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• Name: Gregory Gauthier
• Name: John G. Gauthier
• Name: John G. Goutchier
• Name: John Gokey
• Name: Johna Gauthier
• Name: Johnny Gauthier
• Name: Joseph Gregoire Gauthier
• Occupation: Michigan; History
• Social Security Number: 374-34-8442
• _HASHTAG: Bark River Cemetery
• _UID: DC739D89FD464A8AB4EA571A17BBD769ADDA
• Alt. Birth: 28 May 1879, Alfred, Prescott, Ontario, Canada
• Alt. Birth: 31 May 1879, Ely, Marquette, Michigan, United States
• Godparents: 31 May 1879, Alfred (St. Victor), Prescott, Ontario, Canada
• Census: 14 Jun 1880, Republic, Marquette, Michigan, United States
• Census: 1884, Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States
• Census: 1894, Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States
• Education: 1901-1904, Big Rapids, Mecosta, Michigan, United States; Ferris Institute
• Degree: 24 Jun 1904, Big Rapids, Mecosta, Michigan, United States; the Commerical Course of Study from Ferris Institute
• Occupation: Jan 1906; bookkeeper
• Residence: 28 Aug 1908, Cusino, Schoolcraft, Michigan, United States
• Census: 1910, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Occupation: 1910, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; bookkeeper for feed store
• Land: 25 Mar 1910, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Residence: 3 Sep 1910, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Employment: Bef 1911, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Employment: 1911-1914, Cedar River, Menominee, Michigan, United States; bookkeeper
• Land: 24 Jan 1914; at Hyde R.R. Station
• Newspaper Article: 25 Jun 1914, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; Gauthier's Hall
• Newspaper Article: 11 May 1915, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; Escanaba Morning Press
• Additional information: 27 Nov 1915, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; Life Insurance policy
• City Directory: 1915-1916, Ford River Switch, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Occupation: 5 Apr 1916, Ford River Switch, Delta, Michigan, United States; merchant
• Newspaper Article: 24 Mar 1917, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; Escanaba Morning Press
• Newspaper Article: 24 Mar 1917, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; Grocery delivery
• Newspaper Article: 18 Aug 1918, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; Lost and Found
• Newspaper Article: 5 Sep 1918, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; Sunday Motorists
• World War I Draft Registration: 12 Sep 1918, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Naturalization: 13 Jan 1919, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; Certificate of Naturalization for
• Newspaper Article: 14 Jan 1919, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Census: 1920, Ford River, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Additional information: Abt 1920, Ford River Switch, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Additional information: Abt 1920, Hyde, Delta, Michigan, United States; Story of Hyde
• City Directory: 1920, Hyde, Delta, Michigan, United States
• City Directory: 1922, Ford River Switch, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Land: 13 Sep 1922, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Newspaper Article: 19 Jul 1923, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; Store purchased at Bark River
• City Directory: 1924-1925, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Additional information: Abt 1926-1927, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States; Gauthier store flyer for Bark River, Shaffer and Ford River Switch stores
• Land: 6 Apr 1927, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Occupation: 24 Apr 1927, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States; grocer
• Newspaper Article: 23 Oct 1927, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
• City Directory: 1927-1928, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Newspaper Article: 14 Jul 1928, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; Store Advertisement
• Newspaper Article: 22 Sep 1928, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; Motor trip to Canada
• Land: 2 Apr 1929, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Land: 8 Aug 1929, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Census: 1930, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Newspaper Article: 30 Mar 1930, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
• Land: 9 Apr 1930, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Newspaper Article: 2 Jul 1930, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
• Residence: 15 Aug 1930, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Newspaper Article: 4 Sep 1930, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; Tire advertisement
• Land: 20 Sep 1930, Ford River Township, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Newspaper Article: 7 Mar 1933, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; Justice of the peace
• City Directory: 1934, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Residence: 7 Dec 1934, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Land: 16 Jul 1935, Wells Township, Delta, Michigan, United States
• City Directory: 1937, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Land: 3 Mar 1937, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Newspaper Article: 21 Aug 1937, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
• Land: 8 Apr 1938, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Newspaper Article: 28 Jul 1939, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
• Newspaper Article: 23 Sep 1939, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Census: 1940, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States
• World War II Draft Registration: 1942, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Newspaper Article: 10 Jan 1942, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; Family Reunion
• Newspaper Article: 13 Mar 1943, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Newspaper Article: 30 Jun 1943, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; Attending wedding of Laurence
• Newspaper Article: 28 Dec 1943, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; Medical
• Newspaper Article: 30 May 1945, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; Federal Court
• Land: 1947, Ford River Switch, Delta, Michigan, United States; Sold store
• Election: 5 Apr 1949, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; Justice of the peace
• Newspaper Article: 7 Sep 1949, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
• Will: 19 Jun 1954, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Residence: 1956, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Newspaper Article: 11 Jun 1956, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; Birth announcement of Mary Elizabeth
• Newspaper Article: 16 Jun 1956, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; Auto accident
• Newspaper Article: Abt 1958, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States; Sale of Gauthier Store
• Occupation: Bef 26 Aug 1958, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States; merchant - general merchandise
• Death Certificate: 26 Aug 1958, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Obituary: 26 Aug 1958, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
• Cemetery: 29 Aug 1958, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States; Bark River Cemetery
• Obituary: 11 Sep 1958, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; Escanaba Daily Express
• Probate: 30 Sep 1958, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Probate: 10 Aug 1959, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Real Estate: 1964, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States; Grocery store
• Probate: 21 Jul 1964, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Land: 25 Sep 1964, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Probate: 17 Nov 1964, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Newspaper Article: 19 Jul 1973, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
• Newspaper Article: 1 Jul 1976, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press

Notes:

(Research):Escanaba Daily Express - 11 Sept 1958
"Gregory Gauthier, Pioneer, Adopted the Name of John"

1956 Narrative with Jean Worth, reporter

Born - 31 May 1879, Alfred, Ontario

John came to US when he was 6 years old. His father (Telesphore) came with a friend to work at Champion. Worked at the iron mine, wheeling ore to the stockpile. Did this for a year or two and then went to Nadeau. He farmed for 70 years.

Siblings listed:
Delia - Nick Bodette, Escanaba (15 Children)
Pete - Munising (12)
Georgianna - Joseph Racicot, Neenah, Wis. (14)
Joseph - died at 14 in Nadeau
Emma - Emil Faille, Chicago (8)
Louise - Jerry Verbunker, Neenah, Wis. (15)
Laura - Adolph Seymour, Midland (7) became a Nun
Della - Charles Dezer, New York City (3)
Napolean - died 1954 in Cleveland (3)
Florence - Jerry Beaudoin (2)
Henry LeClair (adopted, son of sister-in-law) - Escanaba (6)

John grew up in Nadeau. He got through 4th grade, stopped going to school but returned 7 years later. During the time out of school he worked for his future father-in-law, Barney Nadeau. He went to Ferris Institute, Big Rapids, for 3 years where he roomed with Howard Nadeau. He became a bookkeeper in the Crawford office, Cedar River.


(Medical):Other conditions stated on death certificate were: cancer of prostate and diabetes mellitus.

Occupation:
John Gauthier occupation history found in genealogical collection of Ruth Gauthier LaMotte.
Bookkeeper in lumber camp, Cusino. Moved to Escanaba, bookkeeper to Degrand Auto Co. Moved to Cedar River, worked for Crawford Lumber Co. Bought store in Ford River Switch (Hyde) in 1914.


_HASHTAG:
buried at Bark River Cemetery

Alt. Birth:
Listed in "Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1913", page 585, registration 52 (026728) on Ancestry.com:
born: May 28, 1979
Joseph Gregoire Gauthier
male
father: Telesphore Gauthier
mother: Catharine Leclaire
father's occupation: farmer
informant: Revd L A Lavoie, priest - Alfred
registered: July 5th 1879
accoucheur: Dr Prenast


Godparents:
His godparents were Albert Kingsley and Helene Leclerc.

Alt. Birth:
Listed in "Michigan Births and Christenings, 1775-1995" at Ancestry.com and "Birth records 1867-1914; birth index 1867-1943" at familysearch.org:
Gregori Gauthier
birth place: Ely, Marquette, Michigan
birth date: 31 May 1879
father's name: Telesphora Gauthier
mother's name: Catherine Gauthier

Census:

Gauthier, Thelesphore, 27 years, laborer
Gauthier, Catherine, 30 years
Gauthier, Adelia, 8 years
Gauthier, Exevier, 7 years
Gauthier, Gorgina, 5 years
Gauthier, Elfer, 4 years
Gauthier, Joseph, 2 years
Gauthier, Gregoir, 1 year

Census:

GAUTIER, Telesphore, 31 years, born Ontario, parents born Ontario, farmer
Gautier, Catherine, 34 years, born Ontario, parents born Ontario
Gautier, Delia, 13 years, born Ontario
Gautier, Xavier, 11 years, born Ontario
Gautier, Georgina, 9 years, born Ontario
Gautier, Elvira, 8 years, born Ontario
Gautier, Joseph, 6 years, born Ontario
Gautier, Gregory, 5 years, born Ontario
Gautier, Mary L, 3 years, born, Michigan
Gautier, Catherine, one month, born Michigan


Census:

GOUKE or GAUKE, Thelesphore, 40 years, born Canada, parents born Canada, farmer, speaks French
GOUKE, Catharine, 44 years, born Canada, parents born Canada, speaks French
GOUKE, Joseph, male, 24 years, born Canada, married
GOUKE, Delia, female, 23 years, born Canada, married
GOUKE, Exevia, male, 21 years, born Canada
GOUKE, Georgine, female, 20 years, born Canada
GOUKE, Emma, female, 18 years, born Canada
GOUKE, John, male, 15 years, born Canada
GOUKE, Mary Louise, female, 13 years, born Michigan
GOUKE, Laura, female, 8 years, born Michigan
GOUKE, Delima, female, 5 years, born Michigan
GOUKE, Jubel, male, 4 years, born Michigan
GOUKE, Flossie, female, 2 years, born Michigan


Education:
John attended and graduated from Ferris Institute (University). His roommate was Howard Nadeau.

Occupation:
Occupation listed in marriage records is bookkeeper.

Census:

Gauthier, Gregory, 30 years, born Canada French, feed store bookkeeper
Gauthier, Laura E., 28 years, born Michigan
Gauthier, Harvey J., 3 years
Gauthier, Audrey M., 1 year 9 months

Occupation:
Register of birth of Mildred Anne states his occupation as laborer.

Land:
John Gregory Gautchie purchased lot 3, block 12 of the S. H. Selden Addition to the City of Escanaba for $1,350.

Residence:
Register of birth for Mildred Anne.

Employment:
He worked for the DeGrande Feed Store in Escanaba.

Employment:
He worked for S. Crawford & Sons in Cedar River until Feb 22, 1914.

Land:
John and Laura, of Cedar River, purchased land and store at Ford River Switch (Hyde) for $2,400. (section 36, township 39, north of range 24 west)

Newspaper Article:
Live Items of Interest

Dance at Gauthier's Hall, Hyde, Michigan on Sat. June 27,1914. Good busic (sic). Everybody welcome. 355-176-3t.

Newspaper Article:
Blake Is A Near Hero
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Peter Blake, of Hyde, came near being a hero yesterday. He essayed the hero role and for his pains got a ducking. When a horse and rig, belonging to John Gauthier, a storekeeper at Hyde, was backed into the Ford River yesterday, Blake rushed to the scene to effect a speedy rescue. The horse was floundering in the water, dragging a delivery wagon about the stream. The banks were high and the animal could not get footing. Leaping to the rig, Blake attempted to turn the horse to the place where he had reached the stream but instead struck deeper water and it was a wet and disappointed hero that emerged a few minutes later. By swimming down the stream, the horse found a low place in the bank and after men cut loose the harness, the horse and the rig were saved.
A son of Mr. Gauthier was driving the horse on the bank of the river, near the county bridge and when the animal started to back up, the entire outfit plunged into the river.

Additional information:
John Gregory Gauthier took out a life insurance policy through the Knights of Columbus in the amount of $1000.00.

City Directory:
Escanaba and Delta County Directory
Delta County 1915-1916
Gauthier, John G.
Section 36, 35 acres, assessed value, $300, Ford River Township, post office address - Bark River

Occupation:
Register of birth for Robert Joseph.

Newspaper Article:
Ford River Briefs
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J. G. Gauthier delivered groceries through our burg last Thursday.

Newspaper Article:
Ford River Briefs
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J. G. Gauthier delivered groceries through our burg last Thursday.

Newspaper Article:
Lost and Found
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Lost or Strayed - From premises, Aug. 2nd. One black and white bull, with ring in his nose and yoke on his neck. Age 2 years. Finder notify John G. Gauthier, Ford River Switch. 956-288-3t

Newspaper Article:
Sunday Motorists

A list of cars used in Delta County on Sunday September 1st, in violation of the request of the Federal Fuel Administration was taken by City and County Officers. From the license number of the following are listed as owners in the Motor Vehicle License Record, issued by the Secretary of State.

Residents of Delta County.
...
John G. Gauthier , Hyde

World War I Draft Registration:
John Gregory Gauthier
R/Escanaba, Delta, Mich
age: 39 years
born: May 31 1879
U.S. Citizen by Father's Naturalization
occupation: merchant
employer: himself
place of employment: Ford River, Delta, Mich
nearest relative: Laura Eunice Gauthier; R/Escanaba, Delta, Mich
signed - John Gregory Gauthier
height - medium
build - medium
color of eyes - black
color of hair - black

Naturalization:
John Gregory Gauthier
No 837529
Volume 15, Number 984
?i?Description:?/i? 39 years; 5 feet, 5 1/2 inches; white; dark completion; grey eyes; dark hair
?i?Name, age and place of residence of wife:?/i? Unice Laura, 37 years, Escanaba, R2D
?i?Names, ages and places of residence of minor children?/i?: John Harvey, 12 years; Mary Audrey, 10 years; Mildred Agnes, 7 years; Florence Ruth, 5 years; Joseph Robert, 2 years; Laurence, 4 months. All residing at Escanaba, R2D
?i?Naturalization:?/i? was a subject of Great Britain and Ireland

Circuit Court of Delta County, Michigan, held at Escanaba, on the 13th day of January in the year of our Lord 1919.

