GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Michigan: MI-5
Holy Cross Church
37860 Kings Highway
P.O. Box 145
Beaver Island, MI 49782
Phone: 231-448-2230
Email: holycross@tds.net
History: Holy Cross Church, Beaver Island/ St. James, Charlevoix County, Michigan, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Gaylord (Archives: Gaylord, Michigan). Holy Cross had some Native American (Ottawa) parishioners.
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1860-1882 |
Father Frederic Baraga and Detroit diocesan priests (Archives: Detroit, Michigan) established and administered Holy Cross Church (Ottawa), Beaver Island |
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1882-1886 |
Grand Rapids diocesan priests (Archives: Grand Rapids, Michigan) administered Holy Cross |
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1886-1897
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Franciscans (Sacred Heart Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) at Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs, attended to Holy Cross |
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1897-1905 |
Franciscans at St. Francis Xavier, Petoskey, attended to Holy Cross |
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1905-1910 (no longer Native) |
Franciscans administered Holy Cross |
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1910-1971 |
Grand Rapid diocesan priests administered Holy Cross |
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1971-present |
Gaylord diocesan priests (Archives: Gaylord, Michigan) have administered Holy Cross |
Diocesan priests, and Franciscans at Holy Cross, Beaver Island, attended to the following Native American (Ottawa) missions and stations, Charlevoix County, Michigan:
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1861-1860s |
Immaculate Conception of Mary Mission, Garden Island |
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1860s-1884 (transferred to Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs) |
Garden Island station |
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1861-1886 (transferred to Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs) |
St. Leopold Mission, Beaver Island |
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1905-1910 (transferred to St. Francis, Petoskey) |
Garden Island station |
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1905-1910 (transferred to St. Francis, Petoskey) |
St. Joseph Mission, High Island |
St. Leopold Mission, Beaver Island:
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1832-1847 |
Detroit diocesan priests at St. Peter’s, Harbor Springs, established and attended to St. Leopold Mission (Ottawa) |
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1847-1861 |
Franciscans at Holy Cross, Cross Village, attended to St. Leopold Mission (Ottawa) |
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1861-1882 |
Detroit diocesan priests at Holy Cross, Beaver Island, attended to St. Leopold’s |
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1882-1886 |
Grand Rapids diocesan priests at Holy Cross, Beaver Island, attended to St. Leopold’s |
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1886-1893 (closed) |
Franciscans at Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs, attended to St. Leopold’s |
St. Ignatius Mission, Beaver Island:
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1861-1882
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Detroit diocesan priests established and administered St. Ignatius Mission (Ottawa) |
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1882-1886 |
Grand Rapids diocesan priests administered St. Ignatius |
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1886-1897 |
Franciscans at Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs, attended to St. Ignatius |
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1897-1899 (closed) |
Franciscans at St. Francis Xavier, Petoskey, attended to St. Ignatius |
Immaculate Conception of Mary Mission and School, Garden Island:
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1847-1861 |
Detroit diocesan priests at Holy Cross, Cross Village, visited Garden Island (Ottawa) |
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1855-1861 |
Detroit diocesan priests established and administered Immaculate Conception of Mary Mission and School (Ottawa) |
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1861-1860s (closed) |
Detroit diocesan priests at Holy Cross, Beaver Island, attended to Immaculate Conception |
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1884-1897 |
Franciscans at Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs, attended to the Garden Island stations (Ottawa) |
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1897-1905 (closed) |
Franciscans at St. Francis Xavier, Petoskey, attended to the Garden Island stations |
St. Joseph Mission, High Island:
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1884-1897 |
Franciscans at Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs, attended to High Island station (Ottawa) |
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1897-1905 |
Franciscans at St. Francis Xavier, Petoskey attended to High Island station |
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1905-1910 |
Grand Rapids diocesan priests established and attended to St. Joseph Mission (Ottawa), High Island |
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1910-1918 |
Franciscans at St. Francis Xavier, Petoskey, attended to St. Joseph’s, High Island |
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1918-1929 |
Franciscans at Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs, attended to St. Joseph’s, High Island |
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1929-1939 (closed) |
Franciscans at St. Francis Xavier, Petoskey, attended to St. Joseph’s, High Island |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1862-1886, 1905-1910
Volume: 1 volume
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of the missions, schools, and stations at Beaver Island, Garden Island, and High Island, Michigan.
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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