Jesse
Lee Children's Home
..
The
Jesse Lee Children's Home was established in Unalaska, Alaska (by the Methodist
Church)
for
Aleut orphans in 1890. The orphanage was mostly self sufficient with the
children
maintaining
the school and growing most of their food. The orphanage continued in Unalaska
until
1925, when it was moved to Seward, Alaska. The orphanage was again
moved (1964), after the
Alaska
earthquake severely damaged the school. In 1970, the Jesse Lee Children's
Home merged with the Lutheran
Youth
Center and the Anchorage Childrens Christian Home to become ANCHORAGE CHILDRENS
SERVICES INC.
Several
Alaska notables had their starts in the Jesse Lee Children's Home:
Benny
Benson, who designed our Alaska State Flag
Peter
Gordon Gould, the founder of Alaska Methodist University (now called APU)
Simeon
Oliver, pianist, national radio personality and author
Jesse Lee Childrens Home Cemetery at bottom of page
SEE
NEW JESSE LEE INFO SOURCE AT BOTTOM OF PAGE
.
..Information
extracted by Coleen Mielke 2004

Jesse Lee Children's
Home 1920 Unalaska, Alaska
This
was a very difficult film to read because the filming was so poor. I'm
including the names that I am fairly sure of,
however,
there are no doubt errors (on my part) here. As soon as possible,
I am going to check for a better quality film at the National Archives...so
check back soon.
Oliver, Simeon
17
Lee, Charley 16
Peterson, George
17
Harris, James 13
Holstrom, Verona
10
Cain, Aleck 9
Nelson, Charlie
9
Munson, Andrew
11
Heidell, Nick 7
Benson, Bennie
G. 7 (designed the Alaska State flag)
Benson, Carl 5
Nielson, Thomas
10
Rosenberg, Carl
5
Peters, Louis 12
Peterson, Andrew
5
Carpenter, Nanoona
12
Pestrikoff, William
13
Carlson, August
12
Clavic, Stephen
12
Clavic, Larsen
5
Chepitnoi, Fred
21
Petterson, Henry
18
Musnon, Martin
10
Smith, Henry 13
Marchusen, Nick
12
Nielson, George
13
Waln, Cecil 14
Waln, Lydia 12
Nutbeen, Theodore
26
Nielson, Mary 17
Lee, Hilda 15
Hatch, Agnes 13
Gartleman, Katie
3
Carlson, Olga 3
Agwoaluk, Otila
3
Smith, Dolly 12
Adre, Ida 12
Clavic, Lucy 8
Prokopeoff, Cesneda
14
Balmatoff, Dora
12
Pestrikoff, May
8
While
the above names were hard to read clearly, these additional names were
extremely hard to read accurately:
Balmatoff, Emma
10
Carlson, katie
9
Harris, Mary 9
Nielson, Caroline
5
Develin, Alice
8
Olson, Fanny 6
______ koff,_____8
Smith, ________7
Carlson, _______11
_______________
Larson, Mary 9
_______________
Holstrom, Marie___
Carlson, Alice
6
_______, Margaret
13
_________________
_________________
__________, Annie
9
Carpenter, May
11
Rosenberg, Ester
5
Anderson, Thomas
10
Anderson, ______6
Swanson, Agnes
10
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
New
Jessie Lee Children's Home 1930 Seward
Alaska
Hatten, Charles T.
38 born Illinois parents: Illinois
Hatten, Myrtle C.
37 born Illinois father: Ohio
mother: California
Hatten, Canterbury
C. 12 born Illinois
Hatten, Myrtle Hope
7 born Washington
Hatten, Edith Ann
3 born Alaska
King, Dean 35 born
Kansas
father: New York
mother: Kansas
King, Millie L. 36
born Nebraska father:
Iowa
mother: Iowa
King, Dorothy Jean
7 born Oklahoma
King, Milladeana 4
born Oklahoma
Stewart, Beth 29 born
Illinois
father: New York mother:
Illinois
Thornton, Blanche
30 born Kansas parents:
Indiana
Gould, Anna Irene
34 born Alaska father:
Nova Scotia mother: Alaska
Beedle, Olive B. 44
born Wisconsin fathers birthplace unknown
mother: Alaska
Knapp, Isabelle M.
