GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Wisconsin: WI-2
Holy Family Church. Bayfield Peninsula Parish Cluster
232 North First Street
P.O. Box 1290
Bayfield, WI 54814
Phone: 715-913-0183
Email: hfchurch@ncis.net
History: Holy Family Church/ Mission, Bayfield, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, has been a mixed Native and non-Native American parish in the Dioceses of Superior (Archives: Superior, Wisconsin). Antecedent parishes have included St. Joseph Church/ Mission, La Pointe, Christ Church, Bayfield, and St. Francis Church/ Mission, Red Cliff, Red Cliff Reservation.
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1669-1670s |
Father Claude-Jean Allouez (1622-1689), S.J. [Jesuits], Father Jacques Marquette (1637-1675), S.J., and other Jesuits (French Jesuit Province) (Archives: Montreal, Canada and Vanves, France) visited La Pointe and established St. Joseph Mission (Illinois, Ojibwa, Métis), La Pointe, Madeline Island |
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1835-1860 |
Father Frederic Baraga reestablished and administered St. Joseph Church and School, La Pointe |
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1835-1860 |
Milwaukee diocesan priests administered St. Joseph Church and School |
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1860-1878 (closed) |
Diocesan priests (Milwaukee, 1860-1868, La Crosse, 1868-1878) established and administered Christ Church (Ojibwa, Métis, in part), Bayfield |
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1878-1969 |
Franciscans (Sacred Heart Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) established and administered Holy Family Mission (Ojibwa, Métis, in part), Bayfield |
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1879-1999 (closed) |
Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate (Archives: Joliet, Illinois) established and staffed Holy Family Mission Day School (Ojibwa, Métis) |
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1880-1936 (closed) |
Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate established and staffed Holy Family Mission Boarding School (Ojibwa, Métis) |
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1883-ca. 1888 (closed) |
Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate reestablished and staffed St. Joseph School |
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1901-1902 |
Fire destroyed St. Joseph Mission, which was rebuilt the next year |
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1969-present |
Superior diocesan priests have administered Holy Family |
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2012-2018 |
Father Kevin M. Gordon (Ojibwa), pastor, administered Holy Family and St. Francis, Red Cliff. |
Milwaukee diocesan priests from St. Joseph’s, La Pointe, attended these missions and stations among the Ojibwa Indians:
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1835-1860 (transferred to Christ Church) |
Fond du Lac Reservation station, Minnesota |
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ca. 1845-1860 (transferred to Christ Church) |
Lac Court Oreilles Reservation station |
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1854-1855 (became a mission) |
Superior City station |
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1855-1860 (transferred to Christ Church) |
Assumption of Our Lady Mission, Superior |
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1855-1860 (transferred to Christ Church) |
Bad River Reservation station |
Diocesan priests (Milwaukee, 1860-1868, La Crosse Diocese, 1868-1872) at Christ Church, Bayfield, attended these stations among the Ojibwa Indians:
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1860-1861 (closed) |
Lac du Flambeau Reservation station |
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1860-1872 (transferred to Sacred Heart, Duluth) |
Fond du Lac Reservation station, Minnesota
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Franciscans at Holy Family, Bayfield, attended these missions and stations among the Ojibwa Indians:
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1860-1882 (transferred to St. Francis Xavier, Superior) |
Lac Court Oreilles Reservation station |
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1860-1888 (became a mission) |
Bad River Reservation station |
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1860-1878 (became a parish) |
St. Francis Xavier/ Assumption of Our Lady Mission, Superior |
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1860-1927 (transferred to St. Francis, Red Cliff) |
St. Joseph Mission, La Pointe |
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1868-1886 (transferred to St. Agnes, Ashland) |
Our Lady of Seven Dolors Mission, Odanah, Bad River Reservation |
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1872-1878 (became a mission) |
Ashland station |
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1878-1886 (became a parish) |
St. Agnes Mission, Ashland |
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ca. 1875 (closed) |
Lac du Flambeau Reservation station |
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1878-1882 (transferred to St. Francis Xavier, Superior) |
Gordon station |
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1878-1893 (becomes a mission) |
Red Cliff Reservation station |
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1879-1882 (transferred to St. Francis Xavier, Superior) |
Trade River station |
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1879-1880 (became a mission) |
