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About Captain Minnie May Hill
Daughter of Isaac V Mossman & Martha Eleanor 'Nellie' Jackson; wife of Charles Oliver Hill; mother of Herbert W. Hill.
After her marriage to Charles Hill, she received her Master's License to operate steamboats (01 Dec 1886) and was the first woman captain on the Columbia River, and the only woman captain in the Northwest until 1907.
Her husband also captained steamboats and in 1889 the couple purchased their own steamboat, the Governor Newell, which they operated together on the Columbia River with Minnie as captain and Charles as engineer.
Minnie resided in San Francisco and died at her home located at 2490 Greenwich Street, leaving behind sisters Mrs. Ida Yeager, Mrs. Aimee Redmond, Mrs. Lottie DeVaull and one brother, Frank Mossman.
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A special Thank You to Louis Roth, for visting the cemetery, tracking down Minnie's location and posting photographs!
- Reference: California Deaths, 1940 - 1997 - SmartCopy: Aug 8 2023, 16:59:14 UTC
- Residence: Olympia, Thurston, Washington, United States - 1870
- Residence: Olympia, Thurston, Washington, United States - 1880
- Residence: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States - 19 September 1894
- Residence: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States - 1900
- Residence: Portland City Election Precinct 25, Multnomah, Oregon, United States - 1900
- Residence: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States - 1910
- Residence: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States - 1920
- Residence: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States - 1930
- Residence: Same House - 1935
- Residence: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States - 28 November 1936
- Residence: Portland City Election Precinct 44, Multnomah, Oregon, United States - 1940
- Residence: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States - 12 June 1942
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Captain Minnie May Hill's Timeline
| 1863 |
July 20, 1863
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Albany, Linn County, Oregon, United States
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| 1894 |
September 19, 1894
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Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
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| 1946 |
January 9, 1946
Age 82
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San Francisco, California, United States
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January 11, 1946
Age 82
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Olivet Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, United States
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