The seal of said court is hereunto affixed on the 14 January 1919.


Newspaper Article:
BIG CLASS IN AMERICANISM IS GRADUATED
Thirty-three Delta Residents Receive Citizenship Papers.
(from 4th paragraph)
"John S. Gauthier of Ford River Switch, it was who had been postmaster and school trustee. He explained that it was not until a short time ago that he had known that his father was not a citizen. The father, who brought the family to the states from Canada had evidently believed that he had a right to all privileges of citizenship and had voted."


Census:

Gauthier, John G, 40 years, immigration 1880, naturalization 1918, born Canada French, country store storekeeper
Gauthier, Laura E., 38 years
Gauthier, J. Harvey, 13 years
Gauthier, Audrey M, 11 years
Gauthier, Mildred A, 9 years
Gauthier, Ruth F., 6 years
Gauthier, Robert J., 3 years 9 months
Gauthier Lawrence W., 1 year 7 months

Additional information:
"THE FOUNDING OF HYDE"
"Hyde is a little village located between Escanaba and Bark River, on Highways US 2 & 41. It was formerly called Ford River Switch, because the trains "switched" there...."
"The main buildings at Hyde were the Store and the Tavern. The first store owner was a Mr. Forgette, who also ran the Post Office. There was no post office in Pine Ridge, so residents there came to Hyde to get their mail and also buy their groceries at the store. Herman Dittrich later ran the store which was also a "tea room" where ice cream and pop were sold. Then John Gauthier purchased it and made it into a "general" store. Practically everything was sold here, including clothing, groceries, grain, feed, a little of this and a lot of that. The store was the hub of the little community, and farmers and farmer's wives would gather there to talk and get the news of the village. In the winter, the men would sit around the old, pot-bellied stove and swap tales and perhaps eat soda crackers and dill pickles from the barrels nearby. There was also a back room where the men could play pool."
"...Gauthier's clerk was a young man named Frank Blake. He worked for Gauthier for a number of years and bought the store in 1947."



Additional information:
"The centers of activity at Hyde were the two main buildings - the store and the tavern. The first store owner was a Mr. Forgette who also ran the post office. Herman Dittrich later ran the store which was also a "tea room" where ice cream and pop were sold. Later John Gauthier purchase it and made it into a real "general" store selling groceries, farmers' clothing, grain and feed. The store was the real hub of the little community where the farmers and their wives would gather to exchange the news of the village. During the long, cold winter months when farm work was slack, the men gathered around the old, pot-bellied wood stove to swap tales and eat soda crackers and dill pickles from the wooden barrels nearby. And some of them would play pool in the back room. Gauthier's clerk was Frank Blake who worked for Gauthier for a number of years and then bought the store in 1947, running it for many years. In 1973 the building was converted into apartments by A & M Builders."

City Directory:
Escanaba and Delta County Directory
Hyde Directory
GAUTHIER, JOHN G. (Laura) (General Store)

City Directory:
Escanaba and Delta County Directory
Delta County
Gauthier, John
Section 36, assessed value $700, Ford River Township, post office address - Escanaba

Land:
John Gregory Gautchie & wife, of Ford River Township, sold lot 3, block 12 of the S. H. Selden Addition to the City of Escanaba for $1,800.

Newspaper Article:
"John Gauthier, already owner of general stores at Ford River and Schaffer, has announced the opening of a third establishment at Bark River. Mr.Gauthier will take charge of the Bark River store in person and is expected to achieve the same success there as he has made during the nine years that he has engaged in the mercantile business."

City Directory:
Escanaba and Delta County Directory
Bark River Directory
Gauthier, John G. (Laura) dry goods & groceries
Delta County Directory
Gauthier, John G.
Section 36, acres 18, assessed value $700, Ford River Township

Additional information:
MONEY SAVING SPECIALS

These Prices Good from Oct. 6th to Oct. 12th

Sugar 10 lbs 64 cents
Tomato Catsup 18 cents
Matches 6 boxes 25 cents

Homstor Flour
24 1/2 lbs $1.03
49 lbs $2.00
98 lbs $3.90

Tomato Soup 2 cans 15 cents
Cream Mustard 11 cents
Starch 2 pkgs 15 cents

JOHN J. GAUTHIER
Bark River, Mich. Shaffer, Mich. Ford River Switch, Mich.

Land:
John purchased lot 7, block 1, (the store) in the Village of Bark River (purchased 1/7th of property from seven individuals) for $3,000.

Occupation:
Register of birth for Vivian Theresa.

Newspaper Article:
Bark River-Harris
Mr. and Mrs. Gauthier of Nadeau visited this week at the home of their son, John G. Gauthier.

City Directory:
Escanaba and Delta County Directory
Bark River Directory
Gauthier, John G (Laura) dry gds & groceries, RD1
Delta County Directory
Gauthier, John G.
Section 36, 18 acres, assessed value $700, Ford River Township, post office address Bark River

Newspaper Article:
Advertisement for John Gauthier store in Bark River, Schaffer and Ford River Switch, Mich.

Newspaper Article:
Bark River-Harris

Mr. and Mrs. John G. Gauthier and Mr. Gauthier's father have returned from a motor trip to Canada.

Land:
John purchased land in Bark River Township for $1.00. The partial description is the southwest corner of the south east quarter of the southeast quarter of section 20, township 39, range 24 west ("running parallel with Felch Mountain Railway track of the C & N.W. Ry")

Land:
John G. Gauthier buying, in trust for himself and 11 other parties, lot 1, block 7, for $1.00. Later to be resold for $1,200.

Census:

Gauthier, John G., 50 years, born Canada French, immigration 1879, General Store merchant
Gauthier, Laura E., 48 years
Gauthier, Harvey J., 23 years
Gauthier, Audrey M., 21 years
Gauthier, Mildred A., 19 years
Gauthier, Ruth F., 17 years
Gauthier, Robert J., 14 years
Gauthier, Lawrence, 11 years
Gauthier, David H., 7 years
Gauthier, Theresa, 2 years

Newspaper Article:
Schaffer News - column 7
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Miss Iris Schultz has accepted a position as clerk in the John G. Gauthier's store and also will assist Postmaster Louis Racicot in his work

John Gauthier has loaded and shipped a car load of potatoes from here this week and will be the last shipment for this spring.
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Bark River - article about Bark River merchant John Baptiste Frechette - column 4

Mr. Frechette owned a store, with a large dance hall on the second floor, which he sold in 1927.

"It is now occupied as a warehouse for John Gauthier who has a store a short distance away."


Land:
John purchased lot 1 of block 2 in the village of Bark River for $800, which included a garage.

Newspaper Article:
Ford River Switch

Ford River Switch, July 1 (Special)
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The general merchandise of the Ford River Switch store, owned by John Gauthier of Bark River for many years was moved into Dittrich's ice cream parlor. The ice cream parlor was purchased by John Gauthier some time ago. The old building was vacated because it is in the path of the new highway which about to be built.

Residence:
Newspaper article in the Menominee County Journal (?i?Nadeau Couple Celebrates Sixtieth Wedding Anniver'y?/i?) regarding wedding anniversary of Telesphore and Catherine Gauthier, Nadeau, Michigan and their children/grandchildren who attended.

Newspaper Article:
Tire Advertisment
John Gauthier
Bark River

Land:
John and Laura purchased land in Ford River Township for $3,950. The partial description is the northeast corner of section 36, township 39 north, range 24 west (south boundary line of US 41...along right of way of State Truckline, US 2).

Newspaper Article:
Bark River Again Picks Daigeault
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Bark River, March 6 (Special)
Supervisor E. L. Daignault was nominated for reelection at the Bark River primary election today. The vote for various township officers was as follows: Supervisor, Daigneault 366, Fred Derocher 139; clerk, Alex Wilson 329, Cecil LaRue 159; highway commission, Henry Nelson 309, Charles Dehlin 175; justice of the peace, John Gauthier 267, Carl Huss 217; board of review, Arthur Nelson 294, Charles Olson 164.

City Directory:
Escanaba and Delta County Directory
Bark River Directory
Gauthier, John G (Laura) dry gds & groc, RD1

Land:
John and Laura purchase land in Wells Township for $500. The description is the south half of the northeast quarter of section 10, township 39, range 24 west.

City Directory:
Escanaba and Delta County Directory
Delta County Farmers Directory
Gauthier, John G
28 acres, assessed value $2000, post office Ford River

Land:
John and Laura purchase land in Bark River Township for $90. The description is the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 34, township 38, north of range 24 west. Excepting 3 acres (1 1/2 acres square) in the northwest corner.

Newspaper Article:
Schaffer News - Family Picnic
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Schaffer, Mich. A picnic was held Sunday at Peterson's Tea Room for relatives of the Gauthier and Racicot families. Those who were present are Mr. and Mrs. John Gauthier and family of Bark River, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Parker of Neenah, Wis., Mrs. Delia Bodette, Mr. Harry Leclair of Escanaba, Mrs. Emma Failla of Chicago, Mrs. Georgiana Racicot and father Telesphare Gauthier of Nadeau, Mr. and Mrs. Dolph Seymour of Iron Mountain, Sister M. Germaine of Palm Beach, Fla., Sister M. Columbine of Ypsilanti, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Racicot and family of Schaffer.


Land:
John and Laura purchased part of lots 3 & 4, block 6 and all of lot 5, block 6 of the Village of Bark River, otherwise known at the Parkview Hotel property, for $3,625.00.

Newspaper Article:
Page 8 - Bark River News
Miss Audrey Gauthier, who has been vacationing at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Gauthier, left Tuesday for Detroit. She will visit a few days there with her brother Harvey before going on to New York.

The John Gauthier family motored to Houghton Sunday where they visited with Laurence Gauthier, who is attending Houghton Tech.


Newspaper Article:
page 11 - Nadeau News
Mr. and Mrs. John Gauthier and family of Bark River called a the Telesphor Gauthier home during the week. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Langeln of Gasgow, Montana and Mrs. Delia Bodette of Escanaba were also guest of the Gauthier family during the week.

Census:

Gauthier, John G, 60, born Canada French, same house 1935, store keeper, operate store
Gauthier, Laura E., 59, born Mich
Gauthier, Milded J, 28, born Mich, bookkeeper, in store
Gauthier, Robert J., 23, born Mich, clerical work, in store
Gauthier Lawrence W., 21, born Mich,
Gauthier, David H., 17, born Mich,
Gauthier, Theresa V., 12, born Mich,

World War II Draft Registration:
Serial number 2649
John Gregory Gauthier
Bark River, Michigan
mailing address: same
telephone: 221 Bark River
age: 62
place of birth: Alfred, Ont., Canada
date of birth: May 31, 1879
name and addres of person who will always know your address: Mrs. J. Gauthier - Bark River, Mich.
employer: self-employed
place of employment: Bark River, Delta, Michigan
signed: John Gregory Gauthier

Newspaper Article:
Nadeau
Family Reunion
Nadeau, Mich. - A family reunion was held at the Telesphore Gauthier home New Years Day and the guest were Mrs. Delia Bodette and daugher Belle, Mrs. Alice Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Conley, Escanaba; Peter Gauthier, Munisin, Mr. and Mrs. John Gauthier and family, Bark River; Robert Gauthier, Mrs. William Lindquist, Detroit; Mrs. Emma Faille, Chicago; Mrs. A. Seymour and daughter, O. Desette, Mrs. Al Cary and Rev. Fr. Hews, Iron Mountain; Napoleon Gauthier, Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. William Barker, Manistique; Sister Imelda and her mother, Mrs. Harry Ladais, Kenosha, Wis.

Newspaper Article:
Page 11, Nadeau
Mr. and Mrs. John Gauthier and children, Bark River, Harold, Melvin, Elvira and Geraldine Rasicot, Schaffer visited at the Telesphore Gauthier home Sunday.

Newspaper Article:
Bark River
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Bark River, Mich. - Mr. and Mrs. John Gauthier and daughter Mildred have returned from a visit with relatives in Detroit. While there they attended the wedding of their son, Lawrence which took place Saturday.

Newspaper Article:
Bark River
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Bark River - John Gauthier has returned from Chicago where he received medical attention for his eyes.

Newspaper Article:
Opa Hits Meat Black Market
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Six U. P. Slaughterers Taken Into Federal Court
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Mose Cohodes, Iron Mountain
Reuben Warshawsky, Stambaugh
Carl Bolm, Bark River
John Gauthier, Bark River
Emil Latvala, Trenary
Joseph LaVigne, Schaffer
"We charge that the defendents have violated the government regulations by not keeping proper records and that they sold up-graded and un-graded meats at over-ceiling prices. The cases will be tried in the June term of court before Federal Judge Fred M. Raymond.

Land:
John Gauthier sold the store in Ford River Switch or Hyde in 1947.

Election:
Four New Supervisors Elected in Townships; Board To Meet Apr.12
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The results of the township elections are as follows:
Bark River
No opposition. Omer Tanguay supervisor; Francis Derocher, clerk; William Boyle, treasurer; John Gauthier and Eugen Derocher, justices of the peace; Clarence Anderson, board of review member; Louis Picard, constable.

Newspaper Article:
Bark River
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Recent guests at the John Gauthier home were Harvey Gauthier and daughter, Mary, Robert Gauthier and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Gauthier and family of Detroit.

Will:
I, John Gauthier, being of sound mind, do hereby give and bequeath all that I own to my beloved wife, Laura Gauthier. This I do on this 19th day of June, 1954

Signed - John G Gauthier

Witnesses:
1. Jospeh J. Dunleavy
2. Mildred Gauthier

Given in Bark River, Mich.

