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Wassilie Bayou

Wassilie Bayou

1873, Alaska — May 10, 1937, Seldovia, Alaska

Buried in Seldovia City Cemetery Plot #91

WASSILIE BAYOU was born in 1873 in Alaska. Most census records claim that both of his parents were born in Alaska.

He and his wife, Christina were living in Seldovia with 3 children and he was listed as a laborer.

In 1910, the family was in Ninilchik with 4 children and he was listed as a shop keeper. In 1920 they were back in Kachemak Bay where he was a logger at a pile camp. Christina died not long after that and Wassilii married 2nd Eva Odoyiah BACKOFF Hunter September 22, 1925.

Wassilie was a trapper in Seldovia at the time of the 1930 census.

He died May 10, 1937 and is buried in Seldovia City Cemetery, Plot # 91.

1900 Seldovia - left to right: Wassilie Bayou, Anisim Alexandroff, Rev John Pernosky, Nicholas Fomin