GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Wisconsin: WI-4
Notre Dame Church
117 Allen Street
Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
Phone: 715-723-7108
Email: parishoffice@thechurchofnotredame.org
History: Notre Dame Church, Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Dioceses of Superior (Archives: Superior, Wisconsin).
1854-1891 |
Superior diocesan priests administered Notre Dame Church |
1891-1906 |
Holy Ghost Fathers [a.k.a. Spiritans] administered Notre Dame |
Superior diocesan priests and Holy Ghost Fathers at Notre Dame attended to the following missions among Ojibwa Indians:
1854-1860s? |
Waswagoning mission, Lac du Flambeau Reservation |
1860-1880 (became a mission) |
Flambeaufarm station (attended jointly with Franciscans at Bayfield, Superior, and Ashland, 1879-1880) |
1880-1906 (transferred to St. Mary's, Bruce) |
St. Francis of Assisi Mission, Flambeau (attended jointly with Franciscans at Bayfield, Superior, and Ashland, 1880-1906) |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1860-1906
Volume: 2 volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for St. Francis of Assisi Mission, Flambeaufarm station, and possibly Waswagoning mission.
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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