Other Events:

• Name: K. Russell LaMotte
• Name: Russ LaMotte
• _UID: 817635692F804011935F2C8F7B2283248682
• Graduation: 7 Jun 1995, Bloomfield HIlls, Oakland, Michigan, United States; Cranbrook School

Kenneth married Elisabeth Joy Cohen on 10 Apr 1999 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Kenneth married Kathleen Mary Farrell [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Design Engineer
• _UID: 26127957B54E4624A711308047BB9B2AA449
• Census: 1940, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
• City Directory: 1951, Birmingham, Oakland, Michigan, United States
• Obituary: 12 Aug 1975, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; Detroit Free Press
• Obituary: 13 Aug 1975, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; Detroit Free Press

Notes:

(Research):Son of John Delore LaMotte and Alvina Louise Breault.

(Medical):Died in home accident, fell off ladder in yard.

Census:

LaMotte, Russell, age 26, born Mich, 1935 in Detroit, draftsman, automotive
LaMotte, Ruth, age 27, born Mich, 1935 in Lansing, school teacher (crossed out)

City Directory:
LaMotte - Russell J (Ruth F) eng Murray Corp (Det) h 575 Berwyn rd

Obituary:
Russell J. LaMotte, Ford Manager
Services for Russell J. LaMotte, manage of Advance Product Planning Department of Ford Motor Co., will be at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Wm. R. Hamilton Co., 820 E. Maple, Birmingham.
Mr. LaMotte, 61, of Birmingham died Sunday at Beaumont Hospital of injuries suffer in an accident.

Obituary:
LaMOTTE, Russell J., August 10 1975. Husband of Ruth F. LaMotte; father of Kenneth J., Paul R. and Robert J. LaMotte; also survived by four grandchildren, one sister and four brothers. Scripture service at Bell Chapel of the Wm. R. Hamilton Co., 820 E. Maple Ave., Birmingham, Tuesday at 8 p.m. Mass of the Resurrection at Holy Name Church, Birmingham, 10 a/m/ Wednesday. Tributes may be sent to the charity of your choice.

Died:
Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak

Buried:
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery

Russell married Florence Ruth Gauthier on 1 Jul 1939 in Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States. Florence (daughter of John Gregory Gauthier and Laura Eunice Nadeau) was born on 5 Feb 1913 in Cedar River, Menominee, Michigan, United States; died on 15 Feb 2001 in Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Education: Michigan State University
• Name: Ruth F. LaMotte
• Name: Ruth Gauthier
• Residence: Geelong, Victoria, Australia
• _UID: 826B701A69AF4321846FE545054328F2720E
• Census: 1920, Ford River, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Census: 1930, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Newspaper Article: 11 Sep 1931, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
• City Directory: 1934, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, United States
• Newspaper Article: 10 Jun 1937, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
• Occupation: Jun 1939, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States; School teacher
• Newspaper Article: 2 Jul 1939, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
• Newspaper Article: 8 Jul 1939, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
• Census: 1940, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
• Newspaper Article: 28 Aug 1941, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
• Newspaper Article: 19 Jun 1945, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Newspaper Article: 21 Jul 1946, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States
• City Directory: 1951, Birmingham, Oakland, Michigan, United States
• City Directory: 1960, Birmingham, Oakland, Michigan, United States
• Probate: 21 Jul 1964, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Obituary: 17 Feb 2001, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; Detroit Free Press

Notes:

Birth:
born at 12:05 am per Ruth Gauthier Lamotte

Education:
Ruth graduated from Michigan State College (University) where she was a member of the Beta Phi sorority.

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

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:
Page 5 - Bark River News
Robert Gauthier accompanied his father to Calvary where* lm will resume his studies at St. Lawrence's college. Misses (R)luth and Mildred Gauthier and Harv./ (Harvey) Gauthier left Thursday for Winona, Minn., where the Gauthier sisters will attend St. Theresa's college.


City Directory:
Gauthier Ruth student h2010 Vine

Newspaper Article:
Bark River To Hold Election
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Miss Audrey Gauthier of New York City is visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Gauthier. Miss Gauthier will return Saturday to New York accompanied by her brother Robert who plans to remain in the east indefinitely.

Lawrence Gauthier returned from Houghton where he attended Houghton College of Mining and Technology and has left for a vacation visit in Detroit and Lansing.

Miss Ruth Gauthier will return this week from Detroit where she was an instructor the past term.


Occupation:
Occupation listed on marriage license is school teacher.