Newspaper Article:
Bark River
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Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Gauthier of Detroit are the parents of a daughter, Mary Elizabeth, who was born May 29. Mr. Gauthier is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Gauthier.

Newspaper Article:
Two Ticketed After Auto Ticks Truck
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Two drivers were ticketed and a car was damaged in an accident Friday on U.S. 2-41 near its intersection with County Rd. 535.
State police said John Gauthier of Bark River, began a right turn, but Fred Dusenberg, 30, of Norwich, Man., driving in the opposite directions, thought Gauthier had signalled a left turn. The Canadian's haulaway truck veered left and the car ticked the rear of the truck.
Escanaba police arrested Dusenberg in north Escanaba. He was ticketed for failure to stop at a damage accident and for improper passing. He posted bond. Gauther, whose auto sustained about $100 damage, was ticketed for driving without having a license on his person.

Newspaper Article:
Gauthier Store Sold to B. R. Erickson

Bark River - John Gauthier, who has operated a grocery business and general store in Bark River 30 years has sold his business to B. R. Erickson and son, Jack, who assumed ownership Monday. Mr. Erickson formerly operated a grocery business on the south side of the highway which he sold to the Stephenson Marketing Coop in 1945. Since that time he has been operating a mink rank and serving as executive vice president of the Bark River State Bank.

Occupation:
Death certificate information.

Death Certificate:
John G. Gauthier - died 26 Aug 1958 at St. Francis Hospital, Escanaba
Birth: 31 May 1879
Father: Theophile Gauthier
Mother: Catherine Leclaire
Informant: Harvey Gauthier
Cause of death: Corinary thrombosis , 3 mons; cancer of prostrate and diabetes mellitus, unknown diration
Burial: 29 Aug 1958, Bark River Cemetery












Obituary:
J. G. Gauthier Dies At Hospital
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John G. Gauthier, 79, widely known Bark River resident, passed away at 8 a.m., today at St. Francis Hospital where he had been a patient since Friday. He had been ill for the past two weeks.
Born May 31, 1879 in Alfred, Quebec, he came to this country with his parents and resided in Republic. They later moved to nadeau. He graduated in 1905 from Ferris Institute. In 1914 he opened a general store in Ford River, and several years later he opened a store in Schaffer. In 1922 he started the Gauthier Merchandize store in Bark River and had resided there ever since.
During his lifetime he also served in supervisory positions for the Crawford Co., in Cedar River, the Wooster Lumber Co., in Munising and the Jules DeGrande Co., in Escanaba.
A member of the Holy Name Society of St. George's Church in Bark River he was also a trustee of the church and a member of the Escanaba Knights of Columbus.
Mr. Gauthier held many township offices in Ford River and Bark River-Harris.
His wife preceded him in death in February of this year.
Surviving are three sons, Howard of Pontiac, Robert of Detroit, and David of Bark River, four daughters, Mrs. George Bayer (Audrey) of Nome, Alaska, Mrs. Russell LaMotte (Ruth) of Birmingham, Mildred of Bark River, and Mrs. Donald Peters (Theresa) of North Hollywood, Calif. 14 grandchildren and five sisters, Mrs. Celia Bodette of Escanaba, Mrs. Georgiana Rocicot and Mrs. Louise Bunker of Neenah, Wis., Mrs. Emil Foille of Chicago and Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart Convent in Green Bay.
Friends may call at the Boyle Funeral Home in Bark River beginning at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Funeral services will be held at St. George's Church with the Rev. Fr. J. J. Dunleavy officiating. Burial will be in the family lot in the Bark River Cemetery.

Cemetery:
Stone (double) reads: John G. Gauthier, 1879 - 1958.
SW plat, block 35, grave 2

Obituary:
page 4 -
Gregory Gauthier, Pioneer, Adopted The Name Of John
by Jean Worth.
"When I tried to collect a history of the little ghost town of Cedar River I was mystified for a time over the seeming conflict in occupations of a man named Johnny Gauthier.
I knew a Johnny Gauthier of Menominee who was boom man for the Crawford Cedar Co. there but when people told me that Johnny Gauthier was not a boom man but a bookkeeper in the Crawford office, Cedar River, I suspected that there must be two Johnny Gauthiers (sic) and this proved to be the case.
Howard Nadeau, the president of the Commerical Bank of Menominee, told me about the Bookkeeper Johnny Gauthier. Howard is a member of the Nadeau family for whom the village and township of Nadeau in Menominee County are named and the Bookkeeper Johnny Gauthier lived there for years.
Johnny Gokey
The two men roomed together when they attended Ferris Institute at Big Rapids, Mich., and Howard risked murder there on one occasion by thumbtacking to the ceiling a week's supply of the letters which Johnny got daily from his sweetheart.
John Gauthier died August 26 in St. Francis Hospital in Escanaba. He was 79 years old.
His name was not John, but Gregory Gauthier. "They called me John when I was a kid and I adopted it," he explained. "Most people call me John Gokey." (That's what they called Boom Man Johnny Gauthier, too.)
John Gauthier was born in Alfred, Ontario, Canada, May 31 1879 and came to the United States with his parents when he was 6. His father, Telesphore Gauthier, and his mother, the former Catherine LeClair, were both born in Canada and were both French.
38 Grandsons In War
When I spent an afternoon with him at his home in Bark River in 1956 he said that there were eight members of his family living, his oldest sister being 84 and his oldest brother 83. His own family had four boys and four girls.
"When my father was 60 I had a nephew who worked on a New York paper and I gathered the information on the family for him and my father had 142 grandchildren and 172 great-grandchildren and 17 in the fifth generation. There were 35 grandsons in the service in World War II at the time of my father's death and three more joined afterward so he had 38 grandchildren in World War II.
"My folks came to this country just after they got married because things were tough on the farm in Canada. My father came here with a friend of his to Champion to work. He got a job at an iron mine wheeling ore to a stockpile with a barrow and was there a year or two and then drifted to Nadeau and was 70 years on a farm there.
Becomes A Nun
The people in our family were: Delia, Mrs. Nick Bodette of Escanaba, who had 15 kids; Pete of Munising, whose wife died when she was having her 12th child and who married again but had no more children; Georgianna, Mrs. Joseph Racicot, of Neenah, Wis., a widow who had 14 children; Joseph who died at 14 in Nadeau; Emma, Mrs. Emil Faille of Chicago who had eight children; Louise, Mrs. Jerry Verbunker (everyone calls it Bunker) of Neenah, who had 15 children, and Laura, Mrs. Adolph Seymour of Midland, Mich., who had seven children.
John Gauthier
"I want to tell you about her. She raised a family at Iron Mountain and after they moved to Midland, they bought a big house and took in roomers and her husband had a stroke and died. After the children were married my sister got to be quite a church worker. She had a daughter who was a Carmelite nun in Green Bay, Wis. for 18 years and when she was 64 years old my sister told her children "I'm going to be a nun; I'm going to sell this house. Whoever wants to buy it can buy it." Her son George bought it for $10,000 and she gave each of them $1,000 and took the rest and told the priest that she was going to become a nun. He said, all right, but when? She said "I'm going tomorrow morning."
Return To School
"She was the liveliest one of the family and a good teacher. She took her last vows as a nun when she was 69 years old. She had traveled a good deal as a teacher and they wanted her to do the buying for the order at Green Bay, but she said that she wouldn't leave the convent. We go to see her and she is a lively as ever."
"Also in our family were Della, Mrs. Charles Dezer, whose husband is an eye-ear-nose and throat specialist in New York City, and they have three kids; Napolean (sic), who had three children and who died in 1954 at Cleveland and whose son disappeared in the Normandy invasion; and Florence, Mrs. Jerry Beaudoin, who had two children and who is now dead.
"And my folks went back to Canada for a funeral and they brought back a child, one of five in the family of a sister-in-law. He was Harry LeClair, a railroad man who's retired and living in Escanaba. He had six girls. Besides these 11 and the adopted one, my folks had several others who died young.
"I grew up in Nadeau and got through the fourth grade in school and then didn't go to school for seven years. I worked for my father-in-law, old Barney Nadeau. Then I went back to school"
Another Johnny Gokey
"The school teachers all stayed at Nadeau's and I talked with them and then I went to Ferris Institute at Big Rapids for three years and came out in 1904. That's how I got to be a bookkeeper.
"There was another Johnny Gokey at Cedar River and when I worked there for Crawfords he was a boom man and he would stop in the middle of the river and get down on one knee on the tiecut and drink a bottle of beer. He was that good a boom man."
"My brother Napoleon was offered a job by S. Crawford & Sons at Cedar River but he went to Ogelby Norton and I went to Cedar River in 1911. I was working for the DeGrande Feed Store in Escanaba at the time. I stayed in Cedar River until Feb. 22, 1914. After the big mill burned in 1911 there wasn't much to do."
Biggest Flagpole
"Gideon T. Werline at Nadeau wanted a flagpole higher than Nadeau Brothers because he was a Democrat and they were Republicans. He wanted a 75-foot pole and a fellow we'll call Matt of Jam Dam cut a pole that long for Werline. It had a 7 inch top and was straight as a die, a beauty."
"He delivered it to Nadeau and he had a hard time getting it out of the woods. I was going to school that morning and Matt was going to roll it off the sleigh and Werline said not to roll it off because it would break on that frosty morning, but Matt couldn't wait and he rolled the pole off and it broke in two. He was almost crying "That's what a man gets," he said, "for stealing."
"Did you steal it," asked Werline.
"I got it on Crawford's land," said Matt. Then he cut up the broken pole and took it to Nadeau Brothers and went back and cut another 75-foot pole on Crawford's land and delivered it to Werline, but it wasn't as straight as the first one. Werline paid him $25 for it.
Stealing From River
"They stole from Crawfords all along the Cedar River. Back of Carney it was 20 miles from Cedar River and they used to cut cedar and take it to Carney and sell it. One year the Crawfords put in a cedar yard at Carney and the jobbers would cut cedar on Crawford land and then haul it to Carney and sell to the Crawford yard."
"They stuck the Crawfords for so much taxes on their Carney yard that they moved it to Menominee and they didn't pay half as much taxes in the city there as they had paid in Carney."
"There were skidways on the river at Gourley a half a mile long and some of the settlers there would sink a picaroon into a pole in the river and put a line on it away they'd to with it up on the bank."
"But the Crawfords got rich anyway."
Goats on Barn
"Dave Crawford used to tell us how to raise things. Once he put in 40 acres of onions and in the fall they were pretty cheap and he put them in a building and they all froze in the bushel crates. Everybody was laughing at him because of his frozen onions, but he sold them for $2 a bushel in the spring."
"He used to have goats there, too, but the sons of guns all killed themselves. They would fall off the roof of the barn or off the high lumberpiles; I guess they were mountain goats."
When a lumber barge would come in and put down a gangplank before the captain knew it he had four or five goats aboard and they had to carry them off. When you came to work in the morning there were usually four or five on the roof of the horsebarn and the barn boss would get so mad that he would scream "There they are again!"

Probate:
David Gauthier petitioned the court and decreed the heirs of the estate of John G. Gauthier to be:
Harvey Gauthier, son; Audrey G. Bayer, daughter; Mildred Gauthier, daughter; Robert J. Gauthier, son; Ruth G. LaMotte, daughter; David Gauthier, son; Theresa G. Peters, daughter; (Children of Laurence Gauthier, deceased son) Laura Gauthier, grand daughter; Michele Gauthier, grand daughter; Laurence Gauthier, grandson; David Gauthier, grandson; Mary Beth Gauthier, grand daughter.

Probate:
Harvey Gauthier, administrator of the estate of John G. Gauthier, sold lot 7, block 1 of the Village of Bark River (store) for $15,000.00.

Real Estate:
Grocery store owned by John Gauthier. Photo taken in 1964.

Probate:
Harvey Gauthier, son of John Gregory, appeared before the Delta County Probate Court. He was seeking the rights to sell property. Lots 3 & 4 (portion) of Block 6 and Lot 5 (entire) of Block 6 of the Village of Bark River (gas station and 4 family dwelling).
Listing of persons interested in the estate were:
Harvey Gauthier, Audrey G. Bayer, Robert J. Gauthier, Ruth G. LaMotte, David Gauthier, Therese G. Peters, Michele Gauthier, Laura Gauthier, Laurence Gauthier, David Gauthier and Mary Beth Gauthier.

Land:
Harvey Gauthier, administrator of the estate of John G. Gauthier, sold that portion of lots 3 and 4 of block 6 and entire lot 5, block 6, of the Village of Bark River for $10,000.00.

Probate:
Harvey Gauthier, administrator of the estate of John G. Gauthier, sold portions of lots 3 and 4 of block six and the entire lot 5 of block 6 of the Village of Bark River for the sum of $10,00.00.

Newspaper Article:
People & Events Of Yesteryears
Taken from the files of the Escanaba Daily Press
by Vic Powers
July 19, 1923
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John Gauthier, already owner of general stores at Ford River and Schaffer, has announce the opening of a third establishment at Bark River. Mr. Gauthier will take charge of the Bark River store in person and is expected to achieve the same succes there as he has made during the nine years that he has engaged in mercantile business.

Newspaper Article:
Smaller communities flourished
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Hyde
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Hyde, a little village located between Escanaba and Bark River, on Highway US-2 and 41, was an outgrowth of the closing of the lumber mills at Ford River. Men were forced to seek other employment, and many became farmers or woodsworkes and settled in this area. The village settled in this area.
The village received its name from a man names Welcome Hyde who once owned considerable property in the area but it was call Ford River Switch for many years because the trains "switched" there.
The first postmaster of Hyde was Alexander Morin, in 1890. The office was closed in 1913. The story of Hyde includes part of Wells Township, as well as Ford River Township; as the road north of the village is the dividing line between the two townships. The residents on the east side belong to Wells township, and the residents on the west side to Ford River township. Some years ago, part of Bark River Township was also included in Ford River Township.
The centers of activity at Hyde were the two main buildings - the store and the tavern. The first store owner was a Mr. Forgette who also ran the post office. Herman Dittrich later ran the store which was also a "tea room" where ice cream and pop were sold. Later John Gauthier purchase it and made it into a real "general" store selling groceries, farmers' clothing, grain and feed. The store was the real hub of the little community where the farmers and their wives would gather to exchange the news of the village. During the long, cold winter months when farm work was slack, the men gatherered around the old, potbellied wood stove to swap tales and eat soda crackers and dill pickles from the wooden barrels nearby. And some of them would play pool in the back room. Gauthier's clerk was Frank Blake who workd for Gauthier for a number of years and then bought the store in 1947, running it for many years. In 1973 the building was converted into apartments by A & M Builders.

