Konstantine Sorokovikoff
January 24, 1871, Kodiak, Alaska — June 04, 1942, Seldovia, Alaska
Buried in Seldovia City Cemetery Plot #69
KONSTANTINE SOROKOVIKOFF, “Konste” was born January 24, 1871 in Kodiak. He married Sarafina and had children Sarafina (1903), Nick (1905), and Andrew (1908). He was a Dena’ina-speaking lay song leader who grew up in Kenai and was in charge of a chapel in Seldovia in the 1920s and 1930s. He accompanied the missionary Paul Shadura as an interpreter between 1908 and 1914. A phrase (“my own Indian song leader”) casually uttered by Shadura regarding this Creole-cultural broker reveals the level of Constantine’s entrenchment into Dena’ina culture. The US Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) could not figure out how to categorize him in their official rosters: on the one hand, Constantine was involved in local subsistence activities, and on the other hand, he was performing chapel services. As a result, in their 1934 roster of Seldovia residents, the BIA labeled him as a “second priest of Seldovia”.
Nick SOROKOVIKOFF: son of Konstantine and Sarafina Sorokovikoff was born August 12,1905 and died February 1968, married Nadia Loco/Toko September 25, 1933 in Seldovia.
Konste and his wife Anna BERESTOFF Sorokovikoff had 8 children:
Anna SOROKOVIKOFF Waterbury: Feb 24, 1910 in Ninilchik, d. Nov. 19, 2004 in Seldovia, buried in Seldovia City Cemetery
Jim SOROKOVIKOFF: b. Aug. 14, 1913 in Kenai, d. 1966 in Seldovia Peter SOROKOVIKOFF: b. July 15, 1915 in Kenai, d. 1966 in Seldovia Three die in Seldovia home fire SELDOVIA AP) - State Police said today three men died in a fire which destroyed a twa-story house here Monday afternoon. Investigators earlier had been unable to determine how many perished in the blaze. The victims were listed as Gene Sarakovikoff, 52, and his brother, Peter, 49, and William Hunter, 65, all of Seldovia. The fire was in a home owned by Jimmie Sarakovikoff, another brother of two of the victims. All four men apparently lived at the house. Troopers said the fire apparently was caused by a cigarette which fell on a mattress. The flames apparently spread rapidly throughout the frame building.
Virginia SOROKOVIKOFF Balashoff: b. 1918, married Mikkel Balashoff
Steve K. SOROKOVIKOFF: b. Dec. 12, 1920, died June 30, 1995
TANIA SOROKOVIKOFF WILSON, married Abraham Wilson, d. September 24, 1987, buried in Seldovia City Cemetery
Children: ANN MARIE WILSON ANDERSON: b. Jan. 9, 1947 in Seldovia, married Andy Anderson Feb. 11, 1967; d. Jan. 19, 2014 in Anchorage; buried in Seldovia City Cemetery; Gladys WILSON Yuth, married Harold Yuth; Helen WILSON Quijance, married Alfred Quijance; KENNETH WILSON: buried in Seldovia City Cemetery
Alexander SOROKOVIKOFF b. April 4, 1926, died April 24, 1941 in Seldovia; buried in Seldovia City Cemetery