Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Archambeau, William Lambert April 21, 1861 - November 30, 1922
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 668 - 669
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     WILLIAM LAMBERT ARCHAMBEAU.  Diligent, conscientious and efficient, 
William Lambert Archambeau steadily advanced in the business world and was 
long identified with construction activities in Portland. A product of Oregon, 
he had the breadth of view, the self-reliant nature and the enterprising 
spirit of the true westerner and loyally supported all movements destined to 
prove of benefit to his city and state. He was born April 21, 1861,  French 
Settlement, near Roseburg, and was a son of Xavier Archambeau. The father was 
a native of France and in his youth made the voyage to Canada. Afterward he 
crossed the border into the United States, casting in his lot with the early 
settlers of Douglas county, Oregon, and hewed a farm out of the wilderness.

     William L. Archambeau was reared on the homestead and attended the 
country school at the French Settlement. From 1878 until 1880 he was a student 
at the University of Oregon and afterward completed a course in a business 
college of San Francisco, spending two years in that city. In 1882 he returned 
to Oregon, becoming an accountant for Beck & Son, a Portland firm, and later 
filled a similar position in the office of Charles H. Dodd. Subsequently Mr. 
Archambeau entered the employ of the Warren Construction Company and zealously 
applied himself to his duties. His keen mind enabled him to readily assimilate 
the technical details of the business and from time to time he was intrusted 
with greater responsibilities, eventually becoming estimate man. In that 
capacity he rendered important service to the firm, contributing toward the 
success of one of the largest construction companies in the country, and in 
1911 tendered his resignation. Thereafter he engaged in no business, only 
looking after his property interests.

     On June 14, 1882, Mr. Archambeau was married in Eugene to Miss Emma J. 
McMurry, a daughter of Fielding McMurry and a member of one of Oregon's old 
and prominent families that came to Oregon in 1852, taking up a donation claim 
near Eugene. To this union was born a daughter, Ruby L., who resides in 
Portland. Mrs. Archambeau passed away February 20, 1911. In politics he was a 
republican. After locating in the Rose city Mr. Archambeau became a Mason and 
also was identified with the Modern Woodmen of America. Genuine, frank and 
unassuming, he sedulously avoided the glare of publicity, but his good 
qualities were known and appreciated and his death on November 30, 1922, was 
mourned by a large circle of steadfast friends as well as by the members of 
his family.

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