GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Michigan: MI-18
The Catholic Communities of L’Arbre Croche
Holy Cross Church
6624 North Lake Shore Drive
Cross Village, MI 49723
Holy Childhood of Jesus Church (postal address for Holy Cross and Holy Childhood)
150 West Main Street
Harbor Springs, MI 49740
Phone (Holy Cross and Holy Childhood): 231-526-2017
Email (Holy Cross and Holy Childhood): office@holychildhoodchurch.org
History: The Catholic Communities of L’Arbre Croche, Emmet County, Michigan, has been a collaborative cluster of four nearby parishes that include Holy Cross Church, Cross Village, and Holy Childhood of Jesuit Church, Harbor Springs, which have had Native American parishioners in the Diocese of Gaylord (Archives: Gaylord, Michigan).
Holy Cross Church, Cross Village:
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1829-1833 |
Cincinnati diocesan priests at St. Peter’s, Harbor Springs, visited Cross Village (Ottawa) |
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1833-1835, 1837-1847 |
Detroit diocesan priests at St. Peter’s, Harbor Springs, visited Cross Village (Ottawa) |
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1832-1850s |
Lay teachers staffed a school (Ottawa) at Cross Village |
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1836-1837 |
Rev. Francis Pierz resided at Cross Village |
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1847 |
Detroit diocesan priests administered Holy Cross/ St. Anthony Mission (Ottawa), which had been built, ca. 1840 |
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1855-1896 |
Rev. John Weikamp, T.O.R. [Regular Franciscans], and the Regular Franciscans administered Holy Cross Mission and School (Ottawa) |
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1896-1841, 1848-1953 |
Franciscans (St. John the Baptist Province) (Archives: Cincinnati, Ohio) then (Sacred Heart Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) at Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs, attended to Holy Cross |
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1897-1953 (closed) |
Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity (Archives: Manitowoc, Wisconsin) administered the school |
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1941-1948, 1953-1990s |
Became a parish; Franciscans administered Holy Cross Church |
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1970 |
A fire destroyed some records |
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1990s-present |
Gaylord diocesan priests administered Holy Cross |
Diocesan priests and Franciscans at Holy Cross attended to the following Native American (Ojibwa, Ottawa) missions in Michigan:
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1847-1853 (closed) |
St. Vincent de Paul Mission, Manistique |
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1847-1854 (closed) |
St. Joseph Mission, Manistee |
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1847-1861 (transferred to Holy Cross, Beaver Island) |
St. Leopold Mission, Beaver Island |
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1847-1861 (transferred to Holy Cross, Beaver Island) |
Immaculate Conception of Mary Mission, Garden Island |
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1847-1868 (transferred to Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs) |
St. Ignatius/ St. Francis Xavier Mission, Middle Village/ Middletown |
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1947-1948 (transferred to Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs) |
St. Ignatius Mission, Middle Village |
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1953-present |
St. Ignatius Mission, Middle Village |
Holy Childhood of Jesus Church, Harbor Springs:
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1799-1823 |
Rev. Gabriel Richard visited Arbre Croche station (Ottawa) |
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1825-1829 |
Cincinnati diocesan priests established and attended to St. Vincent de Paul Chapel (Ottawa), Seven Mile Point, which was moved to Harbor Springs/ New Arbre Croche |
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1829-1833 |
Cincinnati diocesan priests established and administered St. Peter Church (Ottawa), Harbor Springs/ New Arbre Croche |
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1829-1886 |
Cincinnati diocesan priests established Holy Childhood of Jesus/ St. Peter School (Ottawa), which lay teachers staffed |
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1833-1839 |
Redemptorists (Archives: Chicago, Illinois) administered St. Peter’s |
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1839-1882 |
Detroit diocesan priests administered Holy Childhood of Jesus/ St. Peter Church (Ottawa), Harbor Springs/ New Arbre Croche; renamed Holy Childhood when remodeled, 1851 |
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1882-1884 |
Grand Rapids diocesan priests administered Holy Childhood of Jesus Church (Ottawa), Harbor Springs |
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1884-1990s |
Franciscans (Sacred Heart Province, St. Louis, Missouri) administered Holy Childhood |
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1886-1998 (closed) |
School Sisters of Notre Dame (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) administered Holy Childhood School |
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1990s-present |
Gaylord diocesan priests have administered Holy Childhood |
From 1829-1955, various priests from Holy Childhood/ St. Peter's Church attended the following Native American (Ojibwa, Ottawa) missions and stations:
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1829-1840 (became a mission) |
Cross Village station |
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1829-1929 (transferred to St. Francis Xavier, Petoskey) |
St. Mary Mission, Burt Lake/ Sheboygan Village |
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1831-1852 (becomes a parish) |
Grand Traverse Bay station |
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1832-1847 (transferred to Holy Cross, Cross Village) |
