The Sudden Passing of Frederika Ulin
A pioneer resident of Seattle for twenty-five years, Frederika Ulin, dies suddenly at her home on Eighth Street.
Frederika Ulin, wife of Erick Ulin, a ship carpenter, who has lived in this city for twenty-five years, died suddenly yesterday morning from a stroke of paralysis at her home, 908 Eighth Street. A year or so ago Mrs. Ulin's health became impaired by a stroke of paralysis, but she recovered sufficiently to be about as usual. Sixteen days ago she celebrated her 57th birthday, and all her relatives were gathered at her comfortable home. Saturday night she was able to receive company, and had no premonition of what was to happen on the morrow. Her sudden death was a great blow to her husband and children, all of whom happened to be at the house. Mrs. Ulin was a native of Germany, and when a young woman crossed the ocean to New York City, where she was married to Mr. Ulin. They moved to San Francisco and came from there here twenty-five years ago. She leaves a husband, four grown-up daughters, two of whom live at Victoria, and one son.
“Sixteen days ago she celebrated her 57th birthday, and all her relatives were gathered at her comfortable home.”
Obituaries of pioneer women often provide the only surviving record of the domestic lives and migration patterns of the working-class families who built Seattle's early infrastructure.
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