GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Michigan: MI-5

Holy Cross Church
37860 Kings Highway
P.O. Box 145
Beaver Island, MI 49782

Phone: 231-448-2230
Email: holycross@tds.net

 

History: Holy Cross Church, Beaver Island/ St. James, Charlevoix County, Michigan, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Gaylord (Archives: Gaylord, Michigan). Holy Cross had some Native American (Ottawa) parishioners.

1860-1882

Father Frederic Baraga and Detroit diocesan priests (Archives: Detroit, Michigan) established and administered Holy Cross Church (Ottawa), Beaver Island

1882-1886

Grand Rapids diocesan priests (Archives: Grand Rapids, Michigan) administered Holy Cross

1886-1897

 

Franciscans (Sacred Heart Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) at Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs, attended to Holy Cross

1897-1905

Franciscans at St. Francis Xavier, Petoskey, attended to Holy Cross

1905-1910 (no longer Native)

Franciscans administered Holy Cross

1910-1971

Grand Rapid diocesan priests administered Holy Cross

1971-present

Gaylord diocesan priests (Archives: Gaylord, Michigan) have administered Holy Cross

Diocesan priests, and Franciscans at Holy Cross, Beaver Island, attended to the following Native American (Ottawa) missions and stations, Charlevoix County, Michigan:

1861-1860s

Immaculate Conception of Mary Mission, Garden Island

1860s-1884 (transferred to Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs)

Garden Island station

1861-1886 (transferred to Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs)

St. Leopold Mission, Beaver Island

1905-1910 (transferred to St. Francis, Petoskey)

Garden Island station

1905-1910 (transferred to St. Francis, Petoskey)

St. Joseph Mission, High Island

St. Leopold Mission, Beaver Island:

1832-1847

Detroit diocesan priests at St. Peter’s, Harbor Springs, established and attended to St. Leopold Mission (Ottawa)

1847-1861

Franciscans at Holy Cross, Cross Village, attended to St. Leopold Mission (Ottawa)

1861-1882

Detroit diocesan priests at Holy Cross, Beaver Island, attended to St. Leopold’s

1882-1886

Grand Rapids diocesan priests at Holy Cross, Beaver Island, attended to St. Leopold’s

1886-1893 (closed)

Franciscans at Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs, attended to St. Leopold’s

St. Ignatius Mission, Beaver Island:

1861-1882

 

Detroit diocesan priests established and administered St. Ignatius Mission (Ottawa)

1882-1886

Grand Rapids diocesan priests administered St. Ignatius

1886-1897

Franciscans at Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs, attended to St. Ignatius

1897-1899 (closed)

Franciscans at St. Francis Xavier, Petoskey, attended to St. Ignatius

Immaculate Conception of Mary Mission and School, Garden Island:

1847-1861

Detroit diocesan priests at Holy Cross, Cross Village, visited Garden Island (Ottawa)

1855-1861

Detroit diocesan priests established and administered Immaculate Conception of Mary Mission and School (Ottawa)

1861-1860s (closed)

Detroit diocesan priests at Holy Cross, Beaver Island, attended to Immaculate Conception

1884-1897

Franciscans at Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs, attended to the Garden Island stations (Ottawa)

1897-1905 (closed)

Franciscans at St. Francis Xavier, Petoskey, attended to the Garden Island stations

St. Joseph Mission, High Island:

1884-1897

Franciscans at Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs, attended to High Island station (Ottawa)

1897-1905

Franciscans at St. Francis Xavier, Petoskey attended to High Island station

1905-1910

Grand Rapids diocesan priests established and attended to St. Joseph Mission (Ottawa), High Island  

1910-1918

Franciscans at St. Francis Xavier, Petoskey, attended to St. Joseph’s, High Island 

1918-1929

Franciscans at Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs, attended to St. Joseph’s, High Island

1929-1939 (closed)

Franciscans at St. Francis Xavier, Petoskey, attended to St. Joseph’s, High Island

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1862-1886, 1905-1910

Volume: 1 volume

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of the missions, schools, and stations at Beaver Island, Garden Island, and High Island, Michigan.

 

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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