Died:
Died at St. Francis Hospital in Escanaba. Noted age 79 years. Death certificate recorded 29 Aug 1958. Informant was Harvey Gauthier.

Buried:
Buried at Bark River Cemetery.

John married Laura Eunice Nadeau on 16 Jan 1906 in Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States. Laura (daughter of Barney Nadeau and Marie Francoise Jonet) was born on 25 Jul 1881 in Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States; was christened on 14 Aug 1881 in Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States; died on 5 Feb 1958 in Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; was buried on 10 Feb 1958 in Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marriage Ceremony:
Marrige by Frederick Glaser, substitue of Rev. F. Sperlein. Witnesses were Wilfried St. Aubin and Miss Laura Gauthier, both of Nadeau, Mich.

1. John Harvey Gauthier was born on 5 Dec 1906 in Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States; died on 28 Mar 2000 in Irvine, Orange, California, United States; was buried on 3 Apr 2000 in Irvine, Orange, California, United States.
2. Mary Audrey Gauthier was born on 28 Aug 1908 in Cusino, Schoolcraft, Michigan, United States; died on 31 Oct 1988 in Los Angeles, California, United States; was buried on 7 Nov 1988 in Walla Walla, Washington, United States.
3. Mildred Ann Gauthier was born on 3 Sep 1910 in Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; died on 24 Sep 1959 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States; was buried on 28 Sep 1959 in Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States.
4. Florence Ruth Gauthier was born on 5 Feb 1913 in Cedar River, Menominee, Michigan, United States; died on 15 Feb 2001 in Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, United States.
5. Robert Joseph Gauthier was born on 5 Apr 1916 in Ford River Switch, Delta, Michigan, United States; died on 14 Nov 1972 in Highland Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States; was buried on 18 Nov 1972 in Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States.
6. Laurence William Gauthier was born on 31 Aug 1918 in Ford River Switch, Delta, Michigan, United States; was christened on 10 Sep 1918 in Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States; died on 1 Feb 1957 in Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States; was buried on 5 Feb 1957 in Southfield, Oakland, Michigan, United States.
7. David Herbert Gauthier was born on 24 Jun 1922 in Ford River Switch, Delta, Michigan, United States; died on 3 Jan 1980 in Highland Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States; was buried on 7 Jan 1980 in Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States.
8. Theresa Vivian Gauthier

Other Events:

• Name: Thelesphore Gauke
• Name: Theophile Gauthier
• _HASHTAG: Nadeau Cemetery
• _TODO: Open
• _TODO: Open
• _TODO: Open
• _UID: BBF9E5AE123647358615C956B843CFDD6CBB
• Godparents: 22 Mar 1853, L'Orignal, Prescott, Ontario, Canada
• Census: 1861, Iberville, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1871, Alfred, Prescott, Ontario, Canada
• Employment: Between 1879 and 1880
• Migration: 20 Apr 1879, Republic, Marquette, Michigan, United States
• Census: 14 Jun 1880, Republic, Marquette, Michigan, United States
• Migration: 1881, Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States
• Census: 1884, Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States
• Census: 1894, Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States
• Census: 1900, Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States
• Census: 18 May 1910, Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States
• Property: 1912, Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States; Ownership Map
• Additional information: 1913, Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States
• Probate: 12 Jun 1918, Menominee, Menominee, Michigan, United States
• Census: 16 Jan 1920, Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States
• Additional information: 2 Nov 1921, Menominee, Menominee, Michigan, United States; passport application for daughter Marie Florence Gauthier
• Newspaper Article: 23 Oct 1927, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
• Census: 1930, Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States
• Newspaper Article: 10 Aug 1930, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
• Newspaper Article: 12 Aug 1930, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; Repeats Marriage Vow
• Newspaper Article: 15 Aug 1930, Menominee County, Michigan, United States; Wedding Anniversary
• Newspaper Article: 17 Jul 1931, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
• Newspaper Article: 10 Jul 1936, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
• Newspaper Article: 21 Apr 1938, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
• Newspaper Article: 8 Jul 1939, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
• Newspaper Article: 3 Sep 1939, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
• Newspaper Article: 17 Sep 1939, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
• Census: 1940, Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States
• Newspaper Article: 24 Mar 1940, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
• Newspaper Article: 28 Mar 1941, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
• Newspaper Article: 23 Aug 1941, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
• Newspaper Article: 13 Sep 1941; The Escanaba Daily Press
• Newspaper Article: 29 Nov 1941, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
• Newspaper Article: 10 Jan 1942, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
• Newspaper Article: 4 Mar 1943, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
• Obituary: 12 Apr 1944, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
• Obituary: 14 Apr 1944, Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States; Menominee County Journal
• Obituary: 30 Jun 1944, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press

Notes:

(Research):1881 - settled in Nadeau (obituary)

1894 MICHIGAN CENSUS - Nadeau Twp., Menominee Co. LDS#915324, 16 Nov 02
Gauke, Thelesphore - 40 yrs old
Catherine - 44 yrs old
11 Children listed

1910 US CENSUS - Nadeau Twp., Menominee Co., MI LDS#1374677, 16 Nov 02
Gauthier, Telesphore - 57 yrs old, immigrated 1880
Katerina - 60 yrs old, immigrated 1880

Godmother - Angele Gauthier

Christened:
St. Jean Baptiste, L'Original

_HASHTAG:
buried at Nadeau Cemetery

_TODO:
Family History Library

Land records of Prescott County 1797-1908
1819-1829 reel # 1724006 items 3-4
1829-1838 (1865) reel # 1724007
1838-1862 reel # 1724016

Alfred Township Index - reel # 201542
1862-1871 reel # 201559
1871-1874 reel # 201560
1874-1876 reel # 201561
1876-1877 reel # 1941326 item 3
1878-1882 reel # 1941327
1882-1886 reel # 1941328

L'Orignal - reel # 201549
1876-1887 reel # 1941325 items 2-3


_TODO:
see list in red folder

Godparents:
His godparents were Michel Leduc and Angele Gautier.

Census:

F. Xavier Gauthier, 48 years, farmer
Angele Monette, 45 years
Joseph Gauthier, 17 years
Celina Gauthier, 21 years
Esperance Gauthier, 15 years
Olivine Gauthier, 11 years
Telesphore Gauthier, 8 years
Delima Gauthier, 5 years

Parish of St. Gregoire

Census:

Gauthier, Francois, 58 years, married, born Quebec, farmer
Gauthier, Angelle, 55 years, married, born Quebec
Gauthier, Thelesphor, 18 years, married, born Quebec, farmer
Gauthier, Catherine, 21 years, married, born Quebec

Employment:
"My father came here with a friend of his to Champion to work. He got a job at an iron mine wheeling ore to a stockpile with a barrow and was there a year or two then drifted to Nadeau.

Migration:
His obituary, Menominee County Journal dated 14 Apr 1944, stated he came to Republic, Michigan in 1876 to work in the mines. But son, John Gregory, was baptized at Alfred, Ontario in May of 1879. Also, according to the 1930 Census, Telesphore immigrated in 1879.

Stated on the passport application for daughter Marie Florence Gauthier:
"emigrated to the United States from the port of L'Orignal, Ontario, Canada, on or about 20th April 1879 "

Census:

Gauthier, Thelesphare, 27 years, laborer
Gauthier, Catherine, 30 years, keeping house, sprained leg
Gauthier, Adelia, 8 years
Gauthier, Exevier, 7 years
Gauthier, Gorgina, 5 years
Gauthier, Elfer, 4 years
Gauthier, Joseph, 2 years
Gauthier, Gregoir, 1 year

Migration:
He moved from Republic to Nadeau about 1881.

Census:

GAUTIER, Telesphore, 31 years, born Ontario, parents born Ontario, farmer
Gautier, Catherine, 34 years, born Ontario, parents born Ontario
Gautier, Delia, 13 years, born Ontario
Gautier, Xavier, 11 years, born Ontario
Gautier, Georgina, 9 years, born Ontario
Gautier, Elvira, 8 years, born Ontario
Gautier, Joseph, 6 years, born Ontario
Gautier, Gregory, 5 years, born Ontario
Gautier, Mary L, 3 years, born, Michigan
Gautier, Catherine, one month, born Michigan


Census:

GOUKE or GAUKE, Thelesphore, 40 years, born Canada, parents born Canada, farmer, speaks French
GOUKE, Catharine, 44 years, born Canada, parents born Canada, speaks French
GOUKE, Joseph, male, 24 years, born Canada, married
GOUKE, Delia, female, 23 years, born Canada, married
GOUKE, Exevia, male, 21 years, born Canada
GOUKE, Georgine, female, 20 years, born Canada
GOUKE, Emma, female, 18 years, born Canada
GOUKE, John, male, 15 years, born Canada
GOUKE, Mary Louise, female, 13 years, born Michigan
GOUKE, Laura, female, 8 years, born Michigan
GOUKE, Delima, female, 5 years, born Michigan
GOUKE, Jubel, male, 4 years, born Michigan
GOUKE, Flossie, female, 2 years, born Michigan


Census:

Gauthier, Telesphore, born Mar 1853, 47 years, married 30 years, born Canada, parents born Canada, immigrated 1879, farmer
Gauthier, Catherine, born Apr 1850, 50 years, born Canada, parents born Canada, cannot speak English
Gauthier, Laura, born Apr 1886, 14 years, born Michigan
Gauthier, Delia, born Feb 1889, 11 years, born Michigan
Gauthier, Napoleon, born Aug 1890, 9 years, born Michigan
Gauthier, Flossie, born Feb 1892, 8 years, born Michigan
Leclair, Harry, adopted son, born Mar 1887, 13 years, born Michigan, parents born Canada

Census:

Gauthier, Telesphore, head, 57 years, married 39 years, born Canada French, parents born Canada French, immigrated 1880, Farmer on own farm, can read and write
Gauthier, Katherine, wife, 60 years, married 39 years, born Canada French, parents born Canada French, immigrated 1880, can read and write


Property:
Property map of Menominee County which includes town of Nadeau.

Additional information:
When he was 60 years old, his son John Gregory gathered information on the family and found he had 142 grandchildren, 172 great-grandchildren and 17 in the fifth generation.

(There were 35 grandsons in the service in World War II and three more that joined after his death, making it a total of 38 grandchildren in World War II.)

Probate:
1.) Physician Certificate - Adult Afflicted Person
Dr. J. V. May's certificate was presented on May 22, 1918 to the court reporting that Telesphore Gauthier was seen by him on the 27th of Feb, 1918. "The cataract in the left eye is now mature, and can be removed by afuation with a reasonable life of improved sight afterwards."
2.) Alfred Nelson, Supt. of Poor, recorded on his statement dated May 29, 1918 that Telesphore has real estate of the estimated value of "Eight hundred, House and lot in the Village of Nadeau, Menominee Co., Michigan, and some cash enough to pay railroad fair to Ann Arbor and home again." And that Telesphore is financially not able to secure proper care and medical or surgical treatment and is entitled to admission to the University Hospital at Ann Arbor for care and treatment as a public patient.
3.) Henry Lucke, County Supervisor, confirmed Dr. May's certifcate and that "by proper care and treatment Mr. Gauthier's eye sight could be improved". The nearest of kin of Telesphore was Flossie Gauthier, daughter, age 25, of Nadeau, Mich.

Census:

Gauthier, Telesphore, owned free, 66 years, immigrated 1879, can read and write, born Canada French, parents born Canada French, laborer
Gauthier, Katherine, wife, 69 years, immigrated 1879, can read and write, born Canada French, parents born Canada French

Additional information:
Marie Florence Gauthier
I solemnly swear that I was born at Nadeau, Michigan, on or about the 25th day of February, 1892, that my father Telesphore Gauthier, was born in L'Orignal, Prescott Co., Ontario, Canada and is now residing at Nadeau, Michigan; that he emigrated to the United States from the port of L'Orignal, Ontario, Canada, on or about 20th April, 1879; that he resided 42 years, uninterruptedly, in the United States, from 1879 to 1921 at Michigan...
...I intend to return to the United States within 6 months....Accompanying an invalid friend to Germany, France Switzerland, Holland, Belgium.
I intend to leave the United States from the port of New York, sailing on board the Mount Carroll on November 10th, 1921.
Signed Marie Florence Gauthier
29th Octobert 1921 at the office of the Deputy Clerk of Circuit Court at Menominee, Mich.


Newspaper Article:
Bark River-Harris
Mr. and Mrs. Gauthier of Nadeau visited this week at the home of their son, John G. Gauthier.

