Pribilof Islands, Alaska : genealogy and census, 1870-1928, Part 1

Author: Lindsay, Betty A; Lindsay, John A; United States. National Ocean Service. Office of Response and Restoration
Publication date: 2009
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Pribilof Islands, Alaska


A Historical Account Told Through Illustrated Genealogy and Census Records


Genealogy and Census


NOAA


Betty A. Lindsay - John A, Lindsay


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PRIBILOF ISLANDS, ALASKA


A Historical Account Told Through Illustrated Genealogy and Census Records


GENEALOGY AND CENSUS


Betty A. Lindsay and John A. Lindsay


DEDICATION


For All People Who Came, Went, Stayed Upon the Seal Islands Alaska


AND


Especially to the Unaagin for their contributions and sacrifices towards sustaining the nation's fur-seal industry and the preservation of the northern fur seal


Cover Illustrations, L-R and (page location herein and contributing source):


(top) Auxenia Stepetin (p. 461; Edward Lester Jones, 1915, Report of Alaska Investigations in 1914); Sarah (Lekanof) Merculief (p. 25; National Marine Mammal Laboratory Library, Edward C. Johnston Collection); Anton Melovidov, native chief (p. 233; American Museum of Natural History, Harry D. Chichester Collection)


(center) Demetri Lestenkof (p. 22; National Marine Mammal Laboratory Library, Edward C. Johnston Collection); Aleut mother and children 1890 (p. 201; National Anthropological Archives, Joseph Stanley Brown Collection); Christopher Malavansky (p. 23; National Marine Mammal Laboratory Library, Edward C. Johnston Collection)


(bottom) Paukoff, Porfaria (p. 210; National Anthropological Archives, Arctic Aleut Collection); Isaiah Merculief (p. 26; National Marine Mammal Laboratory Library, Edward C. Johnston Collection); St. Paul woman 1895 (p. 280; University of St. Andrews Library, Sir D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson Collection)


PRIBILOF ISLANDS, ALASKA


A HISTORICAL ACCOUNT TOLD THROUGH


ILLUSTRATED GENEALOGY AND CENSUS RECORDS


GENEALOGY AND CENSUS


(Limited Edition)


by Betty A. Lindsay and John A. Lindsay


NOAA Ocean Service Office of Response and Restoration, Seattle, WA


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This entire publication may be cited as follows: Lindsay, Betty A. and John A. Lindsay. Pribilof Islands, Alaska: Genealogy and Census U.S. Dept. of Com., NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS ORR 18.


In partial fulfillment of the Memorandum of Agreement Among the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Alaska State Historic Preservation Officer Regarding National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Actions Pursuant to its withdrawal from the Civil Administration of St. Paul Island, Alaska Including the Seal Islands Historic District National Historic Landmark, and Executive Order 13287 and NOAA's Preserve America Initiative.


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TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction


Outline of Census Years 1


Standardization of Pribilof Islands' Natives' Names. 3


Aleut Courtship and Marriage, by George Wardman, 1879 6


St. George Island Census and Genealogy Summary:


An Overview of St. George Island Inhabitants, 1870-1913 9


Genealogy of St. George Island During the 1920s 13


Edward Clyde Johnston, St. George Island Portraits 1922 17


St. Paul Island Census and Genealogy Summary:


Health Epidemics at St. Paul Island 1882, 1890 and 1900 33


Genealogy of St. Paul Island During the 1920s. 51


Native Aleut Vital Data, St. Paul Island, Alaska, 1920-1929 52


Census Schedules, St. Paul Island and St. George Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska 61 Transliterator's Notes for the 1868 St. Paul Island Census 62


Transcription Guide for the 1870-1928 Censuses


78


St. George Island


1871 85


1877


117


1878 123


1879 129


141 1881


147 1882


153


1884


159


1885


165


1886


171


1887


177


1888


185


1890


197


1891


213


1892


219


1893


235


1895


265


1897


283 1898


289


1899


295


1900


303


1902


315


1904


321


1880


135


1883


191 1889


249 1894


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329


1905


349


1907


365 1908


443 1914


487


1917


1922 St. George Island, Vital Statistics: Birth, Marriage, Death 553


St. Paul Island


1868


61


1870


81


1873


87


97 1874


107 1875


1887


183


1890


203


1892


225


1893


239


1894


255


1895


271


1900


307


1902


319


1904


325


1905


335


1906


337


1907


353


1908


369 1909


391


1911


405


1912


419


1913


429


1914


445


1915


463


1916


471


1917


493


1918


503


1919


513


1920


527


1921


543


1922


561


1923


579


1924


589


1925


599


1926


609


1927


619


629


Photo Album of 1930-1950 Era


639


1928


379 1910


References 653


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Key to Abbreviations


AMNH HDC Coll. American Museum of Natural History, New York City, Harry D. Chichester


Collection.


