GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Michigan: MI-32
St. Clement Church
202 North Maple Street
Pellston, MI 49769
Phone: 231-752-8251
Email: info@stclementpc.org
History: St. Clement Church, Pellston, Emmett County, Michigan, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Gaylord (Archives: Gaylord, Michigan). Franciscans (Sacred Heart Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) at St. Clement's attended to Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (a.k.a. St. Mary’s) Mission (Ojibwa, Ottawa), Burt Lake, Burt Township, Cheboygan County, Michigan.
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1829 |
Rev. Peter De Jean from St. Peter’s, Harbor Springs, visited Sheboygan Village (Ojibwa, Ottawa) |
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1830 |
The first Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mission (Ojibwa, Ottawa) was built at Sheboygan Village |
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1830-1929 |
Lay teachers staffed a parish school |
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ca. 1840s-ca. 1860s |
Detroit diocesan priests at St. Peter's, Harbor Springs, established and attended to Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mission |
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1908 |
The second Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mission (Ojibwa, Ottawa) was built at Burt Lake |
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1929-1947 |
Franciscans at St. Francis Xavier, Petoskey, attended to Assumption BVM, Burt Lake |
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1947-1950s (closed) |
Franciscans at St. Clement’s attended to Assumption BVM |
Holdings of Catholic-related records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1901-1950s
Volume: 3 volumes
Description: Sacramental records for Native American parishioners of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mission; baptisms, 1901-ongoing; marriages and deaths, 1947-1950s; and confirmations, 1910, 1915, 1941, 1947-1950s.
Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Archives.
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