Agnes J. Kinsey, nee Fisher
Agnes Fisher was probably born in Bonavista, Newfoundland where her near-in-age brother Bobbie was born. Bobbie, Agnes, and sister Maria, all lived in the Yukon. They had a younger brother and sister in Bonavista and a fourth sister in Gambol, Newfoundland. 1) Agnes Fisher and photographer Clarence Kinsey were married in 1903. 2) Brothers Clarence and Clarke operated the Kinsey and Kinsey photo studio in Grand Forks, on Bonanza Creek. They also operated a mining claim on Gold Hill that Clarence supervised. From 1902 to 1904, Kinsey & Kinsey operated a photo studio in downtown Dawson. The population in the Klondike declined after the rush and the Kinsey & Kinsey partnership was dissolved in 1906 when Clarke and his wife Mary departed for the south. In 1908, Agnes, Clarence, and their daughter Olive moved to their mining claim on Dominion Creek where Alfred Kinsey and his wife Lila joined them in 1909. 3)
Agnes was seriously ill in 1911, and she and Olive moved to Seattle. Clarence joined them, living with his brother Darius while Agnes was in the hospital. After nearly a year they were able to return to the north. They spent time in Dawson, Mayo, and on Haggart Creek in the Mayo Mining District. 4) Clarence mined with partners Charles E. Merriman and John Mawhinney about 1910 on Haggart Creek. They were not very successful and moved on after about a year. 5) Clarence left the Yukon in 1919 and moved south to work in a veteran’s home in Retsil, Washington. 6)
In the 1920s, Agnes ran a bakery in Mayo in competition to another operated by Fannie Mitchell. 7) Agnes’ brother Bobbie and sister Maria also lived in Mayo. Agnes Kinsey owned a property on Keno Hill with her brother and she sold this property during the boom. Agnes was partners with Archibald Martin on claims on Keno Hill. She retired to the state of Washington. 8)