42 born New York
parents: New York
Anderson, Rose 16
born Alaska
father: Norway mother: Aleut/Russian
Anderson, William
14 born Alaska father: Norway
mother: Aleut/Russian
Anderson, Patricial
11 born Alaska father: Norway
mother: Aleut/Russian
Ayak, Bessie 18 born
Alaska
parents: Eskimo
Anuck, Francis W.
15 born Alaska
parents: Eskimo
Aklooksook, Moses
13 born Alaska
parents: Eskimo
Arooruk, Kanna 11
born Alaska
parents: Eskimo
Belamaloff, John 11
born Alaska
parents: Aleut/Russian
Bayou, Paul 9 born
Alaska
parents: Aleut/Russian
Bayou, Catherine 5
born Alaska
parents Aleut/Russian
Benson, Benjamin 17
born Alaska
father: Norway mother: Aleut/Russian
Benson, Earl 15 born
Alaska
father: Norway mother: Aleut Russian
Bean, Clara 16 born
Alaska
father: California mother: Aleut/Russian
Bean, Joseph 12 born
Alaska
father: California mother: Aleut/Russian
?Bankin?, Mary 16
born Alaska
parents: Eskimo
Blackjack, Bennet
13 born Alaska
parents: Eskimo
Blackjack, William
5 born Alaska
parents: Eskimo
Conn, Aleck 17 born
Alaska
fathers birthplace unknown mother: Aleut
Califonsky, Paul 5
born Alaska
fathers birthplace unknown mother: Eskimo
Carlson, Charlie
17 born Alaska
father: Sweden mother: Aleut/Russian
Carlson, Alice 16
born Alaska
father: Sweden mother: Aleut/Russian
Carlson, Marie 15
born Alaska
father: Sweden mother: Aleut/Russian
Carlson, John 12 born
Alaska
father: Sweden mother: Aleut/Russian
Carlson, Julia 11
born Alaska
father: Sweden mother: Aleut/Russian
Carlson, Clara 10
born Alaska
father: Sweden mother: Aleut/Russian
Carlson, Wylma 5 born
Alaska
father: Sweden mother: Aleut/Russian
Domiano, Nicolas 14
born Alaska
father: Greece mother: Eskimo
Eakin, Minnie 10 born
Alaska
parents: Eskimo
Elyak, Clarence 18
born Alaska
parents: Eskimo
Elinglook, David 17
born Alaska
parents: Eskimo
??Etegruk??, Eddie
16 born Alaska
parents: Eskimo
??Helgeson??, Katie
19 born Alaska
parents: Aleut/Russian
Goleez, Annie 17 born
in Alaska
parents: Aleut/Russian
Gardiner, Mattie 13
born in Alaska
fathers birthplace unknown mother: Aleut/Russian
Gardiner, Nick 12
born in Alaska
fathers birthplace unknown mother: Aleut/Russian
Harris, Mary 18 born
in Alaska
fathers birthplace unknown mother: Aleut/Russian
Hidel, Nick
born in Alaska
fathers birthplace unknown mother: Aleut/Russian
Halstrom, Marie 16
born in Alaska
fathers birthplace unknown mother: Aleut/Russian
Hughs, John 15 born
in Alaska
father: England mother:
Aleut/Russian
Hughs, Mary 13 born
in Alaska
father: England mother:
Aleut/Russian
Hughs, George 12 born
in Alaska
father: England mother: Aleut/Russian
Hughs, Helen 10 born
in Alaska
father: England mother: Aleut/Russian
Hughs, Alice 6 born
in Alaska
father: England mother: Aleut/Russian
Kivik, Lucy 18 born
in Alaska
parents: Eskimo
Kistensten, Helen
14 born in Alaska
father: Norway mother: Eskimo
Kistensten, Stephen
11 born in Alaska
father: Norway mother: Eskimo
Kistensten, Stanley
8 born in Alaska
father: Norway mother: Eskimo
Kanyak, Willis 16
born in Alaska
parents: Eskimo
Kalmakoll, Ephram
17 born in Alaska
parents: Aleut/Russian
Kalmakoll, ??Intkenti??