Newspaper Article:
Page 5 - Social Club
Gauthier-LaMotte Bark River, Pink peonies, roses and orange blossoms decorated the main and side altars of St. George's church Saturday morning for the ceremony uniting in marriage Miss Ruth Florence Gauthier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Gauthier of Bark River, and Russell LaMotte of Detroit. son of Mr. and Mrs. LaMotte of Lake Linden. The bridegroom's unde. Rev. F t . I). Joseph Breault, performed the ceremony and was celebrant of the nuptial mass, upon the occasion of the twenty-second anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. The music of the mass was sung by St. George's church choir. Mrs. Edwin Bergman was organist and director, while Miss Belle Bodette sang the Ave Maria at the offertory. The Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin was played as the processional and Mendelssohn's Wedding March as the recessional. The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, wore a white satin fitted bridal gown, fitted with lace insets and a Peter Pan collar and long fitted sleeves. She wore a shoulder length veil and carried an arm bouquet of pink bud roses and fever few. Miss Jean LaMotte, sister of the bridegroom, attended her as maid of honor in a gown of aqua moire and a shoulder length veil of peach net. She carried a bouquet of roses and snapdragons. Mr. LaMotte was attended by Laurence Gauthier, brother of the bride. Mrs. Gauthier wore blue figured crepe with white accessories, while Mrs. LaMotte wore rose biege crepe with white accessories. The bride is a graduate of Escanaba high school and Michigan State college. She was a member of Zeta Tan Alpha sorority and was an instructor the past two years in the primary grades of the Schaffer school. Mr. LaMotte is a graduate of Lake Linden high school and is now with the Murray Body Corporation of Detroit. A wedding breakfast for the bridal party was served at the home of the bride for twelve guests. Dinner was served at one o'clock at St, George's church auditorium for fifty-two guests. A color scheme of pink and white was carried out in the table decorations. Mr. LaMotte and his bride left Immediately following the dinner for Detroit, where the bridegroom is employed and where the young couple will make their home. The bride wore a traveling costume of dark blue trimmed in white. Out-of-town guests at the wedding were Mrs. Mary Breault. Mr. and Mrs. John LaMotte and children. Jean, Robert and George, Mr. and Mre. Clarence LaMotte, Mr. and Mrs. Ed LaMotte, Houghton; Mr. and Mrs. Fred LaMotte, Lake Linden, and Miss Lyle Harrington. Calumet. Also John and Allen LaMotte, Mr. and Mrs. Armand Lanouette, Mrs. Clarence Kramer, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Orndoff, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Gauthier and family, Detroit. and Miss Dorothy Croswell, Lansing. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nadeau, Green Bay; Mr. and Mrs. Marcell Nadeau. Stephenson; Mrs. G. Racicot, Telesphore Gauthier, Mrs. Olive Nadeau. Barney Nadeau, Powers; Mr. and Mrs. A. Seymour, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Rouse, Iron Mountain; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ackley, Minneapolis, and Mrs. Delia and Belle Bodette.








Newspaper Article:
Nadeau News
Personals
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Mrs. David Nadeau, Telesphore Gauthier and Mrs. Georgina Rasicot attended the Gauthier-LaMotte wedding at Bark River, Saturday.

Census:

LaMotte, Russell, age 26, born Mich, 1935 in Detroit, draftsman, automotive
LaMotte, Ruth, age 27, born Mich, 1935 in Lansing, school teacher (crossed out)

Newspaper Article:
Page 4 - Bark River, Mich.
Mr. and Mrs Russell La Motte and son Kenneih of Detroit have returned to their home. They were accompanied on their return by Miss Audrey Gauthier who will visit in Detroit before returning to New York.

Miss Theresa Gauthier has returned from Detroit where she spent her vacation with relatives.


Newspaper Article:
Page 3 - Bark River
Mrs. Russell LaMotte and children of Detroit are spending several weeks at the John Gauthier home.

Miss Theresa Gauthier is being employed at the Bark River State Bank since the resignation of Mrs. Leo Knauf. Miss Gauthier graduated from St. Joseph High School June 7th.

Newspaper Article:
Page 9 - Bark River
Miss Theresa Gauthier, student nurse at Bloomington, Ill., is visiting at her parents home, Mr. and Mrs. John Gauthier.

Mr. and Mrs. Russell LaMothe and children of Detroit are visiting at the John Gauthier home, parents of Mrs. LaMothe.

Mrs. John Gauthier and son, David, have returned from Ann Arbor, Mich.