Census:

Gauthier, Telesphore, owned house, value $200, age 77, age 17 at marriage, born Canada French, father born Canada French, mother born Canada French, year of immigration - 1879
Gauthier, Catherine, wife, age 80, born Canada French, father born Canada French, mother born Canada French, year of immigration - 1879
Roscoe, Georgiana, daughter, age 55, age 16 at marriage, born Canada French, father born Canada French, mother born Canada French, year of immigration - 1879
Roscoe, Marie, granddaughter, age 12, born Michigan

Newspaper Article:
Nadeau Couple Wed 60 Years
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Mr. and Mrs. Telesphore Gauthier to Celebrate Monday
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Bark River, Aug. 9 (Special)
Mr. and Mrs. Telesphore Gauthier of Nadeau, parents of John G. Gauthier, prominent business man, will celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of their marriage Monday, Aug. 11, at their home at Nadeau, when they will attend a high mass and renew their marriage vows of sixty years ago. Rev. Fr. Frederick Sperlein, pastor of St. Bruno's church, will be celebrant of the mass, assisted by a number of clergy of the diocese.
Mr. and Mrs. Gauthier, pioneer and faithful members of St. Bruno's parish, are highly respected and well known residents of Menominee county, coming to Nadeau from Alfred, Ontario, Canada, where they were married Aug. 8, 1870. They have lived at Nadeau continuously since 1881.
Telesphore Gauthier was born at Alfred, Canada, March 2, 1853. At the age of 17 he married Catherine LeClaire of the same parish. Mrs. Gauthier was born April 4, 1850.
Of the children born to them, ten are living. They are: Mrs. Nick Bodette of Escanaba; Mrs. Joseph Racicot, Nadeau; Mrs. Emil Faille, Chicago; Mrs. Jerry Bunker, Neenah; Mrs. Adolph Seymour, Iron Mountain; Mrs. Charles Dezer, New York City; Mrs. Jerry Beauwin, Mangolia, N.J.; Peter Gauthier, Munising; Napoleon Gauthier, Detroit; John G. Gauthier, Bark River. The entire family will attend the mass and reception for their parents.
Sixty-nine grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren comprise the family of 128 descendants. Among the grandchildren who will be present at Monday's ceremony are Sr. Germaine and Sr. Columbier of the Dominican order of Adrian, Mich., daughters of Mrs. Joseph Racicot.
Members of St. Bruno's parish will serve the wedding dinner. A reception will be held during the day. Mr. and Mrs. Gauthier attended the Eucharistic congress at Chicago in 1926. Both are well considering their advanced age.

Newspaper Article:
Aged Couple Repeats Marriage Vows of Sixty Years Ago At Anniversary Service Monday
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SEE ARTICLE PUBLISHED 15 AUG 1930


Newspaper Article:
?b?Nadeau Couple Celebrates Sixieth Wedding Anniver'y?/b?
Nadeau, Aug. 11 -
A tiny little great grandmother, tremulous and just a little bewildered, in her dress of white satin and her veil and orange blossoms, and the proud great grandfather, who stood smiling at her side, enjoying the bustle and excitement were the center of interest in a family gathering of over one hundred relatives Monday.
The couple was Mr. and Mrs. Telesphore Gauthier of Nadeau, residents of that community since 1881. The occasion was the sixieth anniversary of their wedding.
The anniversary celebration brought members of the family from all parts of the ensure, from as far away as New York City, New Jersey, and from any number of other places in a reunion in honor of the aged couple. Among them were children, grandchildren and great grand children of Mr. and Mrs. Gauthier whose descendants, 128 persons, number 10 children, all of whom were present, sixty-nine grandchildren and forty-nine great grandchildren.
The celebration of the anniversary itself had as its background, St. Bruno's church, which has been the parish church of the family. It opened with religious services in the morning, a selema high mass at 10 o'clock, at which the couple renewed the vows they had taken sixty years ago, in Alfred, Ontario, Canada, when Mr. Gauthier , then a young man of seventeen, took Catherine LeClaire as his bride. Rev. Father Sperlein, pastor of St. Bruno's church, was celebrant of the mass; Rev. Father Joseph Hollinger, of Hermansville, was decon; Rev. Father James Miller of Menominee, sub-decon, and Rev. Father D. Joseph Breault, of Bark River, master of ceremonies, Rev. Father Joseph Schaul, of Spalding, was in the sanctuary. The sermon, a beautiful tribute to the aged couple and their example of a happy home and family life, was delivered by the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Raymond G. Jacques of Escanaba.
Attending them at the service were Mrs. Jerry Beaudwin of Magnolia, and Napoleon Gauthier of Detroit.
?i?Anniversary Dinner?/i?
Following the service, the couple was surrounded by relatives and friends in the large church yard, where they received the congratulations of family and friends, while a group of women of the parish busied themselves with last minute details arranging the long tables in the yard for the anniversary dinner.
This was served a short time following the service. Seated at one table were Mr. and Mrs. Gauthier, their ten children and the visiting clergymen. The centerpiece of this table, a large four-layer wedding cake, iced in pink and white, made by William Barker of Manistique, one of the grandsons. Other members of the family and friends were seated at other tables, arranged near by. Cut flowers were used on all tables. The menu was delicious and was well served. In charge of preparing and serving the dinner, were Mesdames J. Larch, D. Paquette, L. Varhon, A. Fish, A. Dantine, P. Poupore, E. Dupone, O. Lawin and E. Trembly and Misses M. Sperlein, E. Poupore, G. Paquette, H. Nadeau and O. Perras.
Following the dinner Mr. and Mrs. Gauthier were presented with a purse, the gift of their family. The remainder of the afternoon was spent in visiting and receiving the congratulations of members of the community.
?i?Family Matters?/i?
Family guests present at the celebration were: Mrs. Nick Beaudette, Escanaba; Mr. and Mrs. Hill Rutledge, two daughters, Erna Mae and Elinor, Elkhart, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. William Barker and three children, Lorraine, Theresa and Norbert Lincoln, Manistique; Mrs. and Mrs. Roy Beaudette, Green Bay; Clifford Bodette, Chester, Pa.; Ralph and Henry Beaudette, Escanaba; Mrs. Joseph Racicot, Nadeau; Marie Racicot, Nadeau; Mr. and Mrs. Louis Racicot and children, Eunice, Geraldine, Elvira, Louis Melvin and Harold Raymond of Schaffer; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Racicot and children, Violet, Ione, Beatrice, Francis, Kenneth, Arbutus and Clementine, of McFarland; Sisters Germaine and Columbier of the Dominican Order, who are from the Mother House at Adrain, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Racicot, daughter, Dolores, and son, Jerome Russell, of Appleton; Mrs. and Mrs. Raymond Racicot and children, Arlyle and Raymond, Jr., Detroit; Mrs. William Lindquist, Detroit; Mrs. Alice Lane and daughter, Arlyle, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Parker and son, Ralph, Jr., Mrs. Jerry Bunker and Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Bunker and son, Gene of Neenah, Wis.; Mrs. Emil Faille, Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Seymour and children, John, Catherine Ann, Agnes Marie and Helen of Iron Mountain; Mrs. Charles Dezer, New York City; Mrs. Jerry Beaudwin and son, Robert, of Magnolia, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gauthier, Manising (sic); Mrs. Andrew Joncas and children, Charles, Loretta, Lorraine, Francis, Andrew, Jr., June and Irene, of Escanaba; Mrs. Harold Radloff and son, Carl, of Munising; Mrs. Irene Sault and daughter, Jacqueline, Munising; Earl Gauthier, Munising; Napoleon Gauthier, Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. John G. Gauthier and children, Harvey, Milwaukee, Ruth, Robert, Lawrence, David and Theresa, Bark River; Harry Leclaire, Iron Mountain, adopted son, and his daughters, Sister Imelda, a Dominican nun, of Kenosha, and Genevieve and Virginia, Iron Mountain.
?i?"Until Death Do Us Part"?/i?
Asked the secret of sixty years of happy, contented married life, Mr. Gauthier, who finds English easier than his wife, smiled and obligingly answered for both of them, "When we took our vows sixty years ago, we took them 'until death do us part,' and have always meant that too.

Newspaper Article:
Bark River - Harris
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Napoleon Gauthier of Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. Jerry Bunker and children of Neenah, Wis., Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Seymour of Iron Mountain, Mr. and Mrs. T. Gauthier, Mrs. Georgiana Racicot of Nadeau were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Gauthier and family Tuesday.

Newspaper Article:
Schaffer News
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Dinner guests at the Louis Racicot home Thursday were Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Bodette, Mrs. Bowden of New Jersey, Mrs. Delia of Escanaba, Mr. and Mrs. John Gauthier of Bark River, Mrs. Georgiana Racicot and father Telesphore Gauthier of Nadeau.

Newspaper Article:
Personal News
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Telesphore Gauthier and Mrs. Georgianna Racicot of Nadeau, Mr. and Mrs. William Barker and family of Manistique, Mr. and Mrs. Dolph Seymour of Iron Mountain, and Mr. and Mrs. John Gauthier of Bark River have returned to their respective homes after spending the Easter holidays at the home of Mrs. Delia Bodette, 1617 Second Avenue Soutn.

Newspaper Article:
Nadeau News
Personals
Mrs. Georgina Rasicot and Telesphor Gauthier had as holiday guests Mr and Mrs. Clifford Bodette of Chester, Penn., Mr and Mrs. Roy Bodette of Green Bay, Mr. and Mrs. Radloph and family of Munising, Mrs. Delia Bodette and daughter Bella, Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan and son Ralph Bodette, all of Escanaba, and Mrs. Jerry Bunker and son Dewey, with his family of Neenah, Wis.
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Mrs. David Nadeau, Telesphore Gauthier and Mrs. Georgina Rasicot attended the Gauthier-LaMotte wedding at Bark River, Saturday.

Newspaper Article:
Nadeau
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Mr. and Mrs. McGuire, Mrs. Emma Faille and Miss Helen Beel of Chicago visited with Telesphor Gauthier. While here, the three women and Telesphor Gauthier and Mrs. Georgiana Rasicot motored to Munising where they visited the Peter Gauthier family. Mrs. and Mrs. Adolph Seymour of Iron Mountain, Mrs .Deloria Bodette of Escanaba and Mr. and Mrs. John Gauthier and family of Bark River were also guests at the T. Gauthier home.

Newspaper Article:
Nadeau News
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Telesphor Gauthier has just completed putting a cement floor in the basement of their home. Now they are having the house painted by Clyde Lickman.
Mr. and Mrs. John Gauthier and family of Bark River visited with Telesphor this week.

Census:

Gauthier, Telesphere, 87, widowed, born Canada
Raciot, Georgana, daughter, 64 widowed, born Canada

Newspaper Article:
?b?Mr. Telesphore Gauthier of Nadeau, Eighty-Seven Years Old, Family Reunion Today?/b?
Telesphore Gauthier, one of the oldest residents of this part of the peninsula, and the senior member of a highly esteemed pioneer family, will celebrate his eighty-seventh birthday anniversary, which was Friday, March 22, at a family reunion today at his home in Nadeau.
Mr. Gauthier will have with him for the happy occasion, children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchildren, and the day will be marked by a birthday dinner and supper, and by open house at the Gauthier residence, during which old neighbors and friends will call to extend their congratulations.
Mr. Gauthier was born in Laurian, Canada, March 22, 1853, and his marriage took place in Alfred, Ontario, August 11, 1870. He moved with his family to Nadeau in 1881 and has lived there continuously since that time. He engaged in farming for many years, retiring from active work about twenty years ago.
?i?In Fair Health?/i?
He and Mrs. Gauthier, who died in November, 1936, celebrated their golden wedding in 1920 and their sixieth wedding anniversary in 1930.
Mr. Gauthier has ten children living, ranging in age from 48 to 68 years; 66 grandchildren, 102 great grandchildren, and six great great grandchildren. In fact, if it were possible to have his entire family group with him today, the gathering would number 184 persons.
He is in fair health for his many years, and is a devote member of St. Bruno's parish in Nadeau, attending church services regularly. His hobbies are reading and gardening, and he finds pleasure in both, as well as visiting with his neighbors and friends of many years. He also is a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters and takes great interest in the activities of the fraternal organization.
?i?Children of Family?/i?
His sons and daughters, many of whom with their families, will be at Nadeau today to join in the celebration of his birthday anniversary, are: Mrs. Delia Bodette, of this city; Peter Gauthier, of Munising; Mrs. Georgiana Racicot, who makes her home with him at Nadeau; Mrs. Emma Faille of Chicago; Mrs. Adolph Seymour of Breitung; Napoleon Gauthier of Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Charles Dezer of New York City; Mrs. Jerry Beaudoin, of Magnolia, N.J.; Mrs. Jerry Gumker of Neenah, Wis.; and John Gauthier of Bark River.
Mrs. Bodette, Miss Belle Bodette, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brown, of this city, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Villeneuve of Gladstone, and Mr. and Mrs. William Barker of Manistique are among those who are driving to Nadeau for the reunion, and other members of the family expected to attend include Peter Gauthier of Munising, Mrs. Faille of Chicago, Mrs. Seymour of Breitung, Mrs. Bunker of Neenah and John Gauthier of Bark River.

Newspaper Article:
Nadeau
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Celebrate 88th Birthday
Nadeau, Mich. - Telesphor Gauthier, one of our townships pioneers celebrated his eighty-eightieth birthday Sunday at this home here by having many of his relatives and friends in during the day. A birthday dinner was served at twelve o'clock and supper in the evening to the many there. He also received many cards congradulating him as well as telegrams from far places.
Among the relatives who were here in overvance of his birthday were Mr. and Mrs. William Barker and family of Manistique, Mrs. Delia Bodette and daughter Belle, Mr. and Mrs. Napoleon Gauthier, Mr. and Mrs. Art Messier, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Alperovitz and Gust Turnquist of Escanaba, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rasicot and family, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Morin and daughter Janice of Schaffer, Mr. and Mrs. John Gauthier and family of Bark River and Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Seymour and two daughters, Agnes and Helen from Iron Mountain.

Newspaper Article:
Nadeau
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Sunday visitors of Telesphore Gauthier and Mrs. G. Rasicot were Mrs. Russel LaMotte and son Kenneth of Detroit, Miss Audrey Gauthier of New York and Mr. and Mrs. John Gauthier and family of Bark River.

