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Influence of French settlers evident in Cheboygan
Cheboygan has made The Grand Rapids Press. My daughter, who lives there, sent me a clipping of an article by Jim Dufresne It is titled "Cheboygan puts its history behind bars in summer."
Mr. Dufresne is described as a freelance travel writer from Clarkston, Mich. The article opens with these paragraphs:
"Cheboygan. They sure are friendly people in this Lake Huron town of 5,100. Arrive from June to September and the first place they want you to go is to jail. Plan to spend some time in each cell, because that is where you'll find the pride and heritage that is Cheboygan."
"At the Cheboygan County Historical Museum, you not only get to view the history of the area in an interesting series of displays and exhibits, but you get to wander through a 19th Century jail."
I wonder of this article will inspire many people from Grand Rapids to visit Cheboygan?
In my last column, I began a short series on Cheboygan's French pioneer settlers. Today I will continue the story of the people who brought their French culture and ethnics to our area.
If you were to drive toward Onaway on M-33 and swing left onto Orchard Beach Road, you would come to an area whch once was called Little Canada. A road called Little Canada Road still exists in this area.
It was in this locale that the first white settlers made their homes, in sections 27 of Cheboygan County. They were Adolphus Pokah and Magloire Eneault. They settled there in 1855, just 11 years after Jacob Sammons became the first permanent white settler in Cheboygan.
Long Lake is close to Little Canada. Adolphus learned to speak the language of Indians who lived on Long Lake, and they became friends and neighbors.
Today the Eneault name is spelled Enos, and many of them still live in this area.
More French people soon came to the area. Rose Enos married Peter Rocheleau in 1908. French families by the name of Burr also arrived. These people attended St. Fracis Church. The first baptism recorded there, on March 1, 1885, was that of Henrietta Rabidoux.
David Rocheleau and his wife, Amelia Couture, came with their baby Zelia, by train from Quebec to Cheboygan in 1881. David was born in St. Zenon, Quebec in 1850, and Amelia was born in St. Damien, Quebec, in 1858.
David's sister, Virginia, had arrived earlier with her husband, Jule Guoine. David and Amelia purchased a farm on Wing Road and became neighbors of his sister's family. There was no road, owever, only a path through the thick woods. David and Amelia built a cabin, cleared the land and planted crops. Supplies had to be carried on their backs from Cheboygan, which was about four miles away.
Nine more children were born to David and Amelia, six boys and three girls. They build two additions on their homes to accommodate the growing family. David died in 1925 and Amelia died in 1933.
One of their sons, Peter, married Rose Enos. They purchased a farm in Little Canada, where Rose had grown up.
The other Rocheleau sons were Isaac, Simeon, Henry, Oscar, who was a commercial fisherman; Balsey, a barber; and Henry, who was in the U.S. Coast Guard.
Of the Rocheleau daughters, Zelia married Philip Guoine; when he died, she married Cyril Van Slembrouch. Anna married Oscar Van Slembrouch. Eva married Chrarles Singleton and is still living, with homes in Detroit and Mullett Lake. Amy lives on Rocheleau Road, across from the road which led to the former Peter Rocheleau home.
Other French families which settled in our area were the La Franer Leising, Charboneau, Bordeau, Deroshia, Chasser, Joudoin and Jarvis families. Others include the Bonscore, Dementt, Duffine and Boyea families. There were, of course, more. They all belong to the melting pot of Cheboygan, the gifts of faith, perseverance and hard work. They would have a hand in developing one of the most beautiful countrysides in our county.
I would like to thank Helen Smith for data which made this story possible.
Source: Cheboygan Tribune, unknown date
Cheboygan has made The Grand Rapids Press. My daughter, who lives there, sent me a clipping of an article by Jim Dufresne It is titled "Cheboygan puts its history behind bars in summer."
Mr. Dufresne is described as a freelance travel writer from Clarkston, Mich. The article opens with these paragraphs:
"Cheboygan. They sure are friendly people in this Lake Huron town of 5,100. Arrive from June to September and the first place they want you to go is to jail. Plan to spend some time in each cell, because that is where you'll find the pride and heritage that is Cheboygan."
"At the Cheboygan County Historical Museum, you not only get to view the history of the area in an interesting series of displays and exhibits, but you get to wander through a 19th Century jail."
I wonder of this article will inspire many people from Grand Rapids to visit Cheboygan?
In my last column, I began a short series on Cheboygan's French pioneer settlers. Today I will continue the story of the people who brought their French culture and ethnics to our area.
If you were to drive toward Onaway on M-33 and swing left onto Orchard Beach Road, you would come to an area whch once was called Little Canada. A road called Little Canada Road still exists in this area.
It was in this locale that the first white settlers made their homes, in sections 27 of Cheboygan County. They were Adolphus Pokah and Magloire Eneault. They settled there in 1855, just 11 years after Jacob Sammons became the first permanent white settler in Cheboygan.
Long Lake is close to Little Canada. Adolphus learned to speak the language of Indians who lived on Long Lake, and they became friends and neighbors.
Today the Eneault name is spelled Enos, and many of them still live in this area.
More French people soon came to the area. Rose Enos married Peter Rocheleau in 1908. French families by the name of Burr also arrived. These people attended St. Fracis Church. The first baptism recorded there, on March 1, 1885, was that of Henrietta Rabidoux.
David Rocheleau and his wife, Amelia Couture, came with their baby Zelia, by train from Quebec to Cheboygan in 1881. David was born in St. Zenon, Quebec in 1850, and Amelia was born in St. Damien, Quebec, in 1858.
David's sister, Virginia, had arrived earlier with her husband, Jule Guoine. David and Amelia purchased a farm on Wing Road and became neighbors of his sister's family. There was no road, owever, only a path through the thick woods. David and Amelia built a cabin, cleared the land and planted crops. Supplies had to be carried on their backs from Cheboygan, which was about four miles away.
Nine more children were born to David and Amelia, six boys and three girls. They build two additions on their homes to accommodate the growing family. David died in 1925 and Amelia died in 1933.
One of their sons, Peter, married Rose Enos. They purchased a farm in Little Canada, where Rose had grown up.
The other Rocheleau sons were Isaac, Simeon, Henry, Oscar, who was a commercial fisherman; Balsey, a barber; and Henry, who was in the U.S. Coast Guard.
Of the Rocheleau daughters, Zelia married Philip Guoine; when he died, she married Cyril Van Slembrouch. Anna married Oscar Van Slembrouch. Eva married Chrarles Singleton and is still living, with homes in Detroit and Mullett Lake. Amy lives on Rocheleau Road, across from the road which led to the former Peter Rocheleau home.
Other French families which settled in our area were the La Franer Leising, Charboneau, Bordeau, Deroshia, Chasser, Joudoin and Jarvis families. Others include the Bonscore, Dementt, Duffine and Boyea families. There were, of course, more. They all belong to the melting pot of Cheboygan, the gifts of faith, perseverance and hard work. They would have a hand in developing one of the most beautiful countrysides in our county.
I would like to thank Helen Smith for data which made this story possible.
Source: Cheboygan Tribune, unknown date