ADAMS, Thomas: a Chinook who went to the east with Lee returned to Oregon on the Lausanne. BROOKS, the other Chinook who went with Lee had died in the States.

ALTGEIER, Niclaus or Nicholas: George Ebbert lists this name as an Oregon arrival in 1840. [Ebbert's "A Trapper's Life, 1829-1839", a MS consulted by Bancroft; A person named "Nicholas" drove a wagon with Newell's party to Oregon in 1840. A Valley resident by late summer 1840, Altgeier left for California with the US Exploring Expedition in 1841. [Listed as Algear in Gray's records (1836 lists WH Gray and sources by him)].

ARMSTRONG, Pleasant:.. joined the overland company at Hickory Grove, MO;married October 1845 to Jane Smith (see her entry in 1842), sister of Francis Fletcher's wife. He died in the Rogue River War of 1853.

BABCOCK, Ira L. Dr. (c1808-1888): and wife and one child; came to Oregon on the ship Lausanne via Cape Horn with the Jason Lee party; was a physician, judge, and executive in Oregon; following Ewing Young's death intestate, he was made Supreme Judge with probate powers, a position he held for two years; in 1843 he spent a year with his family in the Sandwich Islands; upon his return he was again elected Supreme Judge, holding that office till he left Oregon in November 1844.

BIDDLE, Harriet B. (1817- ): m'd 1835 CAMPBELL, Hamilton

BLACK, Henry (1819- ): m1. 1841 [], Lizette; m2. 1848 [], Mary A.E.; former trapper; he drove a wagon for the ailing A.T. Smith from Green River to Ft. Hall; left the Willamette Valley with the US Exploring Expedition in September of 1841 and returned the next year with a herd of cattle.

BREWER, Henry Bridgman. (1813-1886)..: married 9/3/1839 Laura Lucretia Giddings; died in Pelham Massachusetts in 1886.

CAMPBELL, Hamilton:.. m'd 1835 BIDDLE, Harriet;with his wife and one child ; his nickname "Cow Campbell". came to Oregon on the ship Lausanne

CLARKE, Chloe Aurelia.. (1818-1874): m. 1840 at Fort Nisqually to William Holden Willson;in 1856, she left Oregon and returned early 1860's with their 3 daughters came to Oregon on the ship Lausanne via Cape Horn with the Jason Lee party; assigned as a teacher at Puget Sound in 1840; teacher at Oregon Institute in 1844 in Salem

CLARKE, Emeline ( -1866): m'd 1837 CLARKE, Harvey Rev.; settled on Tualatin Plains; later moved to Forest Grove

CLARKE, Harvey Rev (1807- ): m'd 1837 , Emeline; independent missionary; he and his wife traveled with the missionary party; stayed at Kamiah with the Asa B. Smiths through September 1841; settled on Tualatin Plains; later moved to Forest Grove

COFFIN, Mr.:.. with the HBC, he came from Ft. Coleville to Ft. Vancouver in late summer 1840 and then returned with letters and dispatches. [from the diary of H.B. Brewer]

COOK, Amos (1816-1895): m'd 1853 SCOTT, Mary Frances; member of Peoria Party that started in 1839; after split of party at Bent's Fort he accompanied Shortess party; wintered at Fort Davy Crockett on the Green River; continued journey in spring with Robert Newell as guide to Ft. Hall; after three weeks joined a company taking furs to Ft. Walla Walla; arrived at Ft. Vancouver May 1840; settled in Yamhill Co; buried in Forest Grove Cemetery

COUCH, Capt. John H. (1811-1870): m'd FLANDERS, Caroline E.; a sailor who made many voyages during the years preceding 1839; a representative of the Cushing family in Massachusetts; entered the Columbia River in the spring of 1840 on board the brig Maryland; arrived again in 1843 in command of the brig Chenamus of Boston; remained in Oregon country kept a store in Oregon City until 1845; moved to Portland and took up claim; went east in 1847; arrived back in Portland in August 1849 on the bark Madonna; located permanently in Portland; held many offices and positions

CRAIG, William: m'd Nez Perce, Isabel; an experienced mountain man who left the service of the American Fur Company and settled on the Tualatin Plains in 1839 or 1840; was a companion of Larison; in August of 1840 settled near Spalding at Lapwaii; took the Spalding family in after the Whitman Massacre

CREE, Marguerite: m1. CHROCHIERE, ; m2. DUBOIS, Andre; came west with second husband

CROCHIERE, Joseph ( - 1849): came west with mother and stepfather; died in California gold fields 12 Sep 1849.