Newspaper Article:
Nadeau
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Mrs. Delia Bodette and daughter Belle, of Escanaba, also Mrs. B. Barker and her daughter of Manistique visited at the T. Gauthier home, enroute from Elkheart, Indiana, where they attended the wedding of Miss Ida May Ruthlug, a granddaughter of Mrs. Bodette.
Miss Grace Sharkey left for Flint, where she attends school. She spent her vacation with her parents.
Mrs. Louis Rasicot and daughter, Mrs. Fred Moran of Schaffter were callers of Mrs. Georgianna Rasicot Wednesday.
Mrs. Jerry Bunker and son Harold, Miss Hellen Melby of Neenah, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Bunker of Neenah and Mr. and Mrs. Jon Gauthier and family of Bark River, visited Sunday with Telesphor Gauthier.

Newspaper Article:
Nadeau -
Personals
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Weekend visitors of T. Gauthier were Alec Bunker, Kathleen Myers, Neenah, Wis., Mrs. John Gauthier, daughters, Mildred and Therese and son David of Bark River.

Mrs. David Nadeau and daughters Marie and Myrtle spent the Thanksgiving holidays in Chicago with relatives. Mrs. John Gauthier of Bark River who has been visiting for a while in Chicago returned with them.

Postoffice Moved
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William Sharkey is now the new postmaster, taking over his duties on Saturday November 22. The office was moved from the Blue Front store building to the front park of the Sharkey residence.

Newspaper Article:
Nadeau
Family Reunion
Nadeau, Mich. - A family reunion was held at the Telesphore Gauthier home New Years Day and the guest were Mrs. Delia Bodette and daugher Belle, Mrs. Alice Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Conley, Escanaba; Peter Gauthier, Munisin, Mr. and Mrs. John Gauthier and family, Bark River; Robert Gauthier, Mrs. William Lindquist, Detroit; Mrs. Emma Faille, Chicago; Mrs. A. Seymour and daughter, O. Desette, Mrs. Al Cary and Rev. Fr. Hews, Iron Mountain; Napoleon Gauthier, Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. William Barker, Manistique; Sister Imelda and her mother, Mrs. Harry Ladais, Kenosha, Wis.

Newspaper Article:
Nadeau - New Year's Party
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The usual New Year's day party was held at the home of Telesphor Gauthier and was well attend by his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren from far and near. Among the out of town guests were Mrs. Delia Bodette of Escanaba, her daughter, Mrs. M. Langdon, of Glasgow, Montana, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bodette of manistique, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gauthier of Munising, his two sons and their families, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gauthier, Edward Gauthier, John Gauthier, son David, daughter Mildred of Bark River, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rasicot and family of Schafeffer, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Morin and family of Trout Creek, Mrs. Louis Bunker of Neenah and Mrs. Adolph Seymour of Midland, Mich.
Mrs. J. Bunker returned to her home Monday while Mrs. Adolph Seymour returned to Midland on Wednesday.

Obituary:
TELESPHORE GAUTHIER

Funeral services for Telesphore Gauthier, pioneer of Nadeau, who died Sunday, will be held Thursday morning at nine o'clock at St. Bruno's church, Rev. Fr. Joseph Duquette officiating. Burial will be in Nadeau cemetery. The services are being delayed one day to permit attendance of members of the family who are enroute from the east.
The body of Mr. Gauthier, removed from the Boyle funeral parlors Monday, is in state at the family home until the hour of the service.

Obituary:
GAUTHIER
Telesphore Gauthier, 91, resident of Nadeau for 63 years, died Easter Sunday at this home in Nadeau. He was born in Laurian, Canada, March 25, 1853, and married Catherine Leclaire Aug. 11, 1870, at Alfred, Ont. In 1876 they came to Republic, where Mr. Gauthier was employed as a miner, and in 1881 moved to Nadeau. Mrs. Gauthier died in 1935 at the age of 85.
Surviving are seven daughters and three sons: Mrs. Delia Bodette, Escanaba; Mrs. Georgiana Racicot, Nadeau; Mrs. E. Faille, Chicago; Mrs. Louise Bunker, Neenah; Mrs. Laura Seymour, Midland; Mrs. Delia Dezer and Mrs. Flossie Bodwin, Camden, N. J.; Peter Gauthier, Munising; John G. Gauthier, Bark River; Napoleon Gauthier, Shaker Heights, Ohio.
There are 67 grandchildren, 115 great-grandchildren, and 17 great-great-grandchildren. Of the 67 grandchildren, 17 are in the armed forces of the United States along with three of the great-grandchildren.
The funeral was at 9 a.m. Wednesday at St. Bruno's church, Nadeau, of which Mr. Gauthier was a member. Burial was in the family lot in Nadeau cemetery.

Obituary:
Pioneer Nadeau Resident Dead
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Telesphore Gauthier, 91, Lived in Community For 63 Years
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Telesphore Gauthier, 91, resident of Nadeau for 63 years, father of Mrs. Delia Bodette of Escanaba, died Easter Sunday at his home in Nadeau. He was born in Laurian, Canada, March 23, 1853, and married Catherine Leclaire Aug. 11, 1870 at Alfred, Ont.. In 1876 they came to Republic, where Mr. Gauthier was employed as a miner, and in 1881 moved to Nadeau. Mrs. Gauthier died in 1935 at the age of 85.
Surviving are seven daughters and three sons: Mrs. Delia Bodette, Escanaba; Mrs. Georgiana Racicot, Nadeau; Mrs. E. Faille, Chicago; Mrs. Louise Bunker, Neenah; Mrs. Laura Seymour, Midland; Mrs. Della Dezer and Mrs. Flossie Bodwin, Camden, N.J.; Peter Gauthier, Munising; John G. Gauthier, Bark River; Napoleon Gauthier, Shaker Heights, Ohio.
There are 67 greandchildren, 115 great-grandchildren, and 17 great-great-grandchildren. Of the 67 grandchildren, 17 are in the armed forces of the United States along with three of the great-grandchildren.
The body was returned Monday to the home from Boyle funeral parlors at Bark River, and will lie in state until the funeral at 9 a. m. Wednesday at St. Bruno's church, Nadeau, of which Mr. Gauthier was a devout member. Burial will be in the family lot in Nadeau cemetery.

Buried:
Buried from St. Bruno's church.

Telesphore married Catherine Leclaire on 11 Jul 1870 in Alfred, Prescott, Ontario, Canada. Catherine (daughter of Leon Leclair and Theotiste Rochen) was born on 2 Apr 1850 in L'Orignal, Prescott, Ontario, Canada; was christened on 7 Apr 1850 in L'Orignal, Prescott, Ontario, Canada; died on 30 Nov 1934 in Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States; was buried on 4 Dec 1934 in Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Organization Membership: Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States
• Name: Catherine LeClair
• Name: Catherine Leclerc
• _HASHTAG: Nadeau Cemetery
• _TODO: Open
• _UID: 30219C0F1E1143B5B0BE4D1B192C6182218B
• Godparents: 7 Apr 1850, L'Orignal, Prescott, Ontario, Canada; St. Jean Baptiste
• Census: 1851, Alfred, Prescott, Ontario, Canada
• Census: 1861, Alfred, Prescott, Ontario, Canada
• Census: 1871, Alfred, Prescott, Ontario, Canada
• Census: 1871, Alfred, Prescott, Ontario, Canada
• Immigration: Between 1879 and 1880, Republic, Marquette, Michigan, United States
• Census: 14 Jun 1880, Republic, Marquette, Michigan, United States
• Census: 1884, Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States
• Census: 1894, Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States
• Census: 1900, Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States
• Census: 18 May 1910, Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States
• Newspaper Article: 14 Oct 1915, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; Escanaba Morning Press
• Census: 16 Jan 1920, Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States
• Census: 1930, Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States
• Newspaper Article: 15 Aug 1930; Wedding Anniversary
• Death Certificate: 30 Nov 1934, Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States
• Obituary: 7 Dec 1934, Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States; Menominee County Journal

Notes:

(Research):1900 Census - Nadeau Township

Catherine Gauthier states that she had 17 children, 10 living.

Organization Membership:
She was a member of the L'Union Canadian.

_HASHTAG:
buried at Nadeau Cemetery

Godparents:
Her godparents were Frances Louttriff and Charlotte Proulx.

Census:

Leon Leclair, farmer, age 34
Therese Leclair, age 30
Ellen Leclair, age 8
Matilde Leclair, age 5
Leon Leclair, age 4
Frederick Leclair, age 1
Catherine Leclair, age 3
Josephine Belanger, adopted, age 10

Census:

Leon Leclaire, farmer, age 40, one story log home
Totise Leclaire, age 43
Ellen Leclaire, age 16
Matelda Leclaire, age 15, attending school
Catherine Leclaire, age 10, attending school
Ozian Leclaire, age 13, attending school
Rodrick Leclaire, age 9, attending school
Tofile Leclaire, age 8
Elie Leclaire, age 6
Israel Leclaire, age 5
Ormedos Leclaire, age 2

Census:

Gauthier, Francois, 58 years, married, born Quebec, farmer
Gauthier, Angelle, 55 years, married, born Quebec
Gauthier, Thelesphor, 18 years, married, born Quebec, farmer
Gauthier, Catherine, 21 years, married, born Quebec

Census:

Leclaire, Leon, age 54, farmer, cannot read/write
Leclaire, Theotice, age 58, cannot read/write
Leclaire, Oziasse, age 22, farmer, cannot read/write
Leclaire, Alderic, age 19, farmer
Leclaire, Theophile, age 18, farmer
page 50
Leclert, Elie, age 16, farmer, going to school
Leclert, Israel, age 14, going to school
Leclert, Armidase, age 12, going to school
Leclert, Nere, age 5, going to school
Leclert, Ellenne, age 24
Leclert, Domethilde, age 22
Leclert, Catherine, age 21
Leclert, Louise, age 10, going to school

Immigration:
Telesphore Gauthier's obituary, Menominee County Journal dated 14 Apr 1944, stated he came to Republic, Michigan in 1876 to work in the mines. But according to the 1930 Census, they immigrated in 1879.

Census:

Gauthier, Thelesphore, 27 years, laborer
Gauthier, Catherine, 30 years
Gauthier, Adelia, 8 years
Gauthier, Exevier, 7 years
Gauthier, Gorgina, 5 years
Gauthier, Elfer, 4 years
Gauthier, Joseph, 2 years
Gauthier, Gregoir, 1 year

Census:

GAUTIER, Telesphore, 31 years, born Ontario, parents born Ontario, farmer
Gautier, Catherine, 34 years, born Ontario, parents born Ontario
Gautier, Delia, 13 years, born Ontario
Gautier, Xavier, 11 years, born Ontario
Gautier, Georgina, 9 years, born Ontario
Gautier, Elvira, 8 years, born Ontario
Gautier, Joseph, 6 years, born Ontario
Gautier, Gregory, 5 years, born Ontario
Gautier, Mary L, 3 years, born, Michigan
Gautier, Catherine, one month, born Michigan


Census:

GOUKE or GAUKE, Thelesphore, 40 years, born Canada, parents born Canada, farmer, speaks French
GOUKE, Catharine, 44 years, born Canada, parents born Canada, speaks French
GOUKE, Joseph, male, 24 years, born Canada, married
GOUKE, Delia, female, 23 years, born Canada, married
GOUKE, Exevia, male, 21 years, born Canada
GOUKE, Georgine, female, 20 years, born Canada
GOUKE, Emma, female, 18 years, born Canada
GOUKE, John, male, 15 years, born Canada
GOUKE, Mary Louise, female, 13 years, born Michigan
GOUKE, Laura, female, 8 years, born Michigan
GOUKE, Delima, female, 5 years, born Michigan
GOUKE, Jubel, male, 4 years, born Michigan
GOUKE, Flossie, female, 2 years, born Michigan


Census:

Gauthier, Telesphore, born Mar 1853, 47 years, married 30 years, born Canada, parents born Canada, immigrated 1879, farmer
Gauthier, Catherine, born Apr 1850, 50 years, born Canada, parents born Canada, cannot speak English
Gauthier, Laura, born Apr 1886, 14 years, born Michigan
Gauthier, Delia, born Feb 1889, 11 years, born Michigan
Gauthier, Napoleon, born Aug 1890, 9 years, born Michigan
Gauthier, Flossie, born Feb 1892, 8 years, born Michigan
Leclair, Harry, adopted son, born Mar 1887, 13 years, born Michigan, parents born Canada

Census:

Gauthier, Telesphore, head, 57 years, married 39 years, born Canada French, parents born Canada French, immigrated 1880, Farmer on own farm, can read and write
Gauthier, Katherine, wife, 60 years, married 39 years, born Canada French, parents born Canada French, immigrated 1880, can read and write

Newspaper Article:
People You Know; Things You Don't
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Mrs. T. Gauthier, of Nadeau, who has been visiting relatives in this city during the past few days, returned to her home Tuesday.

