GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Michigan: MI-44
Holy Name of Jesus Church
377 Maple Street
Sault Sainte Marie, MI 49783
Phone: 906-632-3381
Email: stmary377@gmail.com
History: Also see website
History: Holy Name of Mary Church, Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa County, Michigan, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish that had some Native American (Ojibwa, Métis) parishioners in the Diocese of Marquette (Archives: Marquette, Michigan).
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1834-1838 |
Redemptorists (Archives: Chicago, Illinois) established and administered a chapel (Ojibwa) at Sault Sainte Marie |
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1836-1838 |
Redemptorists established and staffed a school |
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1837-1838 |
Redemptorists established and administered St. Mary Mission |
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1838-1845 |
Detroit diocesan priests attended St. Mary’s from St. Peter’s, Harbor Springs |
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1846-1861 |
Jesuits (Upper Canada Province) (Archives: Montreal, Quebec) administered St. Mary's |
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1847-1860s |
Jesuits established and staffed a School for Boys |
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1853-1860 |
Ursulines (presently, Crystal City, Missouri) established and staffed a School for Girls |
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1861-1864 |
Became a parish; diocesan priests administered St. Mary Church |
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1864-1914 |
Jesuits administered Holy Name of Mary/ St. Mary’s and attended Native missions from Holy Name until 1939 |
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1866-1873 |
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) administered the school |
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1874-1896 |
Daughters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Archives: Holyoke, Massachusetts) administered the school |
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1896-1920s (no longer Native) |
Sisters of Loretto (Archives: Toronto, Canada) administered the school |
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1914-1920s (no longer Native) |
Marquette diocesan priests administered Holy Name
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Jesuits at Holy Name attended to the following Ojibwa Indian missions in the Upper Peninsula:
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1850s-1939 |
All Upper Peninsula missions except the Baraga Mission |
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1948-1980s |
Eastern District missions in the Upper Peninsula |
Jesuits at St. Ignace attended the following Ojibwa Indian missions:
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1939-1946 |
All Upper Peninsula missions except the Baraga Mission |
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1946-1948 |
Eastern District missions in the Upper Peninsula |
Jesuits at Escanaba attended to the following Ojibwa Indian missions in the Upper Peninsula:
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1946, 1955-1960 |
Western District missions in the Upper Peninsula except the Baraga Mission |
Jesuits at Marquette attended to the following Ojibwa Indian missions in the Upper Peninsula:
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1947-1955 |
Western District missions in the Upper Peninsula except the Baraga Mission |
Jesuits at Assinins and Bark River attended to the following Ojibwa Indian missions in the Upper Peninsula:
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1960-1980s |
Western District missions in the Upper Peninsula except the Baraga Mission |
Although the missions were attended from the sites noted above, the sacramental records have been kept at the following locations:
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1834-1940 |
Holy Name of Mary Church, Sault Sainte Marie: All Upper Peninsula missions except the Baraga Mission |
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1940-1959 |
St. Isaac Jogues Church, Sault Sainte Marie: All Upper Peninsula missions except the Baraga Mission |
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1960-present |
St. Isaac Jogues Church: Eastern District missions in the Upper Peninsula |
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1960-present |
For the Western District missions, sacraments administered were recorded in the books of the parish, which coincided with the local Native community |
The sacramental records at Holy Name of Mary Church include those for the following Ojibwa Indian missions in the Upper Peninsula:
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1857-1880 (transferred to Jesuits, Upper Canada Province) |
Our Savior, Friend of Children Mission, Sugar Island
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1862-1880 (transferred to Jesuits, Upper Canada Province) |
St. Joseph Mission, Sugar Island |
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1884-1891 (became a parish) |
Sacred Heart Mission, De Tour |
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1892-1960 (closed) |
St. Lawrence Mission, Indian Point |
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1894-1930 (closed) |
St. Joseph Mission, Sugar Island |
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1894-1943 (closed) |
St. Teresa Mission, Sugar Island |
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1899-1946 (closed) |
Our Lady of the Snows Mission, Hessel |
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1899-1960 (closed) |
Drummond Island station, and 1941-1960, St. Florence Mission, Drummond Island |
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1899-present |
Bay Mills/ Iroquois Mission station, and since 1939, St. Kateri Tekakwitha/ St. Catherine Mission, Bay Mills |
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1923-present |
Sacred Heart Mission, Sugar Island |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1834-1940
Volume: Over 1 cubic foot
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, deaths) for Native American parishioners of the Upper Peninsula missions, excluding Baraga; baptisms, 1834-1940; marriages and deaths, 1836-1940.
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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