DAVIS, George: was described as a lone drifter in seach of land; joined the missionary party at Ft. Laramie and went with them to Oregon

DIX, Mary Augusta:.. m. GRAY, Rev. William Henry (see his entry in 1836)

DUBOIS, Andre (1803- ): m1. 1840 CREE, Marguerite; first wife died on claim Sep 1846; m2. JEFFRIES, Josette

FLETCHER, Francis (1814-1871): m'd 1843 SMITH, Elizabeth; came from Canada to US in 1832; member of Peoria Party; after the split of the party at Bent's Fort; accompanied Shortess to Fort St. Vrain; fall of 1839 went to Fort Davy Crockett on the Green River where he wintered with Cook, Holman and Kilbourne; continued journey in spring with Robert Newell as guide to Ft. Hall; laid in supplies and traveled with a company taking furs to Ft. Walla Walla; arrived at Fort Vancouver May 1840; member of first board of trustees of Willamette University after its charter was granted in 1853; settled in Yamhill Co; buried at Dayton, OR . 

FORREST, Charles:.. in charge of Cowlitz Farm for the HBC in 1840.

FROST, Rev. Joseph H:.. arrived with his wife

GAGNIER, Mr. and Mrs:.. Gagnier commanded Ft. Umpqua for the HBC. In 1840

GIDDINGS, Laura Lucretia.. (Mrs. H.B. Brewer): died in 1853 at the age of 36.

HINES, Lydia.. (Mrs. Gustavus, died 1870 )

HINES, Miss:.. the Rev. Hines's sister came on the ship Lausanne.

HOLMAN, Joseph Esq (1815-1880): m1. 1841 PHELPS, Almira; m2. 1875 BUSS, Libbie; member of Peoria Party that started out in 1839; after split of party at Bent's Fort he accompanied Shortess party; wintered at Fort Davy Crockett on Green River; accompanied party guided by Robert Newell to Ft. Hall; arrived at Fort Vancouver May 1840; merchant at Salem; director of Willamette Woolen Mfg Co; one of first breeders of purebred sheep; promoted the raising of flax seed for linseed oil; built Chemeketa Hotel and the Holman block in Salem; buried in Salem Pioneer Cemetery, Salem, Marion Co, Ore

HOLMAN, Mrs. Joseph,.. see Almira Phelps, arriving this year.

JANDREAU, :.. was reported leaving the 1840 Rendezvous bound for Oregon with the Newell-Meek party. He and at least a dozen ex-trappers may have reached the Valley this year.

JUDSON, Adelia (c1812-1890): m1. 1839 OLLEY, James; m2. LESLIE, David Rev.; came around Cape Horn in 1840 with missionary party as missionary and teacher; d. of paralytic stroke

JUDSON, Helen C. (1833- ): m'd MCCLANE, John B.; d/o Lewis and Almira (Roberts) Judson

JUDSON, Leonard H. (1832- ): s/o Lewis and Almira (Roberts) Judson

JUDSON, Lewis Hubbell Rev. (1809-1880): m1. 1831 ROBERTS, Almira; m2. 1846 HAWKINS, Nancy; member of the Methodist "Great Reinforcemnt" that came to Oregon on the ship Lausanne via Cape Horn; on board of trustees and was chairman of committee to draw up by-laws for Oregon Institute; after Mission was reorganized in 1844 he bought the mills near the Mission for $6000; became surveyor for Marion County; buried in Salem Pioneer Cemetery, Marion County

KILBOURNE, Ralph L. (1810-1879): m'd POPE, Maria; member of the Peoria Party; after the split of the party at Bent's Fort he accompanied the Shortess party; wintered at Fort Davy Crockett on the Green River with Cook, Holman and Fletcher; traveled to Ft. Hall with Robert Newell as guide; accompanied a company taking furs to Ft. Walla Walla; arrived at Ft. Vancouver May 1840; helped build the "Star of Oregon" in 1841; sailed with it to San Francisco in 1842; settled in NAPA Co, CA; died at Rutherford

KERNARD, John:... George Ebbert lists this name as an Oregon arrival in 1840.[Ebbert's "A Trapper's Life, 1829-1839", a MS consulted by Bancroft; Ebbert is listed in 1839]

KONE, Rev. William. W... with his wife

LANKTON, Miss Orpha ...(1806-1873);married February 1841 to Daniel Carter (his entry is in the list for 1840); second marriage Rev. John McKinney of the Methodist mission; she died, in 1873, in Sodaville, Linn County.