Census:

Gauthier, Telesphore, owned free, 66 years, immigrated 1879, can read and write, born Canada French, parents born Canada French, laborer
Gauthier, Katherine, wife, 69 years, immigrated 1879, can read and write, born Canada French, parents born Canada French


Census:

Gauthier, Telesphore, owned house, value $200, age 77, age 17 at marriage, born Canada French, father born Canada French, mother born Canada French, year of immigration - 1879
Gauthier, Catherine, wife, age 80, born Canada French, father born Canada French, mother born Canada French, year of immigration - 1879
Roscoe, Georgiana, daughter, age 55, age 16 at marriage, born Canada French, father born Canada French, mother born Canada French, year of immigration - 1879
Roscoe, Marie, granddaughter, age 12, born Michigan

Newspaper Article:
Nadeau Couple Celebrates Sixtieth Wedding Anniver'y
Nadeau, Aug. 11 -
A tiny little great grandmother, tremulous and just a little bewildered, in her dress of white satin and her veil and orange blossoms, and the proud great grandfather, who stood smiling at her side, enjoying the bustle and excitement were the center of interest in a family gathering of over one hundred relatives Monday.
The couple was Mr. and Mrs. Telesphore Gauthier of Nadeau, residents of that community since 1881. The occasion was the sixieth anniversary of their wedding.
The anniversary celebration brought members of the family from all parts of the ensure, from as far away as New York City, New Jersey, and from any number of other places in a reunion in honor of the aged couple. Among them were children, grandchildren and great grand children of Mr. and Mrs. Gauthier whose descendants, 128 persons, number 10 children, all of whom were present, sixty-nine grandchildren and forty-nine great grandchildren.
The celebration of the anniversary itself had as its background, St. Bruno's church, which has been the parish church of the family. It opened with religious services in the morning, a selema high mass at 10 o'clock, at which the couple renewed the vows they had taken sixty years ago, in Alfred, Ontario, Canada, when Mr. Gauthier , then a young man of seventeen, took Catherine LeClaire as his bride. Rev. Father Sperlein, pastor of St. Bruno's church, was celebrant of the mass; Rev. Father Joseph Hollinger, of Hermansville, was decon; Rev. Father James Miller of Menominee, sub-decon, and Rev. Father D. Joseph Breault, of Bark River, master of ceremonies, Rev. Father Joseph Schaul, of Spalding, was in the sanctuary. The sermon, a beautiful tribute to the aged couple and their example of a happy home and family life, was delivered by the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Raymond G. Jacques of Escanaba.
Attending them at the service were Mrs. Jerry Beaudwin of Magnolia, and Napoleon Gauthier of Detroit.
Anniversary Dinner
Following the service, the couple was surrounded by relatives and friends in the large church yard, where they received the congratulations of family and friends, while a group of women of the parish busied themselves with last minute details arranging the long tables in the yard for the anniversary dinner.
This was served a short time following the service. Seated at one table were Mr. and Mrs. Gauthier, their ten children and the visiting clergymen. The centerpiece of this table, a large four-layer wedding cake, iced in pink and white, made by William Barker of Manistique, one of the grandsons. Other members of the family and friends were seated at other tables, arranged near by. Cut flowers were used on all tables. The menu was delicious and was well served. In charge of preparing and serving the dinner, were Mesdames J. Larch, D. Paquette, L. Varhon, A. Fish, A. Dantine, P. Poupore, E. Dupone, O. Lawin and E. Trembly and Misses M. Sperlein, E. Poupore, G. Paquette, H. Nadeau and O. Perras.
Following the dinner Mr. and Mrs. Gauthier were presented with a purse, the gift of their family. The remainder of the afternoon was spent in visiting and receiving the congratulations of members of the community.
Family Matters
Family guests present at the celebration were: Mrs.. Nick Beaudette, Escanaba; Mr. and Mrs. Hill Rutledge, two daughters, Erna Mae and Elinor, Elkhart, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. William Barker and three children, Lorraine, Theresa and Norbert Lincoln, Manistique; Mrs. and Mrs. Roy Beaudette, Green Bay; Clifford Bodette, Chester, Pa.; Ralph and Henry Beaudette, Escanaba; Mrs. Joseph Racicot, Nadeau; Marie Racicot, Nadeau; Mr. and Mrs. Louis Racicot and children, Eunice, Geraldine, Elvira, Louis Melvin and Harold Raymond of Schaffer; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Racicot and children, Violet, Ione, Beatrice, Francis, Kenneth, Arbutus and Clementine, of McFarland; Sisters Germaine and Columbier of the Dominican Order, who are from the Mother House at Adrain, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Racicot, daughter, Dolores, and son, Jerome Russell, of Appleton; Mrs. and Mrs. Raymond Racicot and children, Arlyle and Raymond, Jr., Detroit; Mrs. William Lindquist, Detroit; Mrs. Alice Lane and daughter, Arlyle, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Parker and son, Ralph, Jr., Mrs. Jerry Bunker and Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Bunker and son, Gene of Neenah, Wis.; Mrs. Emil Faille, Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Seymour and children, John, Catherine Ann, Agnes Marie and Helen of Iron Mountain; Mrs. Charles Dezer, New York City; Mrs. Jerry Beaudwin and son, Robert, of Magnolia, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gauthier, Manising (sic); Mrs. Andrew Joncas and children, Charles, Loretta, Lorraine, Francis, Andrew, Jr., June and Irene, of Escanaba; Mrs. Harold Radloff and son, Carl, of Munising; Mrs. Irene Sault and daughter, Jacqueline, Munising; Earl Gauthier, Munising; Napoleon Gauthier, Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. John G. Gauthier and children, Harvey, Milwaukee, Ruth, Robert, Lawrence, David and Theresa, Bark River; Harry Leclaire, Iron Mountain, adopted son, and his daughters, Sister Imelda, a Dominican nun, of Kenosha, and Genevieve and Virginia, Iron Mountain.
"Until Death Do Us Part"
Asked the secret of sixty years of happy, contented married life, Mr. Gauthier, who finds English easier than his wife, smiled and obligingly answered for both of them, "When we took our vows sixty years ago, we took them 'until death do us part,' and have always meant that too.

Death Certificate:
Catherine Gauthier, born April 2, 1850, Ontario, Canada
Died Nov 30, 1934
Cause - Myocarditis, secondary senility and Arteris sclerosis
Husband, Telesphore Gauthier
Father - Leon LaClair, born Canada
Mother - Totise Rochon, born Canada
Miss J G Gauthier, Bark River, Mich.

Obituary:
GAUTHIER
One of the senior members of a family of five generations, Mrs. Telesphore Gauthier, of Nadeau, passed away unexpectedly Friday evening at 10:30 o'clock at the family home following a brief illness.
Mrs. Gauthier was 83 years of age and while she was in failing health, she had been up and about her home until several hours before her death.
She was born Catherine LeClaire, in Montreal, Canada, April 2, 1851, and her marriage to Mr. Gauthier took place in Alfred, Ontario, Canada, August 11, 1870, the family moving to this country in 1881 and settling in Nadeau, where she resided continuously from that time.
Mrs. Gauthier was a devout member of St. Bruno's parish of Nadeau and was active in the affairs of the church societies.
Four years ago, it will be recalled, she and Mr. Gauthier celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary with a reunion attended by over 100 members of the family.
Surviving Mrs. Gauthier are Mr. Gauthier, sixtieth ten children: Mrs. Nick Bodette, Escanaba; Peter Gauthier, Munising; John Gauthier, Bark River; Mrs. Emma Faille, Chicago; Mrs. Jerry Bunker, Neenah, Wis.; Mrs. Adolph Seymour, Iron Mountain; Mrs. Charles, Englewood, N.J.; Napoleon Gauthier, Cleveland, O.; Mrs. Jerry Beaudoin, Magnolia, Nadeau. Seventy-nine grandchildren, 72 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild, also survives.
Funeral services were held at St. Bruno's church with Rev. Fr. F. M. Sperline, officiating, Tuesday and burial was in Nadeau cemetery.
Honorary Pallbearers were six member of the L'Union Canadian of Schaffer of which Mrs. Gauthier was a member: Mrs. Melvin Patoin, Mrs. Blanche Seymore, Mrs. Leatone Ringrette, Mrs. Eugiene Sabourin, Mrs. Eve Seymore and Mrs. Charlotte Tousignant.
Bearing the casket to and from the funeral car were: August Jean, Alex Dentine, Carl Johnson, Thomas Piche, Peter Monette and Joseph Larsh.
Those who attended the funeral from out of town were: Mrs. Delia Bodette, Escanaba; Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gauthier, Munising; Mrs. Emile Faille, Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. John Gauthier and family, Bark River; Mrs. Jerry Bunker, Neenah; Mr. & Mrs. A. Seymour and family, Iron Mountain; Mrs. Charles Dezer, Englewood, N.J.; Napoleon E. Gauthier, Cleveland, Ohio; Harry LeClaire, Eugene LeClaire, Miss Bella Bodett, Escanaba; Henry Dodett, West DePere, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bodett of Green Bay; Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Gauthier, Miss Ruth Gauthier, Lansing, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. R. Parker, Neenah, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. Louis Racicot and family, Schaffer; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brown, Escanaba; Mr. and Mrs. Napoleon Gauthier, Escanaba; Philip DeMars, Schaffer; Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Rangette, Escanaba; Mr. and Mrs. Peter Biabe, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. LaVigne, Mrs. Fred LaVigne, Bark River; Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Nadeau, Stephenson; Mrs. Louise Dunham, Daggett; Mr. and Mrs. E.L. Daignaull, Schaffer.
Mrs. Jerry Bodwin of Magnolia, N.J. was unable to attend.

Died:
died at 10:30 pm
noted age in obituary in the was 83 years

Buried:
Burial from St. Bruno's church.

Notes:

Alt. Marriage Date:
Recorded date of marriage was 11 July 1870. Witnesses were Antoina Chemea and Xavier Gauthier.

Alt. Marriage Date:
Obituary, dated 7 Dec 1934, stated they were married on August 11, 1870 at Alfred.

Marriage Ceremony:
Present at marriage - Francois Gauthier (signed) and Charles Guillot (signed).

Newspaper Article:
Nadeau Couple Wed 60 Years
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Mr. and Mrs. Telesphore Gauthier to Celebrate Monday
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Bark River, Aug. 9 (Special)
Mr. and Mrs. Telesphore Gauthier of Nadeau, parents of John G. Gauthier, prominent business man, will celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of their marriage Monday, Aug. 11, at their home at Nadeau, when they will attend a high mass and renew their marriage vows of sixty years ago. Rev. Fr. Frederick Sperlein, pastor of St. Bruno's church, will be celebrant of the mass, assisted by a number of clergy of the diocese.
Mr. and Mrs. Gauthier, pioneer and faithful members of St. Bruno's parish, are highly respected and well known residents of Menominee county, coming to Nadeau from Alfred, Ontario, Canada, where they were married Aug. 8, 1870. They have lived at Nadeau continuously since 1881.
Telesphore Gauthier was born at Alfred, Canada, March 2, 1853. At the age of 17 he married Catherine LeClaire of the same parish. Mrs. Gauthier was born April 4, 1850.
Of the children born to them, ten are living. They are: Mrs. Nick Bodette of Escanaba; Mrs. Joseph Racicot, Nadeau; Mrs. Emil Faille, Chicago; Mrs. Jerry Bunker, Neenah; Mrs. Adolph Seymour, Iron Mountain; Mrs. Charles Dezer, New York City; Mrs. Jerry Beauwin, Mangolia, N.J.; Peter Gauthier, Munising; Napoleon Gauthier, Detroit; John G. Gauthier, Bark River. The entire family will attend the mass and reception for their parents.
Sixty-nine grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren comprise the family of 128 descendants. Among the grandchildren who will be present at Monday's ceremony are Sr. Germaine and Sr. Columbier of the Dominican order of Adrian, Mich., daughters of Mrs. Joseph Racicot.
Members of St. Bruno's parish will serve the wedding dinner. A reception will be held during the day. Mr. and Mrs. Gauthier attended the Eucharistic congress at Chicago in 1926. Both are well considering their advanced age.

Other Events:

• Name: Francois X. Gauthier
• _TODO: Open
• _UID: AFE9D4C5649B42AF9DC3C2266721A338CC48
• Baptism: 19 Jan 1813, Ste. Therese de Blainville, Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada; most likely
• Occupation: 1 Aug 1831, Ste. Therese de Blainville, Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada; cultivateur or farmer
• Occupation: 1 Feb 1833, Ste. Therese de Blainville, Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada; instituteur or school teacher
• Occupation: 23 Sep 1836, Ste. Therese de Blainville, Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada; journalier or laborer
• Occupation: 23 Apr 1838, Ste. Therese de Blainville, Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada; cultivateur or famer
• Occupation: 7 Jan 1848, Ste. Therese de Blainville, Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada; instituteur or school teacher
• Census: 1851, Ste. Scholastique, Deux Montagnes, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1861, Iberville, Quebec, Canada
• Residence: 1862, Mont St. Gregoire, Iberville, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1871, Alfred, Prescott, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

(Research):1881 census - not at L'Orignal or Alfred - although there is an Angle Monnette, 66 years, widow (page 24) listed with Sophie Seguin.

Searched St. Victor, Alfred 1871-1876 and 1877-1880 (really Sept 1882) for death - none listed



Possible child:
Marie Normantine Gauthier
born & baptized 1 Dec 1856 at Ste. Scholastique, Deux Montagnes
parents listed as Francois Xavier Gauthier and Marguerite Monet

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Land records of Prescott County 1707-1908
1837-1845 reel # 201556
1845-1847 reel # 201557
1847-1862 reel # 201558

Baptism:
Francois Xavier Gauthier dit Larouche born 18 Jan 1813 at Ste. Therese, baptised 19 Jan 1813. Godparents are Francois Beauchamp and Angelique Labelle, cousin.
But the parents are recorded as Francois Gauthier dit Larouche, cultivateur and Marie Labelle of Ste. Therese.

Census:

Frans X Gauthier, Farmer, 39 years
Angele Monet, 38 years
Frans X Gauthier, 20 years
Angele Gauthier, 19 years
Josephine Gauthier, 17 years
Maglori Gauthier, 15 years
Celina Gauthier, 14 years
Joseph Gauthier, 8 years
Olive Gauthier, 6 years
Esperance Gauthier, 3 years

Census:

F. Xavier Gauthier, 48 years, farmer
Angele Monette, 45 years
Joseph Gauthier, 17 years
Celina Gauthier, 21 years
Esperance Gauthier, 15 years
Olivine Gauthier, 11 years
Telesphore Gauthier, 8 years
Delima Gauthier, 5 years

Parish of St. Gregoire

Census:

Gauthier, Francois, 58 years, married, born Quebec, farmer
Gauthier, Angelle, 55 years, married, born Quebec
Gauthier, Thelesphor, 18 years, married, born Quebec, farmer
Gauthier, Catherine, 21 years, married, born Quebec

Francois married Marie Angele Monet on 26 Oct 1830 in Ste. Therese de Blainville, Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada. Marie (daughter of Francois Monet and Marie Rose Nantel) was born on 27 Apr 1815 in Ste. Therese de Blainville, Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 27 Apr 1815 in Ste. Therese de Blainville, Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Angele Monet
• Name: Angele Monette
• Name: Angele Monnet
• _UID: 9BA63154798F4E8ABCDF921C09B5DDD05AD1
• Godparents: 27 Apr 1815, Ste. Therese de Blainville, Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1851, Ste. Scholastique, Deux Montagnes, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1861, Iberville, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1871, Prescott County, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Godparents:
Her godparents were Michel Blanche and Josephte Dutrisac.

