1 NAME Matthew Joseph /Sicken/
Holy Cross Church was built in 1903 by Fr. Peter Ternes to accommodatethe ever growing membership of the parish. A bid of $33,333.33 made byMatthew Sicken, a shipbuilder and active member of the parish, wasaccepted. An override of $12,000 in actual construction costs was paidby Mr. Sicken.Paquette/Salgot
of St. Clair Co., MI (1 of 4)Edward Paquette Sr. born in 1858 was the son of Joseph Paquette andFelicity Meldrum of St. Clair County, Michigan. Edward Sr. was asailor on the Great Lakes. He sailed with his brother-in-law, CaptainJoseph Chartran, and his uncle, Mate Timothy Paquette, aboard the U.S.Scow St. Joseph. The "St. Joe" was a 150 ton wooden spoon bowedschooner built in 1864 and owned by Matthew Sicken of Marine City,Michigan. During a storm on Lake Huron, August 18, 1890, Edward wentto help the men take in the sails and was thrown overboard by a hugewave that washed over the boat. The "St. Joe" stayed around in thestorm for five hours in the hopes of finding and rescuing Edward. Theyfinally gave up and went into Port Huron to report the accident. Hisbody was never recovered.
Matt Sicken, owner of the "St. Joe" gave all the lumber and materialsto build a small home for Edward's widow, Anna, and her four children.Relatives and neighbors did the work without pay. That house stillstands in Marine City, at 249 Hill St. The house number has since beenchanged to 413 Hill St. Anna and the children lived there about fiveyears when she became ill and died in 1895. Captain Joseph Chartranand his wife, Agnes Mayville/Mainville, took the children into theirhome.
In Old Marine
"Tales of the Sea"
By Jim Ticknor
(Reprinted from an undetermined St. Clair County
newspaper, circa. 1964)
The night was dark and moonless, the wind that filled the sails of thescow schooner "St. Joseph" was just barely more than a gentle whisper.The ship, fondly called the "St. Joe," was making her way leisurelyacross Thunder Bay en route from Cheboygan, Michigan, to Sandusky,Ohio, with a cargo of lumber stored in the hold and piled on deck. Itwas Monday evening, August 18, 1890, and the five-man crew under thecommand of Captain Tim Paquette of Marine City, were either asleep orstanding watch. At 11:55 p.m. a sudden squall struck the vesselcausing all hands to "turn to" in order to secure the ship against thesurging wind. Mate Edward Paquette Sr., also of Marine City, wasbusily engaged on the deck checking cargo and lines when, with a soundlike a pistol shot, the throat halyard parted allowing the big boom toswing free. Mate Paquette, unable to avoid the whipping boom, wasstruck violently and tossed overboard. As suddenly as the squall hadarisen, it subsided. After a thorough search of the area in hopes oflocating the mate the vessel proceeded under sale towards itsdestination.The "St. Joe" a wooden, spoon bowed ship of 150 tons had Marine Cityas its home port and was the first boat owned by Matt Sicken,prominent pioneer ship owner of our town. At the time of the mishapthe vessel was carrying about 300 tons of cargo valued at $3,000, theship itself had an assessed valuation of $2,500. Not very much by ourstandards but a great deal of money in those days.
Other members of the crew besides the captain and mate were JerryPaquette, 'fore the mast; Paul Marcero, cook; and one member whom wecannot identify. Edward E. Paquette, retired builder of Marine City,is the son of Mate Ed Paquette, who was lost. In case any of ourpresent residents wonder about the Mr. Paquette we mean, it is Edmund(he informed us that Edward is his correct first name). Mr. and Mrs.Edward Paquette will celebrate 56 years of wedded bliss on Dec. 28this year. Our congratulations are a little early, folks, but we meanthem very sincerely.
We have heard oceangoing men call our lakes men "rowboat sailors,"well we know of quite a few of these same ocean men who are prettydarn scared when they encounter one of our lakes storms. Guess theycan't get used to the big waves hitting the ships so rapidly.
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4 TEXT Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.,2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census.Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: NationalArchives and Records Administration, 1900.T623, 1854 rolls. Muskegon,Michigan, ED , roll , page .
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4 TEXT Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.,2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit thefollowing NARA web page: <ahref="http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1910/">NARA</a>.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of theCensus. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington,D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910.T624, 1,178rolls. Muskegon Ward 4, Muskegon, Michigan, ED , roll T624_667, part ,page .
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4 TEXT Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc,2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census.Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: NationalArchives and Records Administration, 1900.T623, 1854 rolls. Muskegon,Michigan, ED , roll , page .
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4 TEXT Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the followingNARA web page: <ahref="http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1910/">NARA</a>.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of theCensus. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington,D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910.T624, 1,178rolls. Muskegon Ward 4, Muskegon, Michigan, ED , roll T624_667, part ,page .