born in Alaska
parents: Aleut/Russian
Koutchen, George 8
born in Alaska
parents: Aleut/Russian
Larson, Mary 18 born
in Alaska
father: Sweden mother:
Aleut/Russian
Lyons, Walton 17 born
in Alaska
father: England mother:
Aleut/Russian
Lyons, Mollie 16 born
in Alaska
father: England mother:
Aleut/Russian
Lyons, Lillie 10 born
in Alaska
father: England mother:
Aleut/Russian
Lange, Harriet 16
born in Alaska
father: Germany mother:
Aleut/Russian
Lange, Charles 15
born in Alaska
father: Germany mother: Aleut/Russian
Lange, John 14 born
in Alaska
father: Germany mother: Aleut/Russian
Lange, Fred 12 born
in Alaska
father: Germany mother: Aleut/Russian
Little, Katherine
14 born in Alaska
father:
mother: Aleut/Russian
Little, Lorna 15 born
in Alaska
father:
mother: Aleut/Russian
McKeon, Helen 8 born
in Alaska
father: Washington mother: Aleut/Russian
??McKay??, Annie 15
born in Alaska
parents: Eskimo
??McKay??, Anecia
11 born in Alaska
parents: Eskimo
Malanado, Victor 12
born in Alaska
father: Mexico mother:
Aleut/Russian
Malanado, Herbert
16 born in Alaska
father: Mexico mother:
Aleut/Russian
Nelson, Charles 19
born in Alaska
father: Sweden mother: Aleut/Russian
Nevzeroff, Mollie
13 born in Alaska
parents: Eskimo
Neusark, Jack 14 born
in Alaska
parents: Eskimo
Nazkoff, Irene 14
born in Alaska
parents: Aleut/Russian
Nazkoff, Olga 14 born
in Alaska
parents: Aleut/Russian
Nyman, Ellen 13 born
in Alaska
parents: Aleut/Russian
Nyman, Ethel 9 born
in Alaska
parents: Aleut/Russian
Nyman, Nick 7 born
in Alaska
parents: Aleut/Russian
Nyman, Florence 2
years 11 months born Alaska parents: Aleut/Russian
Alawsine, Eva 18 born
in Alaska
parents: Eskimo
Olson, Harry 13 born
in Alaska
father: Sweden mother: Aleut/Russian
Olson, George 7 born
in Alaska
father: Sweden mother: Aleut/Russian
Olson, Mary A. born
in Alaska
father: Sweden mother: Aleut/Russian
Alshoff, Nancy 11
born in Alaska
parents: Aleut/Russian
Alshoff, Helen 9 born
in Alaska
parents: Aleut/Russian
Alshoff, Simeon 4
born in Alaska
parents: Aleut/Russian
Paulson, Stephen 13
born in Alaska
parents: Aleut/Russian
Pesterkoff, Fred 16
born in Alaska
parents: Aleut/Russian
Pesinkoff, Kalina
17 born in Alaska
parents: Aleut/Russian
Peterson, Andrew 15
born in Alaska
father: Sweden mother: Aleut/Russian
Peterson, Sussia 16
born in Alaska
father: Sweden mother: Aleut/Russian
Peterson, Charlie
13 born in Alaska
father: Sweden mother: Aleut/Russian
Peterson, Mary 9 born
in Alaska
father: Sweden mother: Aleut/Russian
Peterson, Nina 6 born
in Alaska
father: Sweden mother: Aleut/Russian
Resoff, Theresa 11
born in Alaska
parents: Aleut/Russian
Resoff, Peter 6 born
in Alaska
parents: Aleut/Russian
Resoff, Walace 4 years
2 months born Alaska parents:
Aleut/Russian
Rosenberg, Ester 13
born in Alaska
father:
mother: Aleut/Russian
Rosenberg, Carl 15
born in Alaska
father:
mother: Aleut/Russian
Smith, Annie 15
fathers birthplace unknown mothers: Aleut/Russian
Skinner, Helen 15
born Alaska
father: California
mother: Aleut/Russian
Skinner, Lena 9 born
Alaska
father: California
mother: Aleut/Russian
Skinner, Beatrice
6 born Alaska
father: California
mother: Aleut/Russian
Samuelson, Alex 6
born in Alaska
father: Norway
mother: Aleut/Russian
Samuelson, John 4½
born in Alaska
father: Norway
mother: Aleut/Russian
Samuelson, Eugene
3 born in Alaska
father: Norway
mother: Aleut/Russian
Sanguette, Laura 15
born in Alaska
father: Italy
mother: Aleut/Russian
Sanguette, Louis 14
born in Alaska
father: Italy
mother: Aleut/Russian
Sanguette, Mandelon
10 born in Alaska
father: Italy
mother: Aleut/Russian
Sanguette, Frank 9
born in Alaska
father: Italy
mother: Aleut/Russian
Simpson, James L.