Census:

Frans X Gauthier, Farmer, 39 years
Angele Monet, 38 years
Frans X Gauthier, 20 years
Angele Gauthier, 19 years
Josephine Gauthier, 17 years
Maglorie Gauthier, 15 years
Celina Gauthier, 14 years
Joseph Gauthier, 8 years
Olive Gauthier, 6 years
Esperance Gauthier, 3 years

Census:

F. Xavier Gauthier, 48 years, farmer
Angele Monette, 45 years
Joseph Gauthier, 17 years
Celina Gauthier, 21 years
Esperance Gauthier, 15 years
Olivine Gauthier, 11 years
Telesphore Gauthier, 8 years
Delima Gauthier, 5 years

Parish of St. Gregoire

Census:

Gauthier, Francois, 58 years, married, born Quebec, farmer
Gauthier, Angelle, 55 years, married, born Quebec
Gauthier, Thelesphor, 18 years, married, born Quebec, farmer
Gauthier, Catherine, 21 years, married, born Quebec

Other Events:

• Name: Leon Leclaire
• Name: Leon Leclerc
• _TODO: Open
• _TODO: Open
• _UID: 5932C11909454E9EB2689E5AD58E796FFC8B
• Godparents: 6 Apr 1822, Ste. Therese de Blainville, Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1851, Alfred, Prescott, Ontario, Canada
• Census: 1861, Alfred, Prescott, Ontario, Canada
• Census: 1871, Alfred, Prescott, Ontario, Canada
• Census: 1881, Alfred, Prescott, Ontario, Canada
• Census: 1891, Alfred, Prescott, Ontario, Canada
• Death: 20 Dec 1894, Alfred, Prescott, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

(Research):1861 Census - Alfred Twp., Prescott County, Ontario - LDS 349315
Leon Leclare with family, Louis Leclare with family, Hycinthe Leclaire listed

1871 Census - Alfred Twp., Prescott County, Ontario
Leon Lecaire with family including children that are married and no longer live with them

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Land records of Prescott County 1797-1908;
1837-1845 reel # 201556 (US/CAN)
1845-1847 reel # 201557
1847-1862 reel # 201558

Another filming
1819-1829 reel # 1724006 items 3-4
1829-1838 (1865) reel # 1724007
1838-1862 reel # 1724016

Alfred Township Index - reel # 201542
1862-1871 reel # 201559
1871-1874 reel # 201560
1874-1876 reel # 201561
1876-1877 reel # 1941326 item 3
1878-1882 reel # 1941327
1882-1886 reel # 1941328




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Gravestones of Prescott County
reel# 1598267 item 24

Godparents:
His godparents were Nicolas Bellenger and Marguerite Dezer (?).

Census:

Leon Leclair, farmer, age 34
Therese Leclair, age 30
Ellen Leclair, age 8
Matilde Leclair, age 5
Leon Leclair, age 4
Frederick Leclair, age 1
Catherine Leclair, age 3
Josephine Belanger, adopted, age 10

Census:

Leon Leclaire, farmer, age 40, one story log home
Totise Leclaire, age 43
Ellen Leclaire, age 16
Matelda Leclaire, age 15, attending school
Catherine Leclaire, age 10, attending school
Ozian Leclaire, age 13, attending school
Rodrick Leclaire, age 9, attending school
Tofile Leclaire, age 8
Elie Leclaire, age 6
Israel Leclaire, age 5
Ormedos Leclaire, age 2

Census:

Leclaire, Leon, age 54, farmer, cannot read/write
Leclaire, Theotice, age 58, cannot read/write
Leclaire, Oziasse, age 22, farmer, cannot read/write
Leclaire, Alderic, age 19, farmer
Leclaire, Theophile, age 18, farmer
page 50
Leclert, Elie, age 16, farmer, going to school
Leclert, Israel, age 14, going to school
Leclert, Armidase, age 12, going to school
Leclert, Nere, age 5, going to school
Leclert, Ellenne, age 24
Leclert, Domethilde, age 22
Leclert, Catherine, age 21
Leclert, Louise, age 10, going to school


Census:

Leclaire, Leon, age 50, born Quebec, farmer
Leclaire, Theotise, age 62
Leclaire, Ozias, age 32, farm laborer
Leclaire, Elie, age 26
Leclaire, Israel, age 24, carpenter
Leclaire, Nere, age 15, farm laborer
Leclaire, Hormisdas, age 22, farm laborer

Census:

Line 11
Leclaire, Neree, age 25, farmer, can read/write
Leclaire, Octavie, age 25, can read/write
Leclaire Elzear, male, age 8 months
Line 14
Leclaire, Leon, age 68, born Quebec, renter
Leclaire, Theotiste, age 71, born Ontario
Leclaire, Elie, male, age 3, grandson, born USA

Death:
Leon Leclair
death - 20 Dec 1894
male
age - 73 years
profession - gentleman
born - St. Jerome, Que
cause - cancer, 6 months
physican - Dr. Gilbault
informant - Honori Leclair, farmer
registered - 22 Dec 1894
religion - Roman Catholic
registrar - J. N. Belanger


Died:
noted age 73 years

Buried:
Present at burial were Joseph Vachon and Neree Leclaire.

"...Leon Leclaire, rentier, epouse de Theotise Rochon decede an meme hier le vingt courant a l'age de soixante treize ans..."

Leon married Theotiste Rochen. Theotiste was born on 28 Jun 1818; died on 31 Aug 1902 in Alfred (St. Victor), Prescott, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 2 Sep 1902 in Alfred (St. Victor), Prescott, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Theotise Rochon
• _UID: EC63C60D95EF4ACF8320B3BA759E7AE844CC
• Census: 1851, Alfred, Prescott, Ontario, Canada
• Census: 1861, Alfred, Prescott, Ontario, Canada
• Census: 1871, Alfred, Prescott, Ontario, Canada
• Census: 1881, Alfred, Prescott, Ontario, Canada
• Census: 1891, Alfred, Prescott, Ontario, Canada
• Census: 1901, Alfred, Prescott, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

(Research):Probable baptism:
Born - 19 May 1819
Baptised - 15 July 1819

"le quinze Juillet mil huit cent dix-neuf j'ai baptise Teotiste nee du dix neuf de May de mein du mariage lefitime de Heli Rochon, Maitre menuisier de la seigneurie de la nouvell Longeuille per la riviere des outaouas et de Marie Charles Proux le parrain a ete Andre Augustin Papineau et la marains Marie Roze St. Julien le pere present a signs avec les autres parties trois ...."
Signed:
Rose St. Julien, A Papineau and Elie Rochon

Drouin Collection - Quebec, 1621-1967 (ancestry.com) - 23 May 2010
Montebello, Papineau, Quebec

Census:

Leon Leclair, farmer, age 34
Therese Leclair, age 30
Ellen Leclair, age 8
Matilde Leclair, age 5
Leon Leclair, age 4
Frederick Leclair, age 1
Catherine Leclair, age 3
Josephine Belanger, adopted, age 10

Census:

Leon Leclaire, farmer, age 40, one story log home
Totise Leclaire, age 43
Ellen Leclaire, age 16
Matelda Leclaire, age 15, attending school
Catherine Leclaire, age 10, attending school
Ozian Leclaire, age 13, attending school
Rodrick Leclaire, age 9, attending school
Tofile Leclaire, age 8
Elie Leclaire, age 6
Israel Leclaire, age 5
Ormedos Leclaire, age 2

Census:

Leclaire, Leon, age 54, farmer, cannot read/write
Leclaire, Theotice, age 58, cannot read/write
Leclaire, Oziasse, age 22, farmer, cannot read/write
Leclaire, Alderic, age 19, farmer
Leclaire, Theophile, age 18, farmer
page 50
Leclert, Elie, age 16, farmer, going to school
Leclert, Israel, age 14, going to school
Leclert, Armidase, age 12, going to school
Leclert, Nere, age 5, going to school
Leclert, Ellenne, age 24
Leclert, Domethilde, age 22
Leclert, Catherine, age 21
Leclert, Louise, age 10, going to school

Census:

Leclaire, Leon, age 50, born Quebec, farmer
Leclaire, Theotise, age 62
Leclaire, Ozias, age 32, farm laborer
Leclaire, Elie, age 26
Leclaire, Israel, age 24, carpenter
Leclaire, Nere, age 15, farm laborer
Leclaire, Hormisdas, age 22, farm laborer

Census:

Line 11
Leclaire, Neree, age 25, farmer, can read/write
Leclaire, Octavie, age 25, can read/write
Leclaire Elzear, male, age 8 months
Line 14
Leclaire, Leon, age 68, born Quebec, renter
Leclaire, Theotiste, age 71, born Ontario
Leclaire, Elie, male, age 3, grandson, born USA

Census:

Leclaire, Neri, born 20 Jan 1866, age 35, farmer
Leclaire, Octavie, born ? 1865, age 35
Leclaire, Elzear, born 2 Feb 1881, age 10
Leclaire, Telesphore, born 15 Aug 1894, age 6
Leclaire, Adelard, born 30 Feb 1896, age 5
Leclaire, Leon, born 16 Feb 1899, age 2
Leclaire, Delphine, born 23 Apr 1893, age 8
Leclaire, Mary ?, born 27 Jun 1898, age 3
Leclaire, Victorine, born 22 Dec 1900, age 7 months
Leclaire, Theotiste, born 28 Jun 1818, age 82, born Ontario

Died:
noted age 84 years

Buried:
Present at burial were ? (Neree?) Leclaire and Joseph Rochon.

Notes:

Married:
L'Orignal - searched thru 1835-1840 (which was thru Aug 1844) and found no marriage for Leon Leclair and Theotiste Rochon. (10 Sep 2012)

Sep 1844 - Mar 1845 missing

Other Events:

• Name: Francois Gauthier
• Name: Francois Gautier dit Larouche
• Name: Gautier Francois
• _UID: 013D71CE24E74D58905D077537F4777EB6A0
• Occupation: 4 Feb 1799, Ste. Rose, Laval, Quebec, Canada; Labor
• Census: 1851, Ste. Therese, Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada

Notes:

Census:

Gauthier, Elie, culivateur, age 37
Poirier, Zoe, cultivateur, age 35
Gauthier, Elie, journalier, age 13
Gauthier, Clotilde journalier age 11
Gauthier, Josephine, journalier, age 10
Gauthier, Zoe, journalier, age 7
Gauthier, Elizabeth, journalier, age 4
Gauthier, Ermaline, journalier, age 2
Gauthier, Aldophe, journalier, age 1
Gauthier, Frs., journalier, age 77


Died:
present at marriage of son Isaie to Pauline Filiatreault on 10 October 1843 at Laval.

Francois married Marie Amable Gravel on 4 Feb 1799 in Ste. Rose, Laval, Quebec, Canada. Marie (daughter of Charles Gravel and Marie Catherine Poitevin) was born on 23 Jun 1778 in Laval (St. Vincent de Paul), Quebec, Canada; was christened on 24 Jun 1778 in Laval (St. Vincent de Paul), Quebec, Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Marie Gravel
• _UID: 201270D1957D461CA79D7FC29C5CD6A0DAF5

Notes:

Marriage Ceremony:
Present at the ceremony were Francois Gauthier, father, Jean Baptiste Gautier, brother of Francois, Francois Page, Pierre Seguin, friends, Joseph Seguin, godfather of Francois, Joseph Charlefoux, Francois Mare and Antoine Bouvien, friends of Marie Amable.

Other Events:

• Name: Francois Monette
• Name: Pierre Monet
• _UID: 6C81B905976A480782FC98F7F98764C0ACB7
• Occupation: 1826, Ste. Therese de Blainville, Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada; tanner

Francois married Marie Rose Nantel on 12 Sep 1812 in Ste. Rose, Laval, Quebec, Canada. Marie (daughter of Joseph Berloin dit Nantel and Marie Louise Cyr) was born on 19 Oct 1791 in Laval (Ste. Rose), Quebec, Canada; was christened on 19 Oct 1791 in Laval (Ste. Rose), Quebec, Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Marie Nantel
• _UID: B33A11BE56AB4057AA7B2E563D1BC4122B68

Other Events:

• Name: Pierre Leclaire
• Name: Pierre Leclerc
• _UID: E49B10E5041049AAA3A7FC9EB3259CEBBE8F
• Godparents: 6 Feb 1788, Terrebonne (St. Louis), Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1861, Longueuil, Prescott, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

(Research):No births 1818-1820 or 1826-1830 at Ste. Therese

Godparents:
His godparents were Antoine Charboneau and Josephe Etier.

Census:

Hyacinthe Leclaire, farmer, age 39, married
Pierre Leclaire, farmer, age 72, single
Denis Leclaire, age 27, married
Hyacinthe Leclaire, age 4
Valerie Leclaire, age 2


Died:
noted age 80 years - no death date recorded

Pierre married Marie Catherine Roy dit Lepage on 24 Jan 1814 in Lachine, Quebec, Canada. Marie (daughter of Jacques Lepage dit Roy and Marie Josephe Monet) was born on 16 Oct 1794 in Lachine, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 16 Oct 1794 in Lachine, Quebec, Canada; died on 18 Jun 1855 in L'Orignal, Prescott, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 19 Jun 1855 in L'Orignal, Prescott, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Catherine Lepage
• Name: Catherine Roi
• Name: Marie Catherine Lepage
• Name: Marie Catherine Roy
• _UID: B1D80E3621EC47C29DFEE028FFB2CE161B28

Notes:

Died:
noted age 60 years

Notes:

Marriage Ceremony:
Present at the ceremony were Joseph Lepage, Francois Leclerc, Charles Leclerc and Joseph Rei??.