City Directory:
LaMotte - Russell J (Ruth F) eng Murray Corp (Det) h 575 Berwyn rd

City Directory:
LaMotte, Russell J (Ruth F) eng Ford (Dbn) h 575 Berwyn rd

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.

Obituary:
LaMOTTE, Ruth F., February 15, 2001, age 88. Wife of the lat Russell. Dearest mother of Ken (Kathy), Paul (Nancy), and Bob. Also survived by four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Sister of Theresa Peters (S0n). Family will receive friends at A.J. Desmond & Sons (Vasu, Rodgers & Connell Chaple) 32515 Woodward (betw. 13-14 MIle) Sunday 2-8 p.m. Visitation at Holy Name Church, 645 Woodland at Harmon, Birmingham, Monday 10:30 a.m. until Funeral Mass 11 a.m., Rife of Committai Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Memorial tributes Capuchin Soup Kitchen or Birmingham Baldwain Library.

Notes:

Newspaper Article:
SOCIAL CLUB

Gauthier-LaMotte
Bark River - Pink peonies, roses and orange blossoms decorated the main and side altars of St. George"s church Saturday morning for the ceremony uniting in marriage Miss Ruth Florence Gauthier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Gauthier of Bark River, and Russell LaMotte of Detroit, son of Mr. and Mrs. LaMotte of Lake Linden.
The bridegroom's uncle, Rev. Fr. D. Joseph Breault, performed the ceremony and was celebrant of the nuptial mass, unpon the occasion of the twenty-second anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood.
The music of the mass was sung by St. George's church choir.
Mrs. Edwin Bergman was organist and director, while Miss Belle Bodette sang the Ave Maria at the offertory. The Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin was played as the processional and Mendelssohn's Wedding March as the recessional.
The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, wore a white satin fitted bridal gown, fitted with lace insets and a Peter Pan collar and long fitted sleeves. She wore a shoulder length veil and carried an arm bouquet of pink bud roses and fever few.
Miss Jean LaMotte, sister of the bridesgroom, attended her as maid of honor in a gown of aqua moire and a shoulder length veil of peach net. She carried a bouquet of roses and snapdragons.
Mr. LaMotte was attended by Laurence Gauthier, brother of the bride.
Mrs. Gauthier wore blue figures crepe with white accessories, while Mrs. LaMotte wore rose beige crepe with white accessories.
The bride is a graduate of Escanaba high school and Michigan State college. She was a member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority and was an instructor the past two years in the primary grades of the Schaffer school.
Mr. LaMotte is a graduate of Lake Linden high school and is now with the Murray Body Corporation of Detroit.
A wedding breakfast for the bridal party was served at the home of the bride for twelve guests. Dinner was served at one o'clock at St. George's church auditorium for fifty-two guests. A color scheme of pink and white was carried out in the table decorations.
Mr. LaMotte and his bride left immediately following the dinner for Detroit, where the bridegroom is employed and where the young couple will make their home.
The bride wore a traveling costume of dark blue trimmed in white.
Out-of-town guests at the wedding were Mrs. Mary Breault, Mr. and Mrs. John LaMotte and children, Jean, Robert and George, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence LaMotte, Mr. and Mrs. Ed LaMotte, Houghton; Mr. and Mrs. Fred LaMotte, Lake Linden, and Miss Lyle Harrington, Calumet.
Also John and Allen LaMotte, Mr. and Mrs. Armand Lanouette, Mrs. Clarence Kramer, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Orndoff, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Gauthier and family, Detroit, and Miss Dororthy Croswell, Lansing.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nadeau, Green Bay; Mr. and Mrs. Marcella Nadeau, Stephenson; Mrs. G. Racicot, Telesphore Gauthier, Mrs. Olive Nadeau, Barney Nadeau, Powers; Mr. and Mrs. A. Seymour, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Rouse, Iron Mountain; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ackley, Minneapolis; and Mrs. Delia and Belle Bodette.

Marriage:
Married by Reve D.J. Breault at St. George Church. Witnesses were Laurence Gauthier and Jean LaMotte.