LARISON, John (1804- ): m. 1843 Nez Perce, Eleanor; a relative of the wives of Meek and Newell free trapper who left the service of the American Fur Company and settled on the Tualatin Plains; usually a companion of William Craig; arrived with his wife and the Craigs in the Clearwater area in August of 1840;settled near Lapwaii, much to the annoyance of Rev. Spalding who disliked trappers

LEBRETON, George W.: arrived on the brig Maryland, under the command of Capt. John H. Couch; described as intelligent, energetic New Englander, small man died 1844

LEE, Mrs. Jason ..(Lucy Thomas Lee, died 1842), his second marriage

LEWIS, Charles:.. married. Mary Ann

LEWIS, Mary Ann:.. married. Charles Lewis, 

LITTLEJOHN, Philo:.. married. Adeline Sadler independent missionary arrived with his wife; settled on Tualatin Plains

MATTS, Charles:.. listed as a former trapper settled in the Willamette Valley by the summer of 1840.[ by WH Gray in Lang's Personal Reminiscences...]

MCCLANE, Helen:.. married. John B. McClane: this entry (source?) may belong with John Burch McClane in the list for 1843.

McCERY:.. listed as a Willamette Valley farmer in 1840. Possibly ex-trapper Michel Cere [roster, Gray; McCrary and McCarty (both of 1834) were listed separately]

MCDONALD, Angus:.. at Ft. Hall for the HBC 1840-43 when he switched posts with Archibald McDonald at Ft. Coleville.

MEEK, Courtney. Walker. :.. s/o Virginia and Joe Meek who was born 10/39.

MEEK, Helen Mar (c1838-1847): d/o Joseph L. Meek; was left with the Whitmans in Oct 1840 by her father when her mother abandoned them; was still living there when the Whitman Massacre took place; died from illness shortly after Hannah Louise Sager; her father never forgave the Cayuse for her death; father participated in the hanging of the participants after they turned themselves in.

MEEK, Joseph M... (1810-1877)

MEEK, Virginia:.. m. Joe Meek 1838, as his second wife. Daughter of Nez Perce Kowesote or Thunder Eyes whom Spaulding called James. Her sister was Kitty M. Newell.

MOISAN, Thomas (1809-1888): m'd 1842 LONGTAIN, Harriet; born and raised in St. Jacque parish near Montreal, CN; left Canada in 1838 and wintered in New Orleans; spring of 1839 joined American Fur Company and crossed Rocky Mountains; spring of 1840 left the Company and started for the Willamette Valley; took up land claim; man of good business ability, honest, kind; instrumental in establishing church at Brooks; was an invalid for about 20 years prior to his death

MOORE, Robert (1781-1857): m1. 1805 CLARK, Margaret; m2. 1851 Tubbs (APPERSON), Jane Gilbert; member of the Peoria Party that started out in 1839; after split of party at Bent's Fort he accompanied the Shortess party for a time; arrived in OR in 1840; by 1841 was living near the mouth of the Columbia; took up DLC in Washington Co but had to relinquish half of it when his wife died before she could emigrate to OR; father of 10 children but only three of these eventually emigrated to OR; was involved in establishment of Provisional Government; served in legislature; unlike many settlers who simply took the land they wanted, he purchased his land from an Indian Chief; his land was on a hillside directly opposite Oregon City and was known as "Robin's Nest" (later became Linn City)

NEWELL, Robert (1807-1869): m1. NEZ PERCE, Kitty; m2. 1846 NEWMAN, Rebecca; m3. 1869 WARD, Mrs.; referred to often as "Doc" Newell; became a trapper at the age of 21 under Sublette in company with Jose Meek, George Ebberts and others; 1840 he served as pilot for a group of missionaries from Green river to Fort Hall where he was paid with a harness and two wagon ( he sold one wagon and one he hired Joe Meek to drive to Walla Walla); accompanied by Caleb Wilkins the small caravan traveled to the Columbia where Newell left his wagon while he continued on to the Willamette Valley (returning the next year he brought the wagon down the Columbia by boat);

Newell settled first in the Tualatin Plains near present day Hillsboro, later moving to Oregon City; 1844 he acquired land at Champoeg where he resided for nearly 20 years; Newell played a prominent roll in the forming of the provisional government; he was well read and helped organize the earliest literacy and debating society; was a director of the Oregon Printing Association which published the first newspaper, the Spectator; 1855; operated a river boat operation between Oregon City and Willamette falls with two keel boats he had obtained; served as Captain of a company of 35 men during the Yakima War; 1866 he had sold his land at Champoeg and moved to ID to live near his old friends, the Nez Perces, settling near present day Lewiston; died of heart disease a short time after moving.

