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Mary <I>Hubley</I> Larsen

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Mary Hubley Larsen

Birth
Aleutians East Borough, Alaska, USA
Death
5 Aug 1945 (aged 68)
Unga, Aleutians East Borough, Alaska, USA
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Unga, Aleutians East Borough, Alaska, USA Add to Map
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Mary was the daughter of Isaac and Tatiana (Nekrasov) Hubley, her father was from Nova Scotia, Canada, and her mother was from Afognak, Afognak Island, Alaska. Being an older daughter she stayed at home to help her mother with the younger children, unable to attend school she taught herself to read and write. Her mother's first language was Russian, Mary spoke both English and Russian.

She married Peter Adolf Larsen from Denmark on 29 May 1893, in Unga Village, Unga Island, Shumagin Islands, Alaska, they had five sons, Peter II, James, Peter III, Edmund, and Norman; seven daughters, Zenia, Grace, Alice, Emily, Gladys, Clara, and Elisabeth. Mary was raised in Unga Village and that is where she and her husband made a home. In addition to being a mother Mary was also a midwife delivering many babies; post birth she cared for the new mother and her family for several days. She was a strong woman, well respected within the Village. In later years, Mary spent time off the Island visiting her children in other Alaskan communities and in Washington State.

Mary is interred near her parents in the Unga Russian Aleut Cemetery.
Mary was the daughter of Isaac and Tatiana (Nekrasov) Hubley, her father was from Nova Scotia, Canada, and her mother was from Afognak, Afognak Island, Alaska. Being an older daughter she stayed at home to help her mother with the younger children, unable to attend school she taught herself to read and write. Her mother's first language was Russian, Mary spoke both English and Russian.

She married Peter Adolf Larsen from Denmark on 29 May 1893, in Unga Village, Unga Island, Shumagin Islands, Alaska, they had five sons, Peter II, James, Peter III, Edmund, and Norman; seven daughters, Zenia, Grace, Alice, Emily, Gladys, Clara, and Elisabeth. Mary was raised in Unga Village and that is where she and her husband made a home. In addition to being a mother Mary was also a midwife delivering many babies; post birth she cared for the new mother and her family for several days. She was a strong woman, well respected within the Village. In later years, Mary spent time off the Island visiting her children in other Alaskan communities and in Washington State.

Mary is interred near her parents in the Unga Russian Aleut Cemetery.

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  • Created by: Shumagin
  • Added: Jan 9, 2015
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141097597/mary-larsen: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Hubley Larsen (23 Dec 1876–5 Aug 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 141097597, citing Unga Russian Aleut Cemetery, Unga, Aleutians East Borough, Alaska, USA; Maintained by Shumagin (contributor 47463126).