Flambeaufarm station |
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1880-1882 (transferred to St. Francis Xavier, Superior) |
St. Francis of Assisi Mission, Flambeaufarm |
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1880-1882 (transferred to St. Francis Xavier, Superior) |
Mouth of Yellow River station |
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1880-1882 (transferred to St. Francis Xavier, Superior) |
Bellilfalls station |
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1880-1882 (transferred to St. Francis Xavier, Superior) |
Pakawong station |
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1880-1885 (closed) |
Gordonsfarm station |
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1893-1927 (becomes a parish) |
St. Francis Mission, Red Cliff, Red Cliff Reservation |
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1899-1900 (became a mission) (transferred to St. Francis, Red Cliff) |
Belanger Settlement station |
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1900-1927 (transferred to St. Francis, Red Cliff) |
St. Anthony Mission, Belanger Settlement |
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1908 (closed) |
Balsam Lake station |
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1950-present |
St. Joseph Mission, La Pointe |
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1960-1962 (closed) |
St. Anthony Mission, Belanger Settlement |
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1960-1964 (became a parish) |
St. Francis Mission, Red Cliff, Red Cliff Reservation |
St. Francis Church, Red Cliff, Red Cliff Reservation:
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1878-1893 |
Franciscans (Sacred Heart Province, St. Louis, Missouri) attended Red Cliff Reservation station (Ojibwa) from Holy Family, Bayfield |
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1880-1893 |
Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate (Joliet, Illinois) established and staffed Red Cliff Catholic Day School, Red Cliff, Red Cliff Reservation |
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1893-1927 |
Franciscans established and attended St. Francis Mission (Ojibwa) from Holy Family, Bayfield |
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1893-1896 |
Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate Staffed the Red Cliff Government School (Ojibwa), Red Cliff, Red Cliff Reservation |
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1896-1960 (closed) |
Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate staff St. Francis School (Ojibwa), Red Cliff, Red Cliff Reservation |
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1927-1960 |
Became a parish; Franciscans administered St. Francis Church |
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1960-1999 (closed) |
Students from St. Francis parish transferred to Holy Family School, Bayfield |
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1960-1964 |
Franciscans attended St. Francis Church from Holy Family, Bayfield |
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1964-2010s |
Franciscans administered St. Francis |
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2012-2018 |
Rev. Kevin M. Gordon (Ojibwa), a diocesan priest, administered St. Francis. |
Franciscans at St. Francis, Red Cliff, attended these missions among the Ojibwa Indians:
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1927-1950 (transferred to Holy Family, Bayfield) |
St. Joseph Mission (Ojibwa and Métis, in part), La Pointe, Madeline Island |
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1927-1960 (transferred to Holy Family, Bayfield) |
St. Anthony Mission, Belanger Settlement |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1835-ongoing
Volume: Over 4 cubic feet
Description: The records at Holy Family Church are described by record type because they lacked a classification scheme when reviewed by Marquette University archivists, ca. 1980.
/1 Sacramental records
Inclusive dates: 1835-ongoing
Volume: 13 volumes
Description:
A. Bayfield, Holy Family, La Pointe, St. Joseph's, and their Native missions and stations, 1835-present, 10 volumes; baptisms and marriages, 1835-present; deaths, 1859-present; first communions, 1879-present; confirmations, 1882-present
B. Red Cliff, St. Francis, and its Native missions, 3 volumes, 1913-present; baptisms, first communions, marriages, and deaths (funerals), 1913-present; confirmations, 1914-present
/2 Annals of the Sisters of St. Francis
Inclusive dates: 1879-1969
Volume: 3 volumes
Description: Annual entries, 1879-1926, and daily entries, 1926-1969
/3 Financial records
Inclusive dates: 1924-1959, 1966-1977
Volume: 10 volumes
Description: Annual and monthly financial journals of the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate, which contain receipts and expenditures.
/4 School records (copies)
Inclusive dates: 1897-1923
Volume: 2 volumes
Description:
A. Holy Family School, 1897-1918, 1 volume: student records with name, birth date, arrival and departure dates, and remarks
B. Francis School, Red Cliff, 1909-1923, 1 volume: student attendance lists
/5 Photographs
Inclusive dates: 1960s-ongoing
Volume: Over 80 prints
Description: St. Francis Church and its Indian missions
/6 Subject file
Inclusive dates: 1950s-ongoing
Volume: 2 cubic feet
Description: Arranged alphabetically; Includes St. Francis Church, Red Cliff, and its Native American missions
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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