Our Kotel’ntkov Journey: From Okhotsk, to Fort Ross, To Ouzinkie: An Alaskan Family's Story

Our Kotel ntkov Journey revolves around the family of Grandpa Paul Katelnikoff. His father s side came from Okhotsk , Russia. His mother Ekatarina s side is from Irkutsk, the Sorokovikovs. Both sides came from Russia as employees of the Russian American Company on one of the Shelikov s ships. Great, Great, Great Grandpa Larion Kotel nikov arrived in Kodiak around 1784. He married a local girl. They had an unknown number of daughters, who all died, and one living son, Filipp. Filipp went to Fort Ross, California, also as an employee of the Russian American Company. There he married a Kashaya, Pomo Indian women named Varvara Amachamen. They had five children. Great, Great, Great Grandpa Ivan Sorokovikov was born about 1766. In December of 1818 Ivan was ordered to work at the Novo Alexsandrovski Post for the Russian American Company. Ivan and his wife, Maria Antropovna, a Creole, had eight children. Our Kotel ntkov Journey will show you how the family has blossomed into a wonderful Alaska family.