Joseph Gervais
Joseph Gervais | |
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| Born | October 21, 1777 |
| Died | July 14, 1861 (aged 83) |
| Occupation(s) | trapper, hunter, prospector, farmer |
Joseph Gervais (October 21, 1777 – July 14, 1861) was a French-Canadian, later American, pioneer settler and trapper in the Pacific Northwest. He is the namesake for the town of Gervais, Oregon.[1]
Early life
Joseph Gervais was born in
Pacific Fur Company
Joseph Gervais joined the
Chinookan woman.[2]
Later years as trapper
During the fall of 1813 the British
Klallam nation responsible for the killings.[2] That fall he also went to the Umpqua River Valley in Southern Oregon to retrieve the merchandise left when 15 members of Jedediah Smith's trapping party were killed by Umpqua natives.[2][6]
Willamette Valley
In 1831, after working for the Hudson's Bay Company,
In 1841, Gervais was elected justice of the peace.Whitman Massacre, two of his children, Isaac and Xavier, joined the settler's militia in a conflict known as the Cayuse War.[2]
Later years and death
Once news of the
Chinookan and they had a son named David and daughter named Julie.[2] Upon her death he married Yi-a-must (later Marguerite), a daughter of Clatsop chief Coboway,[12] and they had four children.[2] She died of diphtheria in 1840 and Joseph married a third time, to Marie Angelique.[2] A Chinook, she bore one child, Rosalie.[2] In 1850, he lost his farm by foreclosure and died July 14, 1861, at the home of David Mongraine and Catherine Lafantasie in French Prairie. Gervais was buried in the Old Cemetery at St. Paul.[2][3]
References
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 136.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Hafen, LeRoy R. The Mountain Men and the Fur Trade of the Far West. Glendale, Calif: A. H. Clark Co, 1965. Vol. VII, p. 131-145.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Chapman, J. S. (1993). French Prairie Ceramics: The Harriet D. Munnick Archaeological Collection, Circa 1820-1860: A Catalog and Northwest Comparative Guide. Anthropology Northwest, no. 8. Corvallis, Or: Dept. of Anthropology, Oregon State University.
- ^ a b Lowe, Beverly Elizabeth (1980). John Minto: Man of Courage. Kingston Price and Company.
- ^ The City of Gervais, Oregon. City of Gervais. Retrieved on April 23, 2008.
- ^ Hussey, John A. "Old Fort Vancouver, 1824–1829". National Park Service. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e Cogswell, Philip Jr. (1977). Capitol Names: Individuals Woven Into Oregon's History. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society. p. 55.
- ^ a b Hussey, p. 51
- ^ Hussey, p. 54
- ^ "Willamette Settlers to the Bishop of Juliopolis". Oregon Historical Society. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
- ^ a b Hussey, John A. (1967). Champoeg: Place of Transition, A Disputed History. Oregon Historical Society.
- ^ Hussey, p. 53
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