BCF Bureau of Commercial Fisheries.


ca. circa (about).


GDH G Dallas Hanna. No period after G, the G was his first name which confused many people over the years.


GPO Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.


NAA National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.


NARA National Archives and Records Administration.


NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pribilof Islands Project Office, Seattle, WA.


NMML National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Library (Fur Seal Archives) NOAA, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115-0070.


RG Record Group. A record group, the basic unit of archival control, is a body of organi- zationally related records designated by a number and the name of a federal agency, bureau, or activity that created or received them.


RG22 National Archives and Records Administration. Record Group 22, Records of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.


SIA


Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, DC.


SIRS


Smithsonian Institution Reproduction Services, Washington, DC.


UAF University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, Alaska and Polar Re- gions Collections.


USFB U.S. Bureau of Fisheries


USFWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.


UW University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, Seattle, WA.


VBS Victor Bernard Scheffer phototograph.


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St. Paul Island, Alaska


Northeast Point


Sealion Neck


M


Lake Dune


Cross Hill


North Point


Lincoln Bight


Big Lake


North Hill


Polovina Hill


Little Polovina


Rush Hit


Like Hill


Einahnuhto Bluffs


Polovina Cliff


Southy


Antone Lake


Telegraph Ant


Bay


English Bay Jupedez


Lukanin Bay


Stony Point


Zapadni Point


Tolstoi Point


Salt


Lagoon


Lukanin Point


City of St. Paul


Kitovi Point


0 05 1


2


3


4


Zolotoi Bay


Miles


Reef Point


St. George Island, Alaska


Dalnoi Point


City of St. George


Suskaralogh Point


Staraya Artel Rookery


East Reef


Firet Bluff


Scal Lake


Upper Lie


Gulf Hill


Govori shkka


North Sealion Hill


Atka Lake


Zapadnia Road


Ulakala Hill


South Seallon Hill


alion Point


St. George Harbor


Sea


ng


Cascade Point


0


0.5


1


2


3


4


W


E


Miles


S


Point


Lake


Push Point


Airport


Zapadnie 6


Red Scoria Pit


Garden Cove


East Cliff


Tolstoj


Bear Lake


Bering Se


Polovina Point


Airport


west Point Southwest


Village Cove


Umapangula Lake


N


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LIST OF PHOTOS AND ILLUSTRATIONS


1. Mail Drop, August 1961, St. George Island


Courtesy of Ann Baltzo-slide 22 5


2. St. George Island 1920. U.S. Bureau of Fisheries Photograph Collection, ca. 1907


to ca. 1921. NARA-Pacific Alaska Region (Anchorage), RG22 USBF 2.38. 13


3. Art work in walrus ivory and seal teeth; crochet hook made by Isidor Nederazof in the 1920s


Photographer Victor Bernard Scheffer, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Seattle, WA. NMML-No.53-VBS-2514. 15


4. Reverend Peter Petrovich Kashevarov (1857-1930), December 1922


NMML, Seattle, WA, Photograph Negative 1964 17


5. Agnes (Stepetin) Lekanof


NMML, Seattle, WA, Photograph Negative 1965. ....... 18


6. Alexandra Lekanof


NMML, Seattle, WA, Photograph Negative 1959 18


7. Ermogen Lekanof


NMML, Seattle, WA, Photograph Negative 1975 19


8. Laurence Lekanof


NMML, Seattle, WA, Photograph Negative 1958 19


9. George Lekanof


20


NMML, Seattle, WA, Photograph Negative 1974


........


