GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Wisconsin: WI-44
St. Francis Xavier Church
2316 East Fourth Street
Superior, WI 54880
Phone: 715-398-7174
Email: See website (Contact)
History: St. Francis Xavier Church, Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish with some Ojibwa Indian parishioners in the Diocese of Superior (Archives: Superior, Wisconsin).
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1854-1860 |
Milwaukee diocesan priests from St. Joseph, La Pointe, visited Superior (Ojibwa) |
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1860-1878 |
Milwaukee diocesan priests from Christ Church, Bayfield, established and attended Assumption of Our Lady Mission (Ojibwa), Superior |
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1872 |
Assumption of Our Lady burned down |
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1878-1882 |
Milwaukee diocesan priests established and administered St. Francis Xavier Church (Ojibwa) |
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1882-1910s (no longer Native) |
Franciscans (Sacred Heart Province, St. Louis, Missouri) administered St. Francis Xavier |
Franciscans from St. Francis Xavier attended the following Ojibwa Indian missions and stations:
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1882-1894 (closed) |
Eau Claire Lakes, Moose River, Round Lake, Nemakagon, Wood Lake, Trade Lake, Sunrise, White Ash, Turtle Lake, Mouth of Fisher River, Sand Lake, and Eagleton stations, Wisconsin |
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1882-1894 (closed) |
Taylor Falls, Mora Lake, Moose Lake, Barnum, Norman, Mille Lacs, Vermillion Lake, Wold Creek, Sandy Lake, and Kettle River stations, Minnesota |
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1882-1894 (transferred to St. Agnes, Ashland) |
St. Francis of Assisi Mission, Flambeaufarm, Wisconsin |
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1882-1889 (became a mission) |
Gordon station, Wisconsin |
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1882-1894 (transferred to St. Agnes, Ashland) |
St. Anthony of Padua Mission, Pakwawong, Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation, Wisconsin |
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1882-1894 (transferred to Immaculate Conception, Red Lake) |
Holy Family Mission, Cloquet, Minnesota |
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1882-1894 (transferred to Immaculate Conception, Red Lake) |
Fond du Lac Reservation station, Minnesota |
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1882-1894 (transferred to St. Agnes, Ashland) |
Trade River station, Wisconsin |
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1882-1894 (transferred to St. Agnes, Ashland) |
St. Francis Solanus Mission, Reserve, Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation, Wisconsin |
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1882-1889 (became a mission) |
Bellilfalls station, Wisconsin |
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1882-1894 (transferred to St. Agnes, Ashland) |
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Mission, Mouth of Yellow River, Wisconsin |
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1882-1889 (transferred to St. Agnes, Ashland) |
St. Joseph Mission, Bellilfalls, Wisconsin |
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1885-1894 (transferred to St. Agnes, Ashland) |
Yellow Lake station, Wisconsin |
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1889-1894 (transferred to St. Agnes, Ashland) |
St. Mary of the Angels Mission, Gordon, Wisconsin |
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1889-1894 (transferred to St. Agnes, Ashland) |
St. Mary of Good Counsel Mission, Solon Springs/White Birch, Wisconsin |
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1904-1913 (closed) |
Itasca station, Minnesota |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1855-ca. 1910s
Volume: Several records
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Francis Xavier Church and its 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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