5 born in Alaska
father:
mother: Aleut/Russian
Torganson, Laura 16
born in Alaska
father: Norway mother:
Aleut/Russian
Tutiakoff, Sarah 16
born in Alaska
parents: Aleut/Russian
Tutiakoff, Valentine
8 born in Alaska
parents: Aleut/Russian
Tutiakoff, Nikola
6 born in Alaska
parents: Aleut/Russian
Tonotetuk, Sara 8
born in Alaska
parents: Aleut/Russian
Tonotetuk, Leza 7
born in Alaska
parents: Aleut/Russian
Ungoylock, Albert
15 born in Alaska
parents: Eskimo
Wik, Helen 15 born
in Alaska
father: Norway mother: Aleut/Russia
Wik, Alfred 13 born
in Alaska
father: Norway mother: Aleut/Russia
Wik, Andy 11 born
in Alaska
father: Norway mother: Aleut/Russia
Wik, Aleck 9 born
in Alaska
father: Norway mother: Aleut/Russia
Williams, Ruth 11
born in Alaska
father: Kansas mother: Eskimo
Williams, Edward 6
born in Alaska
father: Kansas mother: Eskimo
Williams, Margaret
4 years 9 months Alaska father: Kansas
mother: Eskimo
Wilson, Andrew 14
born in Alaska
father:
mother:
Aleut/Russian
Wilson, George 9 born
in Alaska
father:
mother: Aleut/Russian
Wilson, Oscar 6 born
in Alaska
father:
mother: Aleut/Russian
Wilson, William 8
born in Alaska
parents: Aleut/Russian
Stevenson, Ellamar
3 months born in Alaska parents: Aleut/Russian
Halverson, Anna 5
born in Alaska
father: Norway mother: Swedish/Russian/Aleut
Halverson, Teddy 4
years 2 months Alaska father: Norway
mother: Swedish/Russian/Aleut
Note: this census
taker used the following symbol:
as a place name. I'm not sure what he meant.
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Jesse Lee Children's
Home 1939 Seward, Alaska
(Recorded
by Department of the Interior Office of Indian Affairs)
Name
Born
Age Race
Anderson, Robert
10/25/1934
5
Mixed/Indian
Anderson, Earnest
1/5/1933
6
Mixed
Anderson, Frances
Evangeline
4/12/1927
12
Mixed/Aleut
Anderson, Irene
Esther
5/20/1925
14
Mixed/Aleut
Anderson, John
9/4/1922
17
Mixed/Aleut
Berg, Pearl Alice
2/15/1931
8
Mixed/Indian
Bowen, Freddie
1/2/1933
6
Mixed
Bowen, Marie
4/8/1928
11
Mixed
Bowen, Clarence
4/13/1931
8
Mixed
Bowen, Norman
7/3/1925
14
Mixed
Californsky, Paul
3/24/1924
15
Mixed/Aleut
Carlson, Wilma
11/19/1924
15
Mixed/Aleut
Chebetnoy, Marguerite
10/18/1930
9
Mixed
Chebetnoy, Pauline
4/9/1929
10
Mixed
Chilstrom, Vesta
Nedasda
12/3/1925
14
Mixed/Eskimo
Chilstrom, Vida
8/12/1930
9
Mixed/Eskimo
Chilstrom, Vilma
Emily
10/12/1927
12
Mixed/Eskimo
Creevden, Louis
10/9/1922
17
Mixed/Indian
Deigh, Bobby
7/31/1933
6
Mixed/Aleut
