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Saturday, February 23, 2008

Houghton Co. Mining Inspector Accident Reports

Thanks to the formatting, indexing, and transcriptions by Patricia Hamp and Colleen Caudle's indexing and transcription researchers can read about the accidents in the mines. 1889 -1900.
(some years missing)

I've linked to the Polanders listed in the records. Thank you Pat and Colleen for taking the
time to make this information available for all of us.

Adamski (y), Andrew age 15, 1889
Bailey, Frank ,Mar. 17, 1890
Garyatygiez, Peter, April 4, 1895 (Senaski mentioned)
Godjenske, Adam, Dec. 10, 1889
Gracka ,Stephen, 22 Jan 1900
Latilla (Lettia) , John ,20 December 1893
Mandrek, Peter, 26 May, 1897
Modrock ,Mike, 07 August 1893 (brother Theodore mentioned)
Oriski, Stephen, 07 September, 1895 (thirty men died)
Rasec (Rasimowicz), Joseph 07 September, 1895
Respeske, Andrew, 22 July 1891
Ristivick ,Stephen ,07 September 1895
Rosinski ,Andrew, 07 September 1895
Slotta , Joseph ,07 September 1895
Slotta , Michael, 07 September 1895
Smith ,Stephen, 01 April 1898, Boy Laborer
Thomaezhaski, Anton, 02 February 1897
Thomaezhaski, Wm, 02 February 1897
Waliguski, Jacob, 14 November, 1893
Wamzen, Jacob, 30 November, 1891
Werner, Thomas, 28 October 1892
Zeswick, Anton, 07 September, 1895 * Jozwiak
Zeswick ,Frank, 20 December 1897 *Jozwiak
Zeswick , Stephen, 20 December 1897 *Jozwiak
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Cemeteries

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Extractions by Joseph Martin

Joseph has extracted data from Michigan and U.S. Census, civil records, and city directories. To enable researchers to work easily with this data, it is posted here in .pdf format.
1872-1879 Calumet Births
1874-1897 Calumet Deaths
1874 Michigan Census
1895-1896 Houghton Directory
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Poles in Calumet

This blog explores the Polish community of Calumet, Houghton Co., Michigan.They were not the largest ethnic group- but many Midwestern families trace their ancestry back to a miner in Calumet. The first settlers were from German Poland. The 1910 US Census enumerated miners hailing from Russian Poland and Austrian Poland, as well.

Employment Records

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Family Researchers

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