St. Clair County, Michigan - Index to Local Newspapers

St. Clair County
Marriages & Deaths

 

Port Huron Area
Index to Local Newspapers

 

St. Clair County, Michigan

Index to Local Newspapers

created by Marge Owens


The following index was created to aid researchers discover information about their ancestors who passed through St. Clair County, Michigan. These newspapers contain a wealth of information, for now, accessible only to those fortunate enough to visit our local public library in Port Huron and (I believe) the state library in Lansing, Michigan. This index is being posted on the internet to make this information more available to you.

This index was created by a special lady. Marge Owens spent innumerable hours reading these old newspapers, creating index cards for each name mentioned and then putting them in order. The set is complete to about October 1939. Sadly, Marge passed away and further work on this index has been suspended. I'd like to thank Marge and many others for their contributions to St. Clair County genealogy.

These local newspapers can be viewed on microfilm at the St. Clair County Public Library. If you are unable to visit the library, they also offer research services. Their fees are a minimum of $7.50, research of a half-hour or more ($20), first copy fee ($2) and additional copies ($0.25).

 


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Book 1
(1844-1872)

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

 

Book 2
(March 23, 1872 - June 30, 1876)

The first 94 pages have been typed and are searchable using the search engine below.
The other pages you will have to access individually and read the image.
You will have to click the image to maximize it.

For each section, I have given the months included and listed the first page for each beginning letter.

Index of pages 1 - 94

1872

Port Huron Daily Times
(March - December)

Miscellaneous: 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100 - Letters at the Post Office (77-91), South Intermediate Department Honor Roll (92), St. Clair County Certified Teachers (93-95), 4th of July Subscribers (96-97), Waterworks Petition: in favor (98-99) & against (100)

 

1873

Port Huron Daily Times
(January - May)

Notes, A : 1, 2, B : 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, C : 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, D : 13, 14, 15, E : 16, F : 17, 18, G : 19, 20, H : 21, 22, 23, 24, I : 25, J : 26, K : 27, 28, L : 29, 30, 31, M : 32, 33, 34, 35, Mc : 36, 37, N : 38, O : 39, P : 40, 41, Q : 42, R : 43, 44, S : 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, T : 50, 51, U/V : 52, W : 53, 54, 55, 56, Y/Z : 57, Miscellaneous: 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64 - Letters at the Post Office (58-64)

 

Port Huron Daily Times
(May - December)

Notes, A : 1, 2, B : 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, C : 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, D : 16, 17, 18, 19, E : 20, 21, F : 22, 23, 24, G : 25, 26, 27, H : 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, I : 33, J : 34, 35, K : 36, 37, L : 38, 39, 40, M : 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, Mc : 47, 48, 49, N : 50, 51, O : 52, 53, P : 54, 55, 56, Q : 57, R : 58, 59, 60, S : 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, T : 69, 70, U/V : 71, W : 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, Y/Z : 77, Miscellaneous: 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108 - Letters at the Post Office (78-91), St. Clair County Schools Honor Roll (92-106), and St. Clair County Certified Teachers (107-108)

 