Deigh, Dicky
7/28/1932
7
Mixed/Aleut
Delphin, Agnes
9/1/1931
8
Mixed/Aleut
Dunlap, Donald
12/18/1933
6
White
Elisoff, John
9/5/1924
15
Mixed/Aleut
Galaktionoff, Mary
10/14/1928
11
Mixed
Grosvold, Andrew
8/21/1925
14
Mixed
Grosvold, Ralph
2/13/1927
12
Mixed
Hansen, Dora Jane
7/8/1923
16
Mixed/Aleut
Hansen, George
Howard
8/27/1925
14
Mixed/Aleut
Hansen, Lars
8/12/1922
17
Mixed/Aleut
Hansen, Margaret
Rose
6/9/1928
11
Mixed/Aleut
Hill, William
4/23/1927
12
Mixed
Holman, Jacqueline
2/22/1930
9
Mixed/Aleut
Holman, Jasper
11/22/1933
6
Mixed/Aleut
Hope, Lillian
7/10/1923
16
Mixed/Aleut
Hughes, Alice
8/12/1923
16
Mixed/Aleut
Huttie, Arthur
6/20/1930
9
Mixed/Aleut
Huttie, Myrtle
8/6/1922
17 Mixed/Aleut
Huttie, Jack
5/20/1932
7
Mixed/Aleut
Huttie, Virginia
10/14/1928
11
Mixed/Aleut
Jensen, Cecil
5/6/1925
14
Mixed/Aleut
Jensen, Eigle
1/4/1933
6
Mixed/Aleut
Johnson, Allan
10/4/1933
6
Mixed/Aleut
Johnson, Iver
5/18/1935
4
Mixed/Aleut
Kraft, Carlton
7/27/1927
12
Mixed/Eskimo
Kraft, George
7/20/1930
9
Mixed/Eskimo
Kraft, Nellie
11/2/1931
8
Mixed/Eskimo
Kraft, Regina Wilhelmina
11/19/1925
14
Mixed/Eskimo
Kraft, Robert
1/25/1929
10
Mixed/Eskimo
Konig, Grace
10/12/1932
7
Mixed/Indian
Konig, Ruth
1/13/1930
9
Mixed Indian
Kyander, Natalia
8/24/1924
15 Mixed/Aleut
Laundy or Launoy,
Gene
4/15/1931
8
Mixed/Aleut
Laundy or Launoy,
George
12/11/1929
10 Mixed/Aleut
Laundy or Launoy,
Kenneth
7/21/1932
7 Mixed/Aleut
Lindstrom, Barbara
6/14/1929
10 Mixed/Aleut
Mullen, Marguret
11/29/1928
11
Mixed/Aleut
Mullen, Marie
8/2/1933
6
Mixed/Aleut
Mullen, Nick
6/25/1930
9
Mixed/Aleut
Munson, Esther*
11/17/1925
14
Mixed/Eskimo
Munson, Henry *
6/3/1927
12
Mixed/Eskimo
Munson, Oscar *
6/3/1927
12
Mixed/Eskimo
Munson, Tommy*
1/26/1923
16
Mixed/Eskimo
Nymen, Florence
1/16/1927
12
Mixed/Aleut
Olsen, Elizabeth
7/10/1922 17
Mixed/Aleut
Olsen, George
7/8/1922
17
Mixed/Aleut
Olsen, Mary Anne
1/8/1926
13
Mixed/Aleut
Oskaloff, Ella
11/24/1922 17
Mixed/Indian
Oskaloff, Helen
10/2/1920 19
Mixed/Indian
Peltzer, Nathalene
4/8/1923 16
Mixed/Indian
Peterson, Mary
6/7/1920 19
Mixed/Aleut
Peterson, Earnest
7/7/1932
7
Mixed/Aleut
Resoff, Wallace
11/16/1925 14
Mixed/Aleut
Samuelson, Alec
4/3/1923
16 Mixed/Aleut
Samuelson, Eugene
3/16/1926 13
Mixed/Aleut
Sato, Mabel
1/29/1928 11
Mixed/Eskimo
Sandstrom, Beathrice
Katherine
6/29/1925 14
Mixed/Aleut
Sheward, Daisy
11/4/1928 11
Mixed/Eskimo
Sheward, John
1/29/1930 9
Mixed/Eskimo
Sheward, Lillian
Julia
11/25/1925 15
