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Canku
Ota
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(Many
Paths)
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An Online
Newsletter Celebrating Native America
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April
3, 2004 - Issue 110
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The Indian Priest
Father Philip B. Gordon
1885-1948
References
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by Paula Delfeld
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credits: submitted
by Timm Severud (Ondamitag)
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GENEALOGICAL
TABLE
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GREAT
GRAND PARENTS
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John
Baptiste Gaudin or Guerdon Born in Trois Rivieres, Quebec
and married at Mille Lacs to:
A-we-ni-sham
Their son was Antoine Gaudin (Paternal Grandfather)
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Daniel
Dingley who was married in 1825 to:
Mush-ko-dence (Isabelle La Prairie)
Their daughter was Sarah Dingley (Paternal Grandmother)
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Wa-be-man-i-do
who married
Dad-ji-ga
Their son was Nekinse (Maternal Grandfather)
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Wap-i-ges
who married
An-ji-gi-ji-kwe
Their daughter was E-kwe-wish (Maternal Grandmother)
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GRAND
PARENTS
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Antoine
Gaudin (AKA Tony Gordon) Born January 10, 1812 at Sandy Lake,
Minnesota married 1843 at La Pointe and died May 3, 1907 at
Gordon, Wisconsin.
Sarah
Dingley Born 1827 at the mouth of the Yellow River, Wisconsin
married 1843 at La Pointe and died in Gordon, Wisconsin.
Their son was William Daniel Gordon (Father)
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Nekinse
married E-kwe-wish and both are buried near Old Post graves
were unremoved and under the Chippewa Flowage
Their Daughter was A-te-ge-kwe (AKA Sarah Nekins (Nekinse))
(Mother)
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PARENTS
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William
Daniel Gordon was born September 25, 1850 at La Pointe, Wisconsin,
was married in 1874 in Gordon, Wisconsin, died June 15, 1943
in Gordon, Wisconsin. |
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A-te-ge-kwe
(AKA Sarah Nekins (Nekinse)) was born in 1859 at Lac Courte
Oreilles, was married in 1874 in Gordon, Wisconsin, died March,
1940 in Gordon, Wisconsin |
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SUBJECT
OF BOOK |
TI-BISH-KO-Gi-JIK
(Father Philip Bergin Gordon) was born March 31, 1885 in
Gordon, Wisconsin, was Ordained on December 13, 1913 in
Superior, Wisconsin and died on October 1, 1948 in Centuria.
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SOURCES
OF INFORMATION |
Numerous
sources were used in research work for this book, some of
the authentic facts and some just for background. Many people
have been helpful.
The manuscript "Outline for Biography of a Chippewa Indian
Priest," Loaned by the Chancery Office of the Superior Diocese,
formed a guideline for the arrangement of the book. It is
not entirely clear who wrote the outline, but it appears
to me it was written by Father Gordon at the instigation
of Fred Holmes and Dan Wallace, who planned to write a book
about the priest. This book was never written. According
to Paul Villaume, the men were all just too old to do the
work.
Reverend Raymond L. Schoone of the Chancery Office, Superior,
also furnished copies of correspondence between Father Gordon
and church officials.
Much information was derived from Father Gordon's series
in the Inter-County Leader, published by the Inter-County
Publishing Association, at Frederic, Wisconsin. Bernice
Abrahamzon, who is employed there, was indispensable in
arranging time and making the files available to me.
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Other
sources of information and background were the following: |
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Hand
written notes of Father Gordon (from Orrin McGrath),
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"Gordon
and the Gordon Family," and article written by Eldon Marple,
Hayward, Wisconsin
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"Antoine
Gordon," a biographical sketch in Upper Lakes Region Commemorative
Record.
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Heirship
approval, estate of Antoine Gordon.
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Various
church and ancestry records - Gordon, Bayfield, Long Lake,
Reserve. Some of these supplied by Trudy Wolf, Stone Lake,
and Orrin McGrath, North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
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Interviews
with people who knew Father Gordon: |
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Paul
Villaume
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Catherine
Gordon McDonald
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Mrs.
Marie Mulvaney Hersant
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Louis
de Angelo
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Edith
Anderson
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O.D.
and Mrs. McGrath
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Mrs.
Joe Rogers
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Charlie
Turner
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Katie
Gohke
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Scipio
Wise
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Charlie
Coons
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Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence Reidner
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Sinon
Lynch
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Benny
Isham
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Russell
H. Johnson
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Others
who gave information: |
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The
following libraries and librarians |
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Mary
Ellen Braafaldt, Reference Librarian, Duluth Public Library
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Mrs.
Barbara Knotts, Superior Public Library
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Carol
Martinson, Reference Librarian, St. Paul Public Library
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Minnesota
Historical Library
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Mrs.
Leona Ryan, Archives Librarian, College of St. Thomas
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Thomas
R. Sykora and Captain H.C. Inches of the Great Lakes Historical
Library
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The
following published books |
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Badger
History
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Cadot
Family Stories
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Centennial
History of Gordon (Sent to me by John Love)
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Curtis,
Natalie, The Indian Book
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Densmore,
Frances, How Indians Use Wild Plant for Food
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Dictionary
of Wisconsin History
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Gridley,
Marion E., Indians of Today
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Habig,
Marion A., Heralds of the King: The Franciscans of St.
Louis-Chicago Province, 1858-1958 (Furnished by Franciscan
Herald Press)
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History
of the Catholic Church in America
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History
of the Great Lakes
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Hoar,
Col. W.G., History is Our Heritage
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Kellogg,
Louise Phelps, the Rise and Fall of Old Superior
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Kinney,
J.P., Indian Forest and Range
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Purcell,
William Gray, St. Croix Trail Country
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Ritzenthaler,
Robert E and Pat, The Woodland Indians of the Western
Great Lakes
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Stewart,
Lillian Kimball, A Pioneer of Superior
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The
Wisconsin Magazine
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Wisconsin
Magazine of History
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The
Wisconsin Story
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Clippings
from various publications |
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