Other Events:

• 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.
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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]

Other Events:

• Name: John Gauthier
• Name: Laura Gauthier
• Name: Laura Nadeau
• Name: Nora Nadeau
• _HASHTAG: Bark River Cemetery
• _UID: 79B5BDFAED6B4B6EAFD33ECA7DA50407AD49
• Census: 1880, Stephenson, Menominee, Michigan, United States
• Godparents: 14 Aug 1881, Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States; St. Bruno church
• Census: 1884, Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States
• Census: 1894, Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States
• Census: 1900, Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States
• Occupation: Jan 1906, Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States; Postmistress
• Residence: 28 Aug 1908, Cusino, Schoolcraft, Michigan, United States
• Census: 1910, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Residence: 3 Sep 1910, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Newspaper Article: 11 May 1911, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
• City Directory: 1915-1916, Ford River Switch, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Residence: 5 Apr 1916, Ford River Switch, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Census: 1920, Ford River, Delta, Michigan, United States
• City Directory: 1920, Hyde, Delta, Michigan, United States
• City Directory: 1922, Ford River Switch, Delta, Michigan, United States
• City Directory: 1924-1925, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Residence: 24 Apr 1927, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States
• City Directory: 1927-1928, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Census: 1930, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States
• City Directory: 1934, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States
• City Directory: 1937, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Census: 1940, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Newspaper Article: 29 Nov 1941, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
• Newspaper Article: 21 Jul 1946, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Obituary: 6 Feb 1958, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
• Death Certificate: 7 Feb 1958, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States
• Obituary: 7 Feb 1958, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
• Cemetery: 10 Feb 1958, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States; Bark River Cemetery

Notes:

(Medical):Antecdent causes were: Simmonds's disease of 2 years; orther significant conditions were: senile dementia of 3 years

_HASHTAG:
buried at Bark River Cemetery

Census:

Nadau, Barney, age 49, Farmer, born Me, parents born ME
Nadau, Francis, age 44, wife, keeping house, born Belgium, parents born Belgium
Nadau, David, age 22, son, rebnkng on farm
Nadau, Louis, age 21, son, works on farm
Nadau, Julia, age 20, daughter, at home
Nadau, Barney, age 15, son, at school
Nadau, Louisa, age 13, daughter, at school
Nadau, Joseph, age 10, son, at school
Nadau, Anna, age 4, daughter
Nadau, Amelia, age 2, daughter
Boarders:
St. Ebba, Joseph, age 27
Bellare, Edward, age 35
Gordo, Barney, age 23
Gates, Sydney, age 30
Lucryer, Peter, age 26
Moore, Dick, age 22
Lovelace, Clark, age 30
Exard, Joseph, age 31
Hugo, Emmaual, age 36
Mason, James, age 41

Godparents:
Her sponsors were Bruno Nadeau, Jr. and Louise Nadeau.

Census:

Nadeau, Barney, 53 years, born Canada East, parents born Canada East, farmer
Nadeau, Julia, 42 years, wife, born Belgium, parents born Belgium, housewife
Nadeau, David, 26 years, born Wisconsin, merchant
Nadeau, Louis, 25 years, born Wisconsin, merchant
Nadeau, Barney Jr, 19 years, born Wisconsin, merchant
Nadeau, Louise, 17 years, born Wisconsin, housemaid
Nadeau, Joseph 13 years, born Wisconsin
Nadeau, Lucy, 8 years, born Michigan
Nadeau, Marcelle, 6 years, born Michigan
Nadeau, Nora, 2 years, born Michigan
Jonet, Nichlas, 80 years, father, widowed, born Belgium, parents born Belgium
Laveau, Peter, 48 years, boarder, single, born Canada East, laborer
Caron, Elisior, 32 years, male, boarder, single, born Canada East, blacksmith
Parks, James, 26 years, servant, single, born Wisconsin, laborer

Census:

Nadeau, Barney Sr, 69 years, born Maine, father born Maine, mother born Canada, farmer, US soldier
Nadeau, Mariette, 58 years, born Belgium, parents born Belgium, housewife
Nadeau, Joseph, 24 years, born Wisconsin
Nadeau, Lucy, 19 years, born Michigan
Nadeau, Marcell, 16 years, born Michigan, attending school
Nadeau, Laura, 11 years, born Michigan, attending school

Census:

