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Michel “Marshell” Martineau Jr.

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Birth	:	1862 Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA
Death	:	May 1910 USA
Burial	:	Saint Josaphats Cemetery, Loup City, Sherman County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.3022003, -98.9847031
Description	:	Tombstones Reads: MARSHELL MARTINEAU BORN IN VANCOUVER WN 1862 DIED MAY 1910 BELONG TO CASCADE TRIBE HIS GRAND FATHER Suggested edit: Biographical article: MICHELLE MARTINEAU [nephew to Virginia], retired steam-boat captain and sailing master and at present [early 20th century] living upon his two hundred and forty acre ranch three and a half miles west of Toppenish, is the “son of one of the noted pioneers of the Northwest, and himself is a man of striking character, well known in the later history of the Northwest. His father, Michelle Martineau, senior, was a native of Montreal,... Read More	Tombstones Reads: MARSHELL MARTINEAU BORN IN VANCOUVER WN 1862 DIED MAY 1910 BELONG TO CASCADE TRIBE HIS GRAND FATHER Suggested edit: Biographical article: MICHELLE MARTINEAU [nephew to Virginia], retired steam-boat captain and sailing master and at present [early 20th century] living upon his two hundred and forty acre ranch three and a half miles west of Toppenish, is the “son of one of the noted pioneers of the Northwest, and himself is a man of striking character, well known in the later history of the Northwest. His father, Michelle Martineau, senior, was a native of Montreal, Quebec, of Canadian French stock. Early in life, he came into the wilderness of western Canada, accompanying Doctor McLoughlin to his post at Vancouver. First, the father served as a mail carrier in the Rocky Mountain region, working for the Hudson’s Bay Company; then he entered other departments of the service, traveling all through the west. It is said that he and another white man named Bozmah were the first whites to find Doctor Whitman’s body after the massacre. History refers to this intrepid French Canadian in dealing with the story of the west. He was at one time accused of killing John McCoy, another well-known pioneer. The senior Martineau died in 1902. The mother was a Wickham [Wishram-presently], a member of the Cascade tribe of Indians [Wishrams and Cascades were said to be of the same tribe for a time]. Her father was Chief Tompha [Tumulth], hanged in 1856 at the Cascades by order of Colonel Wright. She died in 1871. [some spellings and details may be inaccurate in this account] The younger Martineau was born at Vancouver in 1848, while Oregon was yet a territory, and the only settlements in the Northwest were along the Columbia and Willamette rivers and on Puget Sound. He was reared at Portland, the Cascades, and The Dalles, thoroughly imbibing the free, restless, dashing spirit of the life around him. At the age of sixteen, he entered the steamboat business in the kitchen department, rising thence very rapidly to engineer and then to a captain’s berth. He was the first captain of the General Humphreys, plying between the upper Cascades and The Dalles in 1879. He has been captain of all the steamers owned by the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company and has served the government fleet on the Columbia and its tributaries, among the steamers under his captaincy being the R. Thompson, the Harvest Queen, Emma Howard, and the Modoc. In 1898 he went into the Alaskan waters for an English syndicate. There he was captain of the Flora, the first boat built on the Yukon River, and since 1898 he has spent each season on the Yukon. In 1903 he had charge of the Frantz. Early in his steamboat experience, he was recognized as one of the ablest masters on the Columbia River, and each year since has added to his reputation in that line. He has, however, decided to retire from his steamboat life, and with that end in view will take charge of his ranch, now under lease, as soon as the lease expires this year.” His property interests consist of this ranch, which is all under water, and mining property in the Yukon region. In 1874 Mr. Martineau was united in marriage to Martha Tieo, a native of Oregon City, whose parents were Cowlipe Tieo, a native of the Sandwich Islands, and Ticashara (Winner) Tieo, a member of The Dalles tribe of Columbia River Indians [Wasco or Wishram]. Mrs. Martineau is a sister of Alex Tieo, Indian foreman of the new government ditch being built near Wapato. Captain Martineau is a member of the Sailors and Masters’ Association of America. The captain is a man of ability and is an excellent representative of the old school of Northwestern pioneers whose courage, energy and perseverance have made it possible to reclaim the Pacific coast of America from its original wild condition and place the stamp of civilization upon it. References: These accounts reportedly gathered from the Huntington Library but this is unconfirmed. Narrative accounts courtesy Val Alexander with some information from Chuck Williams. Online source: https://ndnhistoryresearch.com/2017/10/05/cascades-watlala-narratives Original source unknown; it appears to come from one of the regional history/biography volumes which were quite common during the late 1800's and early 1900's, but that is only speculation. The dates inferred (after 1903 but prior to his death) would place the information beyond copyright limitations. The bracketed comments are apparently added by the online editors, and may legitimately be eliminated for Find a Grave. Contributor: Bob Wilson (47266046) Suggested edit: This should be the final correction until I pin down his death or locate his mother. Catholic Church Records of the Pacific Northwest Vancouver, Vols. I & II, Stellamaris Mission Harriet Duncan Munnick French Prairie Press, 1972 Volume II, p. 116 B13 Michel Martinod/Martineau/ The 24 February, 1851, by us priest undersigned has been baptized Michel born the 21 of the current month of the legitimate marriage of Michel Martinod and of Catherine /Cascades/ of this Mission. Godfather Alexandre Pombrun, godmother Louise Labelle who have not known how to sign. J B A Brouillet priest. Contributor: Bob Wilson (47266046) •

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Michel “Marshell” Martineau Jr.'s memorial is located at: Saint Josaphats Cemetery, Loup City, Sherman County, USA.
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Michel “Marshell” Martineau Jr. death on May 1910 in USA
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Latitude: 41.3022003
Longitude: -98.9847031

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Saint Josaphats Cemetery
Loup City, Sherman County, USA
Coordinate: 41.3022003, -98.9847031

2. Evergreen Cemetery
Loup City, Sherman County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2997017, -98.9852982

3. Sunny Slope Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.2906000, -99.0267000

4. Cleoria Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.2779000, -99.0893500

5. Balsora Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.3782997, -99.0975037

6. Austin Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.1880989, -98.8981018

7. Verdurette Cemetery
Sherman County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1697006, -98.9757996

8. Davis Creek Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.4219017, -98.9052963

9. Saint Francis Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.2438000, -98.7994000

10. Lone Elm Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.2921982, -99.1864014

11. Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.2140000, -98.8142000

12. Arcadia Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.4237000, -99.1167000

13. Gray Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.2099991, -99.1567001

14. Pleasant Hill Friends Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.4230800, -98.8377700

15. Dunkard Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.4522000, -99.0769000

16. Union Cemetery
Ashton, Sherman County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2214012, -98.7855988

17. Litchfield Cemetery
Litchfield, Sherman County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1543999, -99.1283035

18. Mount Carmel Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.2797012, -98.7328033

19. Salem Evangelical Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.4902992, -98.9244003

20. Lewis Burial Plat
Litchfield, Sherman County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1383000, -99.1484000

21. Lee Park Cemetery
Custer County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4025002, -99.2307968

22. Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery
Hazard, Sherman County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0913000, -99.0052000

23. Lee Park Catholic Cemetery
Westerville, Custer County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4091988, -99.2311020

24. Dannevirke Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.3227997, -98.6986008