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鈥檚) Mission (Ojibwa, Ottawa), Burt Lake, Burt Township, Cheboygan County, Michigan.

1829

Rev. Peter De Jean from St. Peter鈥檚, Harbor Springs, visited Sheboygan Village (Ojibwa, Ottawa)

1830

The first Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mission (Ojibwa, Ottawa) was built at Sheboygan Village

1830-1929

Lay teachers staffed a parish school

ca. 1840s-ca. 1860s

Detroit diocesan priests at St. Peter's, Harbor Springs, established and attended to Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mission

1908

The second Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mission (Ojibwa, Ottawa) was built at Burt Lake

1929-1947

Franciscans at St. Francis Xavier, Petoskey, attended to Assumption BVM, Burt Lake

1947-1950s (closed)

Franciscans at St. Clement鈥檚 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 向日葵视频 Archives.

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