10. Sophia (Merculief) Lekanof, daughter Lucy Lekanof


NMML, Seattle, WA, Photograph Negative 1982


20


11. Stefan (Stephen) Lekanof


21


NMML, Seattle, WA, Photograph Negative 1976


12. Pelagia (Stepetin) Lekanof


NMML, Seattle, WA, Photograph Negative 1973 21


13. Demetri Lestenkof


NMML, Seattle, WA, Photograph Negative 1981


22


14. Constantine Lestenkof


22


NMML, Seattle, WA, Photograph Negative 1962


15. Christopher Malavansky


23


NMML, Seattle, WA, Photograph Negative 1967


16. Elizabeth Lestenkof


23


NMML, Seattle, WA, Photograph Negative 1961


17. George Merculief, Jr.


24


NMML, Seattle, WA, Photograph Negative 1966


18. Daniel Merculief


NMML, Seattle, WA, Photograph Negative 1960


24


19. Sarah (Lekanof) Merculief NMML, Seattle, WA, Photograph Negative 1963 .... 25


20. Martha Merculief


NMML, Seattle, WA, Photograph Negative 1957 25


21. Mouza Merculief NMML, Seattle, WA, Photograph Negative 1954 .... 26


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22. Isaiah Merculief NMML, Seattle, WA, Photograph Negative 1980 26


23. Elizabeth Merculief


NMML, Seattle, WA, Photograph Negative 1969 27


24. Benjamin Merculief 27


NMML, Seattle, WA, Photograph Negative 1968


25. Natalia Merculief


NMML, Seattle, WA, Photograph Negative 1953


28


26. Nadesda Merculief


NMML, Seattle, WA, Photograph Negative 1971 .....


28


27. Nicolai Merculief


NMML, Seattle, WA, Photograph Negative 1972


29


28. Nadesda Merculief


29


NMML, Seattle, WA, Photograph Negative 1977 ...... ......


29. Ignaty Pilemonof


NMML, Seattle, WA, Photograph Negative 1979 ...... 30


30. Helena Pilemonof


NMML, Seattle, WA, Photograph Negative 1955


30


31. Anna Prokopiof, Peter Prokopiof, Jr. and Peter Prokopiof


NMML, Seattle, WA, Photograph Negative 1951 .....


31


32. Marina (Lekanof) Shane


NMML, Seattle, WA, Photograph Negative 1952 31


33. Julia (Philemonof) Swetzof and son Ferapont Swetzof NMML, Seattle, WA, Photograph Negative 1978 32


34. Simeon Swetzof


32


NMML, Seattle, WA, Photograph Negative 1970 .....


35. Fredericka Martin Collection 1991-022300129, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska, Fairbanks. 41


36. Gee Wing, cook


Greta Ericson Photograph Collection, UAF Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, 12. 42


37. St. Paul Island Aleut kitchen and cooks, Wing Lee on the right, n.d.


G Dallas Hanna No. 16 (Photographer Richard Culbertson, Agent); U.S. Bureau of Fisheries Photograph Collection, ca. 1907 to ca. 1921; RG 22; NARA-Pacific Alaska Region (Anchorage). 43


38. Interior of Hospital Dispensary, St. Paul Island, 1915.


Photographer G Dallas Hanna, RG 22-95-ADMC-2243A, NARA-Pacific Alaska Region (Anchorage) 46


Photographer G Dallas Hanna, RG 22-95-ADMC-2242A, NARA-Pacific Alaska Region (Anchorage) 46


39. St. Paul Island ca. 1920s. Photographer Merl LaVoy. NMML, Seattle, WA 50


40. Radio Station working gang, 1920.


U.S. Bureau of Fisheries Photograph Collection, ca. 1907 to ca. 1920, No. 21; RG 22; NARA-Pacific Alaska Region (Anchorage). 51


41. Concrete House, 1920.


U.S. Bureau of Fisheries Photograph Collection, ca. 1907 to ca. 1921, No. 20; RG 22; NARA-Pacific Alaska Region (Anchorage) 51


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42. Iliodor Kozloff-3 years old. First child born in St. Paul Hospital, 1921. Greta Ericson Photograph Collection, 99-07-183, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, UAF 55


43. Father John Orloff and Native Men of St. Paul Island with Fraternal Banner of St. Peter & St. Paul Society, circa 1915 60


