Deaths at Settlement Ross

Adapted from “Death in the Daily Life of the Ross Colony: Mortuary Behavior in Frontier Russian America”

Appendix I by Sannie Kenton Osborn

The appendix lists all persons known to have been stationed at Ross. These individuals and families were located during the course of my research of the archival and published literature. They are listed sequentially by ethnic group in the tradition of the Russian American Company: Russians, Yakuts, Foreigners, Persons of Mixed Heritage, Alaska Native peoples, California Natives, and other people listed by name and occupation but not clearly designated in the literature. The listing is by place of origin, if known, for the male head of household with the legitimate or illegitimate (common law) wife and children shown below the male.

Where known, the occupation of the person or relationship to other family members is given. “Years at Ross” refers to the four census years of 1820, 1821, 1836, and 1838…”other refers to other years at Ross that were referenced in the literature or other information such as arrival or departure on Company vessels. The “Died at Ross” column shows the following information “YES” means the person is known to have died at Ross; “NO” means there is documentation that the person did not die at Ross and in some cases returned to Alaska or Russia; “?” means there is some question about whether a person known to have been stationed at Ross also died there; and a blank column indicates there is insufficient information on this subject. Ages derived from baptismal or christening records are shown in parentheses followed by an asterisk, for example (3)*