jim Douglas in Marshall, AK in 1940s (my father's dad)

2004-10-20 18:49:53Z

Know one knows where he was born, he might have been from out states
some where. He do'nt have any brothers or sisters they all passed on. His mother might have been Okalena Riley who was patsy rileys wife, at
least that is the infromation we got.

Re: Jim Douglas in Marshall, AK in 1940s (my father's dad)

bjhicks46 — 2004-10-20 18:49:14Z

When and where was your dad born? Who was your Dad's mother? Have you found them on any census? Are there other siblings of your dad?

Jim Douglas in Marshall, AK in 1940s (my father's dad)

2004-10-20 18:48:51Z

Does anyone have any infromation about Jim Douglas?
He was a prospector in Marshall Alaska back in the 1940's.
According to the papers he was minning at claim #4 on the
upper willow creek area.Don't know where he was born or where
he came from.

Adams, Clunarabea, Nowlabrea in Sheldon Point cemetery?

2004-10-20 18:47:04Z

Looking for ADAMS, CLUNARABEA, NOWLABREA that may be buried in the cemetery Wade Hampton, Sheldon Point. Thanks.

Lookup needed for death in Sheldon Point

bjhicks46 — 2004-10-20 18:45:40Z

Please send me an e mail if you are willing to look up a death from either the local newspaper, funeral home and or cemetery records. The death was May 1987 in Sheldon Point, Wade Hamtpon, AK. Thanks.

Re: Census lookup offer for Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska - clarification

ahillcoat — 2004-10-20 18:41:29Z

I apologize to the users of the this site but my offer of
free lookups was for census. I will honor all request for
any other types of lookups made prior to 4/3/01.
I am sorry for the inconvenience.

Census lookup offer for Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska

ahillcoat — 2004-10-20 18:40:21Z

I will do lookups for Wade Hampton and the lower 49 states.
NO CHARGE.