John Peratrovich, grandfather of Stanley, was a Croatian immigrant and early settler in Klawock, Alaska. He was a skilled net maker who worked for the canning industry in Klawock and San Francisco, including North Pacific Packing and Trading Co. He married Catherine "Kitty" Snook Skan with whom he had four sons: Jack, James, Nick, and Robert who brought development to Klawock as an innovative Tlingit leader. Robert's son, Robert J. (Edison), Jr. became a Tlingit chief. John had 13 more children with Nellie Skan and Mary Skan. Two sons of John and Mary were also prominent -- Frank was a territorial and state Alaska legislator, founder and leader of the Purse Seiners' Union, mayor of Klawock, and a founder of statehood. Roy was a territorial and state legislator as well as Grand President of the Alaska Native Brotherhood. He and his wife Elizabeth were leaders in the anti-discrimination movement. Elizabeth's impassioned speech before the Alaska legislature in 1945 was the final catalyst for the passage of the anti-discimination bill in Alaska. John and Catherine's second son was James, father of Stanley. James married Kathryn Jackson (name changed from Sumdum) from Kake. Stanley, born in 1919 and raised in Klawock, attended Wrangell Institute and served in the U.S. Army in World War II in Alaska. He did tourist boat charters, and later, some commercial fishing. Stanley Peratrovich died in 2002. As of 2004 his wife, Evelyn Taber Peratrovich, continued to reside on Bainbridge Island WA.
From the description of Peratrovich family in Alaska, 1880s-2001. (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 55216943
