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Anatasia Achwack

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Anatasia Achwack

Birth
Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska, USA
Death
20 Jun 1904 (aged 15–16)
Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
D-31
Memorial ID
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Died at the age of 16 of tuberculosis.

Additional information contributed by F.A.G. member Magdalene on 11 Feb. 2019:
According to Carlisle School records, Anastasia was an Aleut girl who lived at the Baptist Orphanage on Wood (later Woody) Island, Alaska. She was at Carlisle School for 3 years until she died. It is also recorded that Anastasia had "valvular heart disease" which may have contributed to her death.
Contributor: Magdalene (49298035) •Student information card of Anastasia Achwack, a member of the Alaskan (Aleut) Nation, who entered the school on July 11, 1901. She died on June 19, 1904 and was buried in the school cemetery.

Note: Although the school documentation consistently uses the spelling Achwack, family have indicated that the proper spelling of Anastasia's last name is Ashouwak.
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CARLISLE INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL Dead [Over.]
DESCRIPTION AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF STUDENT
NUMBER 1659 ENGLISH NAME: Anastasia Achwack; AGENCY: Baptist Orphanage
NATION: Aleut; HOME ADDRESS: Wood [sic] Island, lives at the mission, Alaska
PARENTS LIVING OR DEAD
FATHER: Dead; MOTHER: Dead; BLOOD: Full; AGE: 13; HEIGHT: 4-10 1-/2
WEIGHT: 88; FORCED INSP: 28; FORCED EXPR: 30 ½ ; SEX: F
ARRIVED AT SCHOOL: July 11, 1901l FOR WHAT PERIOD: 5 years
DATE DISCHARGED: Jun 20, 1904; CAUSE OF DISCHARGE: Died June 19th
TO COUNTRY: Sept 14, 01; PATRON's NAME AND ADDRESS: W. W. Davidson,
Moorestown, Purl Co., N.J. ; FROM COUNTRY : May 21, 04
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Valvular heart disease
Months in school before Carlisle: 30;
Grade entered at Carlise: 4th
Died of consumption
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[other side]
REPORT OF INTERMENT Cemetery: Carlisle Barracks Post, Penn.
To: The Quartermaster General, Washington 25, D.C.
Name: Achwack, Anatasia [sic] Service Data
Tribe: Alaskan Originally interred in ground for
Indian Wards transferred to Govt.
22 Dec. 1879

DOB: Unknown DOD: June 20, 1904 Grave Loc: Plot D, Grave or Lot No. 32
Headstone or Marker Ordered
WW 6.582 451
Green Mountain, VT Aug 22 1952
QMC Form 14
Rv 1 JUL 50

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NUMBER / NAME / FATHER'S NAME / NATION / AGE / DATE / REMARKS
184; Anatasia Achwack [sic] ; Alaska ; Alaskan ; 16; June 20, 04; Tuberculosis
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another form: cut off
Tribe / nation: Aleut
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Cemetery information and mortuary documents related to Anastasia Achwack, a member of the Alaskan (Aleut) Nation.

Note: Although the school documentation consistently uses the spelling Achwack, family have indicated that the proper spelling of Anastasia's last name is Ashouwak.

Date of Death: Sunday, June 19, 1904
Modern Plot Location: D-31
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1927 Cemetery Map: Anatasia Ackwak, B-6
1947 Cemetery Map: Anatasia Ackwak, D-31
1982 Roster: Anatasia Achwack, Alaskan, D-31, Jun 20, 1904
1998 Roster: Anatasia Achwak, Alaskan, D-31
2017 Report: Section – Plot: D-31
Decedent: Anastasia Achwak
Tribal Affiliation: Alaskan
Death Date: 20 June 1904
Anastasia Achwak was included in the Map (1927), Yates et al. (1935), DPW (1940-2016), Map (1947), USMHI (1982), and USANC (1998) inventories. She was also listed in the Student Registry (CIIS Registry 1890-1906) and recorded as deceased in the Student Identification Cards (CIIS Cards 1879-1918). These records listed Anastasia Achwack as an Alieut. Anastasia arrived on 11 July 1901 at age 13 and she died on 20 June 1903 when she was around 16 years old. The Red Man and Helper (1903b:3) reported that 'Nasia Achwat;' "has been living in Moorestown for two years; missed only two Sundays from Sunday school during two years."
The CIIS Registry (1890-1906) reported that she died of tuberculosis. The death registry as transcribed by Dickinson College reported that an Auotosia Achwock died on 20 June 1904 of tuberculosis. The decedent was interred in B-6 in the Carlisle Indian School Cemetery (Map 1927).
***
Note: I have literally spent hours researching and developing this memorial. ...utilizing school records. Alaskan Princess. #47036076
Died at the age of 16 of tuberculosis.

