Chippewa County

Image file Map of Chippewa County - 1895

HTML file Chippewa County Research Page
This page contains the results of my research performed at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City, UT in 1998.

External web page Chippewa County Cemetery Transcriptions
This page contains links to cemetery transcriptions for a number of cemeteries throughout Chippewa County, including:

Bethel Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
Donaldson Presbyterian Cemetery
Fairview Cemetery
Lytle Family Cemetery
Maple Grove
Pine Grove
Riverview Cemetery
Rudyard Protestant Cemetery
and many others...

External web page Chippewa County Obituary Transcriptions

Dafter

Named after a town of the same name in Ireland.

De Tour Village is settled at the far eastern tip of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Situated at the Strait of De Tour Passage where the St. Mary's River joins Lake Huron, De Tour was named hundreds of years ago by the old French voyageurs as the "turning point" to Mackinac. De Tour was a fishing community and firewood fueling station known to the Indians and early settlers long before Detroit or Chicago were even dreamed of.

In 1848 De Tour was named Warrenville, after the name of the first township postmaster, Ebenezer Warren. Its name was changed to De Tour on July 25, 1856, when Henry A. Williams became the area postmaster. The office was closed, restored, then closed, and finally restored in 1877. De Tour was incorporated as De Tour Village in 1961.

Kinross

Named for Kinross, Scotland, by the Scottish-Irish settlers who had come into the area by way of Canada.

Pickford

The Village of Pickford is located on the Moneskong River.

HTML file A History of Pickford Area Pioneer Families
This link takes you to a site containing a written history of a number of the pioneering families from the Pickford, Michigan area. A Word document version is also available here:
Adobe Acrobat file A History of Pickford Area Pioneer Families

Raber

Gateway to historic Lime Island and Round Island Lighthouses.

Rudyard

Named by a Soo Line Railroad executive because of his great admiration for Rudyard Kipling.

Adobe Acrobat file Tales of Rudyard
Originally published in 1922 and reprinted by the Rudyard Lion's Club in 1973, this article contains a number of short stories about the history and people of Rudyard, Michigan.

Sault Ste. Marie

Le Sault de Sainte Marie received its name in 1641 by French Jesuits, Isaac Jogues and Charles Raymbault, from its being on the heights overlooking the rapids (in French, sault) and in honor of the Virgin Mary. In 1668 Jacques Marquette built a mission here, making Sault Sainte Marie the location of the first European settlement in what is now considered Michigan.

Governor Lewis Cass first raised the Stars and Strips in 1820 over what then was called Le Sault de Sainte Marie. The name was shortened in 1823 by Henry B. Griswold, Sault Sainte Marie’s first postmaster. Incorporated as the village of St. Mary in 1849, the act was annulled in 1851. In 1879 the village was re-incorporated as Sault Ste. Marie, and then as a city in 1887.

External web page The Story of Sault Ste. Marie and Chippewa County
Written by Stanley Newton.
Published at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan in 1923 by The Sault News Printing Company.
Transcribed for this site by V. L. Quick and Ronnie Aungst.

Word document file Selected Soo News Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1892 - 1898
This document contains a number of announcements transcribed from the Sault Ste. Marie News. Most pertain to the Ruehle and Martyn families..

HTML file 1870 Voter Lists
Two lists of voters from Sault Ste. Marie elections held during 1870. William Ruehle appears on both lists.

HTML file Pullar Arena
Pullar Arena was built in 1938 on Portage Street in Sault Ste. Marie. The arena was used by the Detroit Red Wings for training camps during the 1940’s.