Alaska Gold Rush History and Genealogy

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Dalby, ?	Ruby. Died in sinking of Sophie (source P 45).
Daly, Hugh	Likely in Ruby area prior to Feb.1912 (Source).
Danforth, Clarence	Doctor Died in Wiseman May 1919. In Rampart 1898-1903. In Chena 1903-1904. Fairbanks 1904-1914. (ADN 3/13/09 P B5).
Date, Fredrick John	Traveled throughout Alaska and has pictures of Ruby, Long & Poorman from 1917 (Series3 Geographic #5).
Davidson, N. G.	Likely in Ruby area prior to Feb.1912 (Source).
Davis, Henery	prospector Juneau 1884 (Source P-10).
Davis, Maggie Mrs.	Likely in Ruby area prior to Feb.1912 (Source).
Davis, Thomas	Likely in Ruby area prior to Feb.1912 (Source).
Dawson, Dave	Prospected Little Minook Creek (Source P 5).
Day, A. J.	Ruby 1913 Bought an interest in mining claims (P 8). 1915 (P 6). (Source P 6)
Deacon, Robert (Bob)	Ruby, Long City. Born in Armagh, Ireland in 1866. 1915 (P 10). Mined in the 30s (source P 51). 1932 searched for N. P. Johnson (Source P 17) Leased claims on Long Creek 1950. Died in CA. in 1959 (Source P 21).
Dean, Mary	Ruby. Half-sister of John Honea (source P 68).
Dean, Tom	Registered for the WW1 draft circa 1917-18 in Ruby. Born 8 Sep 1878 W
Dearson. ?	Part owner of claim on Long Creek.
DeBaum, W. C.	Ruby 1913 Bought an interest in mining claims (P 8).
DeCou, Len	Ruby 1912 Worked on the Shy Anne Faction claim on Long Creek (P 285).
Delinska, Colsick	Likely in Ruby area prior to Feb.1912 (Source).
Deltz, Herman	Likely in Ruby area prior to Feb.1912 (Source).
Demoski, Bertha	Ruby 1911 (P 27).
Dennis, A. H. Mrs.	Likely in Ruby area prior to Feb.1912 (Source).
Dennison, Charles	Registered for the WW1 draft circa 1917-18 in Ruby. Born 15 Sep 1884 W relative lives Stickley MT
Derrick, Ben	Ruby Mail driver (P 33) Had a Fish Camp at Whisky Creek (source P35).(source) (source P 31, 32).
DeVane, Thomas Jones (Tom)	(Image #25) Registered for the WW1 draft circa 1917-18 in Ruby. Born 22 Jan 1887 W Centerville NC. Ruby storekeeper 1929-31 (source P 52). Bought NC Co. store after '31 flood. Was bought out by NC Co. in 1939. 1933 (Source P 121). Operated the Ruby Telegraph Company that linked Ruby to the outside. He was in the Army Signal Corps and had been previously stationed at Fort Gibbon and Melozi. He and a partner strung the miles of cable to connect to Ruby. He later bought the store in Ruby and at some point also had stores in Kokrines and Poorman. About 1920 he and some business associates brought in a herd of reindeer along with Lapland herders. They were gone by 1930.(source). (Source P 39, 43, 44 55, 58.)Had a store at Melozi Station (Source P 39).See the DeVane photo album.
DeVane, Anna Willis (known as Dolly)	Was Tom's DeVane' second wife and lived in Ruby in the 20's and 30's (source). See the DeVane photo album. (Source P 87)
DeVane, Harvey Moore	Son of Thomas. He was born in Ruby on May 1st, 1912 and lived there until about 1920 when his parents separated. He then moved back in 1930 and lived there for another year working for his father, then moved to Fairbanks and worked for an air service until 1935.(source). See the DeVane photo album
DeVane, Helen Caroline (Cal)	Second child of Thomas J. DeVane, , was born in Ruby a few years after Harvey DeVane but they didn't know her birth date as her birth record was destroyed in a fire when the courthouse was destroyed. She lived in Ruby until about 1920.(source). See the DeVane photo album
DeVane, Louise Cameron McCormack	Thomas DeVane's first wife. She was from Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada. Louise was a nurse and school teacher. She was teaching school in Galena where she met and married Thomas. (source). See the DeVane photo album
DeWindt, ?	1896 in Dyea on way to interior. Long time Alaska miner (Source P 300).
Dhlouy, Joe	Ruby area trapper .
Dickey, William	In the Cache Creek area in the late 30s (Source P 17).
Dillion, George	Skagway. Sheriff cir 1908 (Source P 10).
Ditz, Xavier	Ruby 1914 Mined on Mascot Bench (P 10). Mine on Long Creek.
Dodson, Jim	Flew supplies to Ruby mining camps once or twice a week.
Doucan, Thompson	Skagway barber 1899 (Source P 17).
Douglas, S.W.	Ruby 1926 Greenstone (Source P 16). In Ruby area around 1912 (Source).
Drake, John	Ruby. Owned a fraction claim on Long Creek. (P 285). (Image)
Drew, Tom	Owned a Coal mine on the Yukon River (Source P-3).
Dubois, Pierre	Registered for the WW1 draft circa 1917-18 in Ruby. Born 13 February 1880 W Relatives lives Freshdol Hungary.
Dufy, Alex	Likely in Ruby area prior to Feb.1912 (Source).
Dunkel, William B.	Likely in Ruby area prior to Feb.1912 (Source).
Dunkle, Wesley Earl	Mining engineer and pilot (Source).
Dunn, John William	Member of the Alaska legislature. Chairman of the induction board during WW1. Registered for the draft circa 1917-18 in Ruby. Born 7 June 1875 W Relatives lives New Richmond OH. Ruby Postmaster 9/8/1913 to 1918 (Source).

 

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