Additional information contributed by F.A.G. member Magdalene on 11 Feb. 2019:
According to Carlisle School records, Anastasia was an Aleut girl who lived at the Baptist Orphanage on Wood (later Woody) Island, Alaska. She was at Carlisle School for 3 years until she died. It is also recorded that Anastasia had "valvular heart disease" which may have contributed to her death.
Contributor: Magdalene (49298035) •Student information card of Anastasia Achwack, a member of the Alaskan (Aleut) Nation, who entered the school on July 11, 1901. She died on June 19, 1904 and was buried in the school cemetery.

Note: Although the school documentation consistently uses the spelling Achwack, family have indicated that the proper spelling of Anastasia's last name is Ashouwak.
*****

CARLISLE INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL Dead [Over.]
DESCRIPTION AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF STUDENT
NUMBER 1659 ENGLISH NAME: Anastasia Achwack; AGENCY: Baptist Orphanage
NATION: Aleut; HOME ADDRESS: Wood [sic] Island, lives at the mission, Alaska
PARENTS LIVING OR DEAD
FATHER: Dead; MOTHER: Dead; BLOOD: Full; AGE: 13; HEIGHT: 4-10 1-/2
WEIGHT: 88; FORCED INSP: 28; FORCED EXPR: 30 ½ ; SEX: F
ARRIVED AT SCHOOL: July 11, 1901l FOR WHAT PERIOD: 5 years
DATE DISCHARGED: Jun 20, 1904; CAUSE OF DISCHARGE: Died June 19th
TO COUNTRY: Sept 14, 01; PATRON's NAME AND ADDRESS: W. W. Davidson,
Moorestown, Purl Co., N.J. ; FROM COUNTRY : May 21, 04
***
Valvular heart disease
Months in school before Carlisle: 30;
Grade entered at Carlise: 4th
Died of consumption
****

[other side]
REPORT OF INTERMENT Cemetery: Carlisle Barracks Post, Penn.
To: The Quartermaster General, Washington 25, D.C.
Name: Achwack, Anatasia [sic] Service Data
Tribe: Alaskan Originally interred in ground for
Indian Wards transferred to Govt.
22 Dec. 1879

DOB: Unknown DOD: June 20, 1904 Grave Loc: Plot D, Grave or Lot No. 32
Headstone or Marker Ordered
WW 6.582 451
Green Mountain, VT Aug 22 1952
QMC Form 14
Rv 1 JUL 50

****
NUMBER / NAME / FATHER'S NAME / NATION / AGE / DATE / REMARKS
184; Anatasia Achwack [sic] ; Alaska ; Alaskan ; 16; June 20, 04; Tuberculosis
***
another form: cut off
Tribe / nation: Aleut
*****
Cemetery information and mortuary documents related to Anastasia Achwack, a member of the Alaskan (Aleut) Nation.

Note: Although the school documentation consistently uses the spelling Achwack, family have indicated that the proper spelling of Anastasia's last name is Ashouwak.

Date of Death: Sunday, June 19, 1904
Modern Plot Location: D-31
*****
1927 Cemetery Map: Anatasia Ackwak, B-6
1947 Cemetery Map: Anatasia Ackwak, D-31
1982 Roster: Anatasia Achwack, Alaskan, D-31, Jun 20, 1904
1998 Roster: Anatasia Achwak, Alaskan, D-31
2017 Report: Section – Plot: D-31
Decedent: Anastasia Achwak
Tribal Affiliation: Alaskan
Death Date: 20 June 1904
Anastasia Achwak was included in the Map (1927), Yates et al. (1935), DPW (1940-2016), Map (1947), USMHI (1982), and USANC (1998) inventories. She was also listed in the Student Registry (CIIS Registry 1890-1906) and recorded as deceased in the Student Identification Cards (CIIS Cards 1879-1918). These records listed Anastasia Achwack as an Alieut. Anastasia arrived on 11 July 1901 at age 13 and she died on 20 June 1903 when she was around 16 years old. The Red Man and Helper (1903b:3) reported that 'Nasia Achwat;' "has been living in Moorestown for two years; missed only two Sundays from Sunday school during two years."
The CIIS Registry (1890-1906) reported that she died of tuberculosis. The death registry as transcribed by Dickinson College reported that an Auotosia Achwock died on 20 June 1904 of tuberculosis. The decedent was interred in B-6 in the Carlisle Indian School Cemetery (Map 1927).
***
Note: I have literally spent hours researching and developing this memorial. ...utilizing school records. Alaskan Princess. #47036076

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