Mixed/Eskimo
Sheward, Mable
Beulah
11/16/1925 14
Mixed/Eskimo
Sheward, Margaret
9/19/1932
7 Mixed/Eskimo
Sheward, Rosie
6/9/1935
4 Mixed/Eskimo
Simpson, James
9/8/1924
15 Mixed/Indian
Skinner, Beatrice
5/12/1923
16 Mixed/Aleut
Steinwall, Helen
May
9/16/1932
7 Mixed/Aleut
Steinwall, Hilda
7/30/1930
9 Mixed/Aleut
Steinwall, Hilya
9/19/1927
12 Mixed/Aleut
Steinwall, Oscar
3/10/1929
10 Mixed/Aleut
Tharp, Charles
Arthur
6/16/1926
13 White
Tharp, Jeanier
12/22/1934
5 White
Tutiakoff,, Nicola
5/22/1924
15 Full Aleut
Vanderpool, Alice
Marian
6/29/1924
15 Mixed/Indian
Tutiakoff, Valentine
5/6/1921
18 Full Aleut
Vanderpool, Joseph
9/17/1928
11 Mixed/Indian
Vanderpool, Sophie
11/30/1929
10 Mixed/Aleut
Vanderpool, Nora
9/10/1925
14 Mixed/Aleut
Wilson, Anna June
6/15/1926
13 Mixed/Indian
Wilson, Oscar
2/28/1924 15
Mixed/Indian
* Tommy, Esther, Henry
and Oscar Munson were children of Oscar Munson and his wife Allie
(an Athabascan). Oscar was the U. S. Mail Carrier for the Homer Settlement
in 1929, he came to America in 1903 from Sweden.
Jesse Lee Childrens
Home Cemetery Seward, Alaska
Adeseok, Ethel
10/21/1926 - 10/24/1926
Bilby, Christine 1914
- 1928
Bawk-Look, Mike 7/15/1923
- 4/22/1927
Bell, Stephen
5/7/1928 - 4/9/1942
Elayuk, Clarence 1911-1930
Elinglook, David
1912-1955
Goowohkoona, George
Jack 7/21/1916 - 6/5/1929
Joe, Lulu 12/25/1916
- 4/11/1942
Kalmakoff, Mike
7/13/1920 - 10/5/1928
Lange, Harriet
9/26/1912 - 8/8/1932
Longcarp, Ralph
died 6/6/1942
Maldoado, Victor 7/26/1917
- 11/23/1938
Nickoli, Billy
died 1/28/1941
Nason, Blanche
11/26/1893 - 11/13/1936
Newman, Roy
3/29/1946 - 11/17/1948
Nuiseuk, Jack
1915 - 1951
Royster, Frances
1911- 1935
Samuelson, John 11/30/1925
- 11/13/1939
Saluktuna, Nettie
6/10/1910 - 3/11/1929
Walker, Frances 1924
- 1951
Winters, Nita 8/18/1914
- 8/10/1942
FAMILY AFTER ALL:
ALASKA's JESSE LEE HOME (UNALASKA 1889-1925)
is a collection of
stories about the children who called Jesse Lee home from 1889-1965 written
by Ray Hudson. It is the story of traditional Unangan (Aleut) families,
the Russian Orthodox influence and the Protestant missionaries. It also
has the names of the children enrolled at the Jesse Lee Home in Unalaska
1890-1925. Family After All
is 400 pages, with dozens of historical photographs and a full index. ISBN:
978-0-9789979-0-8.
FAMILY AFTER
ALL: Volume II, the Seward half of the
story (1925-1965) is in production now and is scheduled to be published
in May of 2007.