Harrais, Margaret Keenan, 1872-1964.
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Harrais, Margaret Keenan, 1872-1964.
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Harrais, Margaret Keenan, 1872-1964.
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Margaret Keenan was born in Batesville, Ohio, in 1872. She came to Alaska in 1914 to assume a post as principal of the Skagway schools, a post she held until 1916. She then accepted the post of superintendent of schools in Fairbanks, which she held until 1918. In 1920, Keenan married Martin Harrais, a miner. In 1924, she joined her husband in McCarthy, Alaska, where she worked as a teacher. After the death of her husband, she became U.S. Commissioner and ex-officio probate judge in Valdez, Alaska (1937). She died in Valdez on April 26, 1964.
Teacher at various places in interior Alaska and deputy magistrate of the state court system at Valdez.
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Alaska
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Valdez (Alaska)
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Ellamar (Alaska)
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Fairbanks (Alaska)
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Chitina (Alaska)
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Alaska
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McCarthy (Alaska)
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McCarthy (Alaska)
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Alaska--Fairbanks
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Valdez (Alaska)
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Alaska--Valdez
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Alaska--Skagway
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