History of the diocese of Sault Ste, Marie and Marquette; containing a full and accurate account of the development of the Catholic church in upper Michigan, with portraits of bishops, priests and illustrations of churches old and new . r inthe diocese and com-mences with an abridgement of entriesfrom August 28, 1695. From the com-parison of writings, it would appear thatit was begun by Father Du Jaunay whomade the abridgement from a formerregister said to be preserved in the ar-chives of the parish, but now long agolost track of. The pious missionary con-secrated it to its use with a most bef
History of the diocese of Sault Ste, Marie and Marquette; containing a full and accurate account of the development of the Catholic church in upper Michigan, with portraits of bishops, priests and illustrations of churches old and new . r inthe diocese and com-mences with an abridgement of entriesfrom August 28, 1695. From the com-parison of writings, it would appear thatit was begun by Father Du Jaunay whomade the abridgement from a formerregister said to be preserved in the ar-chives of the parish, but now long agolost track of. The pious missionary con-secrated it to its use with a most befit-ting: In nomine Patris ct Filii ct Spiri-tiis Sancti inscribed on the very title page is Registre des Baptimes adininistrcs aiix Francois dans la missionde St. Ignace de Micliilimackinac. AuxFrangois (an obsolete form for Franqais)May mean that baptisms of savages werenot recorded at all or that a special regis-ter was kept for them. We rather thinkthat a full register was kept, but thatPere Du Jaunay copied the names of theFrench only, because one single baptismthat of Antoine Menard, son of MauriceMenard, deceased, on the 28th of August,1695, appears prior to 1712, the year ofthe return of the Jesuits. Second ST. Pauls school and convent of st. Joseph sisters at,nbgaunee. September 27th, 1712, registers the bap-tism of Daniel Villeneuve. This abridge-ment gives only date of baptism,name ofthe baptized, and of the parents, but doesnot mention the priest who conferred thesacrament and for that reason it losesall historic value. The first entry, con-temporaneous with the register, is thebaptism of one Louis Joseph Chaboyer,on October 4, 1741, by Jean Baptiste La-morinie, a missionary of the Society ofTesus. 116 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF On the reverse side of the book are re-corded marriages. Of these also anabridgement is made, the last being onAugust 30, 1741 ; it terminates with the
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