St. Leopold Mission, Beaver Island |
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1833-1847 (transferred to Holy Cross, Cross Village) |
St. Francis Xavier Mission, Middletown |
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1833-1847 (transferred to Holy Cross, Cross Village) |
St. Vincent de Paul Mission, Manistique |
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1833-ca. 1840s (closed) |
Detroit Island station |
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ca. 1842-1847 (transferred to Holy Cross, Cross Village) |
Garden Island station |
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ca. 1842-1847 (transferred to Holy Cross, Cross Village) |
Muskegon station |
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1840-1847 (became a parish) |
St. Anthony Mission, Cross Village |
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1859-1897 (closed) |
St. Francis Solano Mission, Petoskey |
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1868-1929 (transferred to St. Francis Xavier, Petoskey) |
St. Ignatius Mission, Middle Village |
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1876-1897 (transferred to St. Francis Xavier, Petoskey) |
Elk Rapids station |
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1876-1896 (became a mission) |
Porcupine Ridge station |
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1896-1897 (transferred to St. Francis Xavier, Petoskey) |
St. Francis Solanus Mission, Bay Shore |
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1884-1897 (transferred to St. Francis Xavier, Petoskey) |
Garden Island station |
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1884-1897 (transferred to St. Francis Xavier, Petoskey) |
High Island station |
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1886-1897 (transferred to St. Francis Xavier, Petoskey) |
St. Leopold and St. Ignatius Missions, Beaver Island |
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1895-1897 (transferred to St. Francis Xavier, Petoskey) |
St. Mary Mission, Eagletown |
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1895-1897 (transferred to St. Francis Xavier, Petoskey) |
St. Joseph Mission, Elbridge
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1896-1897 (transferred to St. Francis Xavier, Petoskey) |
Fern station |
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1896-1941 (became a parish) |
Holy Cross Mission, Cross Village |
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1900-1931 (closed) |
Five Mile Creek station |
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1918-1920 (transferred to St. James, Montague) |
St. Joseph Mission, Elbridge |
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1918-1920 (transferred to St. Jerome, Scottville) |
St. Helen Mission, Fern |
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1918-1929 (transferred to St. Francis Xavier, Petoskey) |
Sacred Heart Mission, Garden Island |
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1918-1929 (transferred to St. Francis Xavier, Petoskey) |
St. Joseph Mission, High Island |
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1918-1929 (transferred to St. Francis Xavier, Petoskey) |
St. Mary Mission, Peshawbestown |
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1948-1953 (becomes a parish) |
Holy Cross Mission, Cross Village |
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1948-1953 (transferred to Holy Cross, Cross Village) |
St. Ignatius Mission, Middle Village |
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1948-1955 (transferred to St. Francis Xavier, Petoskey) |
St. Francis Solanus Mission, Bay Shore |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1847-ongoing
Volume: Over 2.5 cubic feet
Description: The records at Holy Cross Church, Cross Village, and Holy Childhood of Jesus Church, Harbor Springs, were not organized according to a classification scheme when reviewed by a Marquette archivist, 1980. Consequently, the description is by record type. In 1984, the records were kept at three locations.
/1. Holy Cross Church
Inclusive dates: 1847-ongoing
Volume: 1 cubic foot
Description:
A. Sacramental records, 1847-1870, 1897-1900, 1952-present, .4 cubic foot: for Holy Cross and its Indian missions; baptisms, 1847-1870; marriages, 1847-1869; deaths, 1848-1870; first communions, 1897-1900; confirmations, 1864, 1868; baptisms, 1952-present; marriages, deaths, first communions, and confirmations, 1970-present; other sacramental records destroyed in a 1970 fire
B. "Status Animarium" or census records, 1860s, 1890s, 2 volumes:
C. Census of Middle Village (copy), 1860s, 1 folder
D. Census of Cross Village, ca. 1890s, 1 volume: gives the names of family members, dates of birth, and dates when the sacraments were administered
E. Announcement books written in Ottawa language; 1901-1932, 3 volumes
F. Members of the Confraternity of the Holy Scapular established at Cross Village on January 27, 1856, 1 volume: written by Reverend Frederic Baraga
G. Photographs, 1920-1960, 250 prints: Cross Village and Petoskey with many of Indian powwows at Cross Village, 1920s-1930s
H. Mission chronicle, 1856-1954, 57 pages: typed copy; original apparently burned in the 1970 fire
I. School attendance records, 1900-1901, 1 folder
J. Historical notes and clippings, undated, 1 folder
/2. Holy Childhood of Jesus Church
Inclusive dates: 1856-ongoing
Volume: 1.5 cubic feet
Description:
A. Sacramental records,1856-ongoing, 1 cubic foot: For Holy Childhood Church and its Native missions and stations; baptisms, 1856-ongoing; marriages, deaths, and first communions, 1884-ongoing; confirmations, 1886-ongoing.
B. Chronicles, 1886-1990s, 3 volumes: 2 folders:
1. House chronicle, 1886-1990s?, 2 volumes: volume I, 1886-1956, contains 300 handwritten pages; both volumes contain daily entries, and include some correspondence, school programs, and clippings
2. School chronicle, 1953-1990s?, 1 volume: contains daily entries
Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the Marquette University Archives.
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