death_place death_date birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
oregon july 14 , 1861 quebec 1777 joseph gervais
 joseph gervais trapper , farmer
joseph gervais

joseph gervais -lrb- 1777 -- july 14 , 1861 -rrb- was a pioneer settler and trapper in the columbia district of the hudson 's bay company -lrb- claimed as the oregon country and now in the present-day united states -rrb- .
he is the namesake for the town of gervais , oregon .
