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Helen Mar Meek

Birth
Nez Perce County, Idaho, USA
Death
12 Dec 1847 (aged 6–7)
Walla Walla County, Washington, USA
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Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington, USA Add to Map
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She was born in the Rocky Mountains where her father, fur trapper Joseph Meek, and his first wife, a native Indian woman whose name was Umentucken (Mountain Lamb), met. Umentucken was killed by enemy Indians when Helen Mar was very young.

While en route to the Willamette Valley in 1836 Meek placed Helen Mar in the care of missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman at Waiilatpu, a mission the Whitmans had established about 6 miles from present day Walla Walla.

Helen contracted measles and in late 1847 and succumbed due to exposure shortly after the the Whitman Massacre of November 29, 1847; a calamity with Nez Perce Indians that resulted in many deaths and ended the mission.

According to Catherine Sager, one of the seven orphans who arrived at Whitman's house in 1844, Helen was 7 years old at the time of her death.
She was born in the Rocky Mountains where her father, fur trapper Joseph Meek, and his first wife, a native Indian woman whose name was Umentucken (Mountain Lamb), met. Umentucken was killed by enemy Indians when Helen Mar was very young.

While en route to the Willamette Valley in 1836 Meek placed Helen Mar in the care of missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman at Waiilatpu, a mission the Whitmans had established about 6 miles from present day Walla Walla.

Helen contracted measles and in late 1847 and succumbed due to exposure shortly after the the Whitman Massacre of November 29, 1847; a calamity with Nez Perce Indians that resulted in many deaths and ended the mission.

According to Catherine Sager, one of the seven orphans who arrived at Whitman's house in 1844, Helen was 7 years old at the time of her death.

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  • Created by: Sarah SadieTebbs
  • Added: Jan 23, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17655840/helen_mar-meek: accessed ), memorial page for Helen Mar Meek (1840–12 Dec 1847), Find a Grave Memorial ID 17655840, citing Whitman Mission National Historic Site Cemetery, Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington, USA; Maintained by Sarah SadieTebbs (contributor 46875502).