NEWELL, Marcus Whitman... b. 4/17/1840: s/of of Robert and Kitty Newell

NICHOLSON, Mr...: according the WH Gray (his entry in 1836) a trapper named Nicholson and his Native American wife settled in the Willamette Valley in 1840. A settler named NICHOLS left Oregon for California in 1841 (US Exploring Expedition roster). Neither of these names appears in other records. [Bancroft wrote that Nichols may have come as far as Ft. Hall with the Bidwell-Bartleson Party in 1841]

OLNEY, Rev. James... and wife;he drowned in January 1843.

PARRISH, Josiah Lamberson Rev. (1806-1895): m. 1833 WINN, Elizabeth; came to Oregon on the ship Lausanne via Cape Horn with the Jason Lee party; was ordained minister but was also skilled as a blacksmith and harness, wagon and tool maker; 1843 established mission at mouth of Columbia River; 1849 appointed Indian Agent of area from CA to Coos Bay; original trustee of the Oregon Institute [now known as Willamette University]; 1843 helped draw up plans for a provisional government; 1855 was missionary at Gronde Ronde; rode circuit for several years but retired due to ill health

PARRISH, Lamberson W.... ( -1840): s/o Josiah L. and Elizabeth [Winn] Parrish. Died in the summer of 1840

PARRISH, Norman O.... (1836-1900): s/o Josiah L. and Elizabeth [Winn] Parrish

PARRISH, Samuel B.:.. s/of Josiah L. and Elizabeth [Winn] Parrish

PERRY, C.N. Mrs.: reportedly arrived with Mr. and Mrs. Gustavus Hines on the Lausanne in 1840; was sister of Mrs. Hines

PHILLIPS, Miss Elmira :.. (m. W.W. Raymond. Editorial note: This may be an error; Bancroft and Gray list Mrs. W W Raymond and Miss E. Phillips separately on their rosters; in 1842 Miss Phillips and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond were posted to the Methodist mission at Clatsop Plains. Methodist Mission records also list Mr. and Mrs. W. Raymond, farmer and wife, separately from Elmira Philips. Almira Philips, WW Raymond, and Lucy Fisher were all teachers in 1845 at a school in Clatsop. However, a woman remaining single in Oregon for a long period of time would be very unusual.]

RAYMOND, Abigail ...m. Alvin Thompson Smith 3/19/40

RICHARDS, G.P. Rev. and Mrs.: arrived on ship Lausanne with 3 children (Bancroft roster) ]

RICHMOND, America Talley ...(Mrs. John P. Richmond): arrived with her second husband and 4 ;her first marriage to Dr. Alexander Talley of the Choctaw Mission

ROBERTS, Almira: m'd 1831 JUDSON, Lewis Hubbell Rev.; came to Oregon on the ship Lausanne via Cape Horn with her husband and children as part of the Willamette Mission reinforcements

RORA, :... a Hawaiian assistant at the Methodist Mission in Salem is listed in this year although probably an earlier arrival

SADLER, Adeline: m. LITTLEJOHN, Philo B. Rev.: arrived with husband; settled on the Tualatin Plains

SHORTESS, Robert (1797-1878): m'd [ ], Ann; member of Peoria Party that started out in 1839; after party split at Bent's Fort he led a party to Fort St. Vrain; fall of 1839 went on to Ft. Davy Crockett on Green River; joined Robert Newell and Joseph Meek who were on way to Ft. Hall; at Ft. Hall joined a French Canadian named Silvertry who was on way to Ft. Walla Walla; they encountered extreme hardship in blizzard conditions but managed to reach their destination;

STANSBURY, Nicholas U....: listed as an Oregon resident this year [roster, Bancroft]

THOMAS, Lucy:... see Mrs. Jason Lee.

WARE, Maria T...: [aka Wair] m. June 11, 1840 to Daniel Lee

WASHINGTON, George:... a black pilot aboard the replacement for the former river pilot, a Chinook also named George, who styled himself King George.

YOUNG, Mary: m. 1823 WALKER, Joel P.; came to Oregon with their four children and her unmarried sister, Martha Young; by the end of September, the Walkers had sown a crop with the aid of Ewing Young and Dr. McLoughlin; Ewing Young hired Joel and his son for occasional work and Martha Young (Mary Young Walker's sister) as a seamstress and laundress.

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