44. Henry Wood Elliott depiction of the St. Paul Village, St. Paul Island, Alaska circa 1872. NARA RG76, Cartographic Series 157. Lagoon Rookery and Village Killing Grounds, St. Paul Island, 1872-1874 80


45. Aleut mother and children.


NAA-Joseph Stanley Brown, Photo Lot 54, 379 201


46. St. Paul Island native family outside their barabara [traditional Aleut house] AMNH-HDC Coll .- 46450 209


47. Father and son.


NAA-Joseph Stanley Brown, Photo Lot 54, 90. 21


48. Buterin, George and daughter.


NAA-Arctic Aleut Coll .- Neg. 80-13431 210


49. Paukoff, Porfaria and wife.


NAA-Joseph Stanley Brown, Photo Lot 54, 247 210


50. Paukoff, Porfaria, b. 1862 St. Paul Island.


NAA-Arctic Aleut Coll .- Neg. 80-13436 210


51. Metrofan Shutyagin.


NAA-Artic Aleut Coll .- Neg. 01456204.


......


211


52. Krukoff, Metrofan about age 4.


NAA-Arctic Aleut Coll .- Neg. 80-134301 211


53. Arseny Arkashoff.


NAA-Arctic Aleut Coll .- Neg. 01456201.


211


54. Mandregan, Neon, age 34 1890 census. NAA-Arctic Aleut Coll .- Neg. 80-13433 211


55. Necon Shabolin.


212


NAA-Arctic Aleut Coll .- Neg. 01456203


56. George Kotchootin and son Theodore.


212


NAA-Arctic Aleut Coll .- Neg. 01456206


57. St. George Island Children and Agent, circa 1892.


AMNH-HDC Coll. - 034961s


224


58. St. Paul Island Band at practice 1892.


NAA-Joseph Stanley Brown, Photo Lot 54, 382


231


59. Skinning on the killing ground, St. Paul Island. AMNH-HDC Coll .- 034924s 232


60. L-R: Agent, Alex Hanson, Anton Melovidov on the killing grounds, St. Paul Island. AMNH-HDC Coll .- 034921s 233


61. Bundling furs.


NAA,-Joseph Stanley Brown, Photo Lot 54, 039 .... 234


62. Bundled fur-seal skins.


AMNH-HDC Coll .- 034860s 238


63. Salt House Crew on porch of Salt House.


AMNH-HDC Coll .- 173-34869?


245


64. 1890's making sealskin bundles of two for packing and shipping, St. Paul Island. AMNH-HDC Coll .- 101117 245


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65. Men and boys cutting seal meat, St. Paul Island. AMNH-HDC Coll .- 034941s. 246


66. Women and children collecting seal meat, St. Paul Island.


AMNH-HDC Coll .- 034940s 247


67. Men and bundled fur-seal skins. Chief Anton Melovidov leaning on rail, Theodore Sedick to his right inside of salt house.


AMNH-HDC Coll .- 034867s. 248


68. Agent outside salt house with bundled fur-seal skins, boy, Chief Anton Melovidov, Alex Hanson on buckboard.


AMNH-HDC Coll .- 034866s 248


69. Philamanoff Family: unkown, Maria, Eugenia, Eoff, Demetria.


UAF-Charles S. Hamlin Coll .- 728.038 253


70. Swetzoff Family: Eustin, Krestina, Gregorie.


UAF-Charles S. Hamlin Coll .- 728.041 253


71. Rezanoff Family: Matrona, Peter, Tatiana.


UAF-Charles S. Hamlin Coll .- 728.035


254


72. Oustegoff Family: Yakan, Sosana, Eulata, Peligia.


UAF-Charles S. Hamlin Coll .- 728.042 254


73. Nederazoff Family: Malinia, Isidor, Eugenia (widow of Arkenty), Nicoli.


UAF-Charles S. Hamlin Coll .- 728.039


254


74. Malavansky Family: Setpineda, Nicoli, Peter, Kleopatra, Repsemia. UAF-Charles S. Hamlin Coll .- 728.040 254


75. Men carring halibut catch on pole. 262


NAA-Lot 54-Joseph Stanley Brown-314


76. Sealers having lunch.


NAA-Lot 54-Joseph Stanley Brown-001 263


77. 1890's Salt House, St. Paul Island.


