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 . u owes its beginningto the man whose name it bears. Brun-eau Nadeau, Sr., built there a small saw-mill in the early 80s, drawing a goodsized lumbering industry to that town,which occasioned not only the up-build-ing of the village, but also brought a newcontingent of farmers into the neighbor-hood. Among the earliest settlers can becounted the Roussos, Boudins,
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 . u owes its beginningto the man whose name it bears. Brun-eau Nadeau, Sr., built there a small saw-mill in the early 80s, drawing a goodsized lumbering industry to that town,which occasioned not only the up-build-ing of the village, but also brought a newcontingent of farmers into the neighbor-hood. Among the earliest settlers can becounted the Roussos, Boudins, Des Ros-iers, Gretiens, Legaults, and mostly Catholic they depended forreligious services, at first on Escanabaand Menominee, and later on Spauldingand Stephenson, wherever the priest hap-pened to reside, until the fall of first Mass was celebrated by FatherMartin Fox in a small log house of Mr. Bruno Nadeau. Occasionally Mass wasoffered in the house of Isidore Legault,a short distance out in the country. Thusservices were held in private houses untilthe fall of 1887 when the settlers consid-ereil their number large enough to main-tain a church and a priest of their this purpose Mr. Nadeau donated. REV. THEOPHILE EISELE, D. D., BORN AT BICHAU,RIEDLINGEN,\VURTEMBERG, JANUARY 12, 1868,ORDAINED IN ROME, BY CARDINAL VICARPAROCHI IN 1893, FOR THE DIOCESE OF ROT-TENBURG. two acres of land in the non-incorporatedvillage, and on this site the people, oftheir own accord, commenced erecting asmall church. They were unable to finishit inside, so that in extreme cold weatherit was unfit for use. In the fall of 1889Rev. Peter P. Mazuret was sent as the 330 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF first pastor, and through his efforts thechurch was plastered and made inhabit-able. He also built the steeple to it andduring his stay from September 15, 1889to April 27, 1891, erected the priests resi-dence, both of which, the house and thechurch, he painted himself. Other pastor
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