Nadeau, Barney, born Dec 1826, age 73, married 45 years, born Maine, father born Maine, mother born Canada Fr, farmer, can read & write, owned farm free and clear
Nadeau, Francis, wife, born Apr 1836, age 64, married 45 years, born Belgium, father born Belgium, mother born Belgium, can read & write
Nadeau, Laura, daughter, born July 1881, age 18, born Michigan, can read & write
Nadeau, Louis, brother, born Apr 1836, age 64, single, born Maine, father born Maine, mother born Belgium, mining prospector, can read & write
Dunham, Louisa, daughter, born Mar 1867, age 33, divorced, born Wisconsin, father born Maine, mother born Belgium, can read & write
Dunham, Lucy, granddaughter, born May 1893, age 7, born Michigan, father born Michigan, mother born Wisconsin
Dunham, Mable, granddaughter, born Aug 1894, age 5, born Michigan, father born Michigan, mother born, Wisconsin
Dunham, Eunice, granddaughter, born Mar 1896, age 4, born Michigan, father born Michigan, mother born Wisconsin
Symonas, Chas. D, boarder, born July 1873, age 26, single, born Wisconsin, schoolteacher
Oleson, Annie O., boarder, born May 1878, age 22, single, born Michigan, schoolteacher
Brewer, Edith, boarder, born Sep 1875, age 21, single, born Michigan, schoolteacher
DeLong, Clayton W., boarder, born June 1873, age 26, single, born Canada, immigrated 1876, agent RR Co
Grenville, Alphonus, boarder, born Jan 1872, age 23, single, born Canada, salesman

Occupation:
Occupation listed in marriage record as postmistress.

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

Residence:
Register of birth for Mildred Anne.

Newspaper Article:
Page 6, column 5 - Local News Notes

Mrs. John Gauthier of this city has been called to Nadeau by the death of her mother, Mrs. Barney Nadeau of that village.

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

Residence:
Register of birth for Robert Joseph.

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


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

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

Residence:
Register of birth for Vivan Theresa.

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

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

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

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

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,

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:
Page 9 - Bark River
Miss Theresa Gauthier, student nurse at Bloomington, Ill., is visiting at her parents home, Mr. and Mrs. John Gauthier.

Mr. and Mrs. Russell LaMothe and children of Detroit are visiting at the John Gauthier home, parents of Mrs. LaMothe.

Mrs. John Gauthier and son, David, have returned from Ann Arbor, Mich.

Obituary:
Mrs. Gauthier Of Bark River Dies
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Mrs. John Gauthier, 76, widely known resident of Bark River, died at 10:45 p.m., Wednesday at St. Francis Hospital. She had been ill the past four years.
She was born Laura E. Nadeau, in the village of Nadeau, July 25, 1881, and her marriage took place there Jan. 16, 1906. The family lived in Ford River before moving to Bark River in 1923.
Mrs. Gauthier was a member of St. George's Chruch and the Rosary Society. She also was a member of Trinity Circle 362, Daughters of Isabella.
Surviving are her husband; three sons, Harvey of Pontiac, Robert of Detroit and David of Bark River; four daughters, Mrs. George (Audrey) Bayer of Nome, Alaska, Mildred of Bark River, Mrs. Russell (Ruth) LaMotte of Birmingham, Mich., and Mrs. Donald (Theresa) Peters of Kaneohe, Hawaii; 14 grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Alec Rouse of Iron Mountain.
The body was taken to the Boyle Funeral Home in Bark River. Arrangements for the services are incomplete.

Death Certificate:
Laura Gauthier
Died: 5 Feb 1958, St. Francis Hospital, Escanaba
Birth: 25 Jul 1881, Nadeau, Michigan
Father: Louis Nadeau; Mother: not known
Informant: John G. Gauthier, Bark River
Cause: malnutrition (2 yrs), Simmond's disease (2 yrs), senile dementia (3yrs)
Burial: 7 Feb 1958 at Bark River Cemetery


Obituary:
Obituary - Mrs. John J. Gauthier
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Funeral services for Mrs. John J. Gauthier, widely known Bark River resident who died Wednesday night, will be held Monday at 9:30 a.m. at St. George's Church in Bark River with the Rev. J. J. Dunleavy officiating. Burial will be in Bark River Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Boyle Funeral Home in Bark River after 7 p.m., Saturday. Daughters of Isabella of Trinity Circle will meet at the funeral home to recite the rosary Sunday at 4 p.m., and the parish rosary will be recited that evening at 8.
Mrs. Gauthier's daughters, Mrs. George Bayer of Nome, Alaska and Mrs. Donald Peters of Kanceohe, Hawaii, are arriving here Sunday.

Cemetery:
Stone (double) reads: Laura E. Gauthier, 1881 - 1958
SW plat, block 35, grave 1

Died:
Died at St. Francis Hospital in Escanaba. Age of 76 years. Father listed as Louis Nadeau and mother unknown. Informant was John G. Gauthier.

Buried:
Buried at Bark River Cemetery.

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.