AMNH-HDC Coll .- 101118 263


78. 1890's Salting Seal Skins, Salt House, St. Paul Island.


AMNH-HDC Coll .- 101120 264


79. St. George Island children circa 1896.


University of Washington, Special Collections, NA3045 269


80. St. Paul Island Sealers group.


University of St. Andrews Library, Ms4281(a)-147 279


81. St. Paul Island woman with knife and seal meat back-bag carrier.


University of St. Andrews Library, Ms43795-86 280


82. Priest Nicolas Rysev children.


NAA-Lot 54-Joseph Stanley Brown-291 281


83. Painting Doctor's House on St. Paul Island.


NAA-Mans. & Pam. File, Box 97, folder 92. 313


84. Fr. Orloff, wedding party and children at St. Paul Island circa 1901.


University of Washington, Special Collections, UW8257 314


85. Outside Blubber House, crew with tools, circa 1900.


NARA, Anchorage, RG22 BCF


317


86. Father Peter Kashevarof, men and boys at Well House, St. George Island, possibly blessing of the water. (H. D. Chichester, 1905) UW Libraries, UW21753. 333


......


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87. A religious procession, possibly blessing of the water, at St. George Island, 1907. University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, UW2323 351


88. Bourdukofsky Wedding.


RG22 BCF; NARA-Pacific Alaska Region (Anchorage) 377


89. Bourdukofsky, Apalon, Peter (son), Alexandra Peterson (daughter-in-law), September 1908.


RG22 BCF; NARA-Pacific Alaska Region (Anchorage) . 37


90. Dr. Mills: 1911.


RG22-95-ADMC-396; Administrative Correspondence, 1888-1987;


NARA-Pacific Alaska Region (Anchorage), 418


91. St. George School Children, 1912.


U.S. Bureau of Fisheries Photograph Collection, ca. 1907 to ca. 1921, No. 201; RG 22;


NARA-Pacific Alaska Region (Anchorage) 428


92. Stepetin, Auxenia, age 75.


Jones Report (1915, 125). 461


93. Sedick, Theodosie, age 66.


Jones Report (1915,125). 461


94. Group Photo


RG22 BCF; NARA-Pacific Alaska Region (Anchorage) 489


95. Native women, St. George Island May 1917


Photographer G Dallas Hanna, RG 22-95-ADMC; NARA-Pacific Alaska Region (Anchorage) 490


96. Native Men and Boys in front of Governement House, St. George Island, May 1917. RG 22-95-ADMC-2908; Administration Correspondence, 1888-1987; NARA-Pacific Alaska Region (Anchorage) 491


97. Natives with guns celebrating World War I peace news, November 11, 1918. RG 22-95-ADMC-2812; Administrative Correspondence, 1888-1987; NARA-Pacific Alaska Region (Anchorage) 511


98. School children, St. George, 1920.


RG 22-95-ADMC-2812; Administrative Correspondence, 1888-1987; NARA-Pacific Alaska Region (Anchorage) 540


99. Peter Prokepiof and family, St. George Island, May 1917.


Photographer G Dallas Hanna. U.S. Bureau of Fisheries Photograph Collection, ca. 1907 to ca. 1921; RG 22; NARA-Pacific Alaska Region (Anchorage), No. 177 541


100. St. Paul Island Junior School, September 12, 1921.


Culbertson photograph. G Dallas Hanna. U.S. Bureau of Fisheries Photograph Collection, ca. 1907 to ca. 1921, No. 7; RG22; NARA-Pacific Alaska Region (Anchorage) 552


101. William "Bill" Merculief collecting bird eggs.


U.S. Bureau of Fisheries Photograph Collection, ca. 1907 to ca. 1921, No. 124; RG 22; NARA-Pacific Alaska Region (Anchorage) 639


102. Helen and Rufina Merculief.


Courtesy of William Manderville ..... 640


103. Laurence Lekanof and wife, Tatania Merculief.


Courtesy of William Manderville .......... 640


104. Isiah and Mousa Merculief, Anton Kushin. Courtesy of William Manderville 640


105. Elizabeth Swetzof. Courtesy of William Manderville ....... .640 .............. .....


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106. Ludmilla (Lestenkof) Kashevarof. Courtesy of William Manderville 640


107. Jake Lestenkof holding a lemming. Courtesy of William Manderville ........... 641


108. Anatoly Lekanof, Jr.


Courtesy of William Manderville ........... 641


109. Aleut family on plank road. 641


Courtesy of William Manderville


110. Pie eating contest July 4, 1937.


Courtesy of William Manderville 641


111. St. George School children, circa 1940.


Courtesy of William Manderville 642


112. Michael D. Lestenkof.


Courtesy of William Manderville


642


113. Stephanida (Merculief) Lestenkof.


642


Courtesy of William Manderville


114. William Merculief finished gathering eggs.


Courtesy of William Manderville 642


115. Andrew Merculief as a boy.


643


Courtesy of William Manderville


116. Peter Prokopiof Jr.


Courtesy of William Manderville 643


117. Nadesda (Merculief) Prokopiof.


Courtesy of William Manderville 643


118. Stephan Lekanof, aka Taata Bala Tuyuunas.


Courtesy of William Manderville


643


119. Lower School children, 1936-37.


644


Courtesy of William Manderville ....


......


120. Alexandra (Nozekof) Prokopiof.


Courtesy of William Manderville 644


121. Mike Prokopiof.


Courtesy of William Manderville 644


122. Daniel G. Merculief.


Courtesy of William Manderville 644


123. Old Carpenter Shop of St. George, circa 1936.


Courtesy of William Manderville


645


124. Terenty Merculief, July 4th apple dunk winner.


Courtesy of William Manderville


645


125. Nicolai G. Merculief.


Courtesy of William Manderville


645


126. St. George Baseball Team, circa 1936.


...............


646


Courtesy of William Manderville


127. Nicolai S. and John Merculief.


Courtesy of William Manderville


646


128. Juliana Gromoff, June 30, 1949 with old Russian samovar.


NMML-VBS-2551


647


........


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129. Alice Gromoff, Mabel Stepetin, Mary Melovidov, July 12, 1950. NMML-VBS-2835 647


131. Oustigoff brothers: Neal and Mike. NMML-VBS-2377 648


130. Paul Tetoff, June 30, 1949.


NMML-VBS-2556 648


132. Nikefer Mandregan, June 30, 1949.


NMML-VBS-2555 648


133. Barbara Krukoff, July 4, 1948.


NMML-VBS-2376 649


134. Dora Stepetin, Erena and Maria Misikin, daughters of Victor Misikin and Irish Stepetin, July 8, 1945.


NMML-VBS-1820 .... ............ 650


135. Karp Emanoff at Lukanin Rookery, July 14, 1944 [?].


NMML-VBS-1694 651


136. Vincente (Melovidof) Tetoff, June 30, 1949.


NMML-VBS-2554. 651


137. Feodor Kochutin, June 30, 1949.


NMML-VBS-2553


.......


651


138. Girls in baseball throwing contest, July 4, 1948. NMML-VBS-2371 652


139. Mary, baby Ann Peggy and Steve Hapoff. NMML-VBS-2378 652


140. Kozeroff children: Jeanette, Agaphia, and Peter, July 12, 1948. NMML-VBS-2397 .... 652


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LIST OF TABLES


Table 1. An Overview of St. George Island Inhabitants, 1870 to 1913 9


Table 2. A List Concerning the Population on the Island of St. Paul July 1868 64


Table 3. January 1. 1873 88


Table 4. January 1st, 1874 98


Table 5. January 1st 1875 108


Table 6. Census July 15th 1877, St. George Island, Alaska 118


Table 7. Census July 15th 1878, St. George Island, Alaska 124


Table 8. Census July 15th, 1879, St. George Island, Alaska 130


Table 9. Census July 15th 1880, St. George Island, Alaska 136


Table 10. Census St. George Island July 20 1881 142


Table 11. Census - St. George Island Taken August 10th 1882 148


Table 12. Census of St. George Island Taken July 1st 1883 154


Table 13. [Census] of Native Alaskans inhabiting St. George Island, 1 January 1884 160


Table 14. Census - 1885 of Native Inhabititants, St. George Island, Alaska, Jan 1, 1885 ... 166


Table 15. Census [St. George] Taken January 1st 1886 172


Table 16. Census St. George Island Taken January 1st 1887 178


Table 17. Census St. George Island Alaska Taken January 1st 1888 186


Table 18. Census of St. George Island January 1st 1889 192


Table 19. Census of St. George Island, Alaska, Jan 1st 1890 198


Table 21. Census of St. Paul Island, Alaska, July 31, 1890 204


Table 22. 1891 Census of St. George Island January 1st 214


Table 23. Census St. George Island Jany 1. 1892 220


Table 24. Census of St. Paul Island, Alaska, for year ending June 30, 1892 226


Table 25. Census of St. George Island, Alaska, June 30, 1893 236


Table 26. Census of St. Paul Island, Alaska, to June 30, 1893. 240


Table 27. Census of St. George Island, Alaska, June 30, 1894 250


Table 28. Census of native inhabitants of St. Paul Island, June 30, 1894 256


Table 29. Census of St. George Island, Alaska, June 30, 1895. 266


Table 30. Census of St. Paul Island, Alaska, June 30, 1895. 272


Table 31. Census of St. George Island, Alaska, 30 June, 1897 284


Table 32. Census of St. George Island, Alaska, 30 June, 1898 290


Table 33. Census of St. George Island, Alaska, 30 June, 1899 296


Table 34. Census of St. George Island year Ended June 30, 1900 304


Table 35. Census of St. Paul Island, Alaska, June 30, 1900 308


Table 36. Census of St. George Island, June 30, 1905. 330


Table 37. Census St. Paul Island, Alaska. For the year ended June 30, 1906. 338


Table 38. Census St. Paul Island, Alaska. For the year ended June 30, 1907. 354


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Table 39. Census of St. George Island, 1908 366


Table 40. Census, St. Paul Island, Alaska. For the year ended June 30, 1908 370


Table 41. Census, St. Paul Island, Alaska. For the year ended June 30, 1909 380


Table 42. Census, St. Paul Island, Alaska, For the year ended June 30, 1910 392


Table 43. Census, St. Paul Island, Alaska, For the year ended June 30, 1911. 40


Table 44. Census St. Paul Island, Alaska, For the year ended June 30, 1912. 420


Table 45. Census St. Paul Island, Alaska, For the year ended June 30, 1913 430


Table 46. Census St. Paul Island, Alaska, For the year ended June 30, 1914. 446


Table 47. St. Paul Census, June 30, 1915 464


Table 48. St. Paul Census, June 30, 1916 472


Table 49. St. Paul Census, Special Enrollment, Nov. 1, 1916. 482


Table 50. St. Paul Census, March 31, 1917 494


Table 51. St. Paul Census, March 31, 1918 504


Table 52. St. Paul Census, March 31, 1919 514


Table 53. Census, St. Paul Island, Alaska, March 31, 1920 528


Table 54. Census, St. Paul Island, Alaska, March 31, 1921 544


Table 55. Census of St. Paul Island, Alaska, March 31, 1922. 562


Table 56. Census, St. Paul Island, AK, December 31, 1922. 570


Table 57. Census of St. Paul Island, Alaska, December 31, 1923 580


Table 58. Census of St. Paul Island, Alaska, December 31, 1924 590


Table 59. Census of St. Paul Island, Alaska, December 31, 1925 600


Table 60. Census of St. Paul Island, Alaska, December 31, 1926 610


Table 61. Census of St. Paul Island, Alaska, Dec. 31, 1927 620


Table 62. Census of St. Paul Island, Alaska, Dec. 31, 1928. 630


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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


The authors extend their gratitude to all who helped make the task of writing this book possible. Some of you answered what may have seemed an unending stream of questions and requests for written records, photographs and illustrations. A special thank you goes to the people of St. Paul and St. George islands. Even though Betty's trip to St. Paul Island in the year 2000 was not intended for research, it gave her the pleasure of meeting the people themselves in a variety of settings including, an island picnic, their offices, and in some of their homes. Everyone was friendly and forthcoming with historical stories and traditions. Betty especially wants to acknowledge the access to historical materials at the public school, as well as her conversations with school librarian Anita Carden, her husband School Superintendent Jim Carden, former City Manager John R. Merculief, and City Clerk Phyllis Swetzof. She also very much appreciated an unexpected oral history of the island when she was invited in for tea by Darlene Melovidov and her husband, John W.




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