DEMNINA OSKOLKOFF EDELMAN MATSON was the daughter of Zakharii Oskolkoff and Elizaveta KNAGIN Oskolkoff of Ninilchik, Alaska. She was born March 27, 1880 in Ninilchik, Alaska. She married first Edvin “Edwin” Edelman, an immigrant from Finland. After he died in 1928, she married ** Andrew Matson**, another Finnish immigrant. She died in 1949 and while most of the family is buried in Ninilchik, there are quite a few here in Seldovia.
The Edelman family lived in Kenai and had 8 children including:
Nina Edelman (March 10, 1896- Dec. 8, 1977 -1951: Plot # 51) married Carl Lund (Oct. 14, 1874 – Nov. 11, 1939: Plot #51)
Zacharias “Carl” Edelman (1898 – 1972) married Emma Larsen and lived in Washington.
Jacob “Jack” Edelman married Pauline Juliussen; Pauline (Plot #20) and her daughter Jacqueline (Plot #21) died in an airplane crash in Seldovia in 1951.
Emma Edelman (June 23, 1902- May 11, 1993: Plot #41) married Norwegians Martin Haakonsen (1884 -1964)and Simon Andreas Josephson (1880-1968), and is the mother of Simon F. Josephson (1930-1986: Plot #251)
Marfa “Martha” Edelman married Arthur Kvarness (1892- 1953: Plot #17). Their baby is buried in the Seldovia Hillside Cemetery near the Russian Orthodox Church
Ioann “John” Edelman (1906-1975) lived in Washington.
Evgeniia Edelman (1907-1984) died in Belgium.
Ermii “Edwin” Edelman (1908-1992) married Charlotte “Lottie” Van Horn (1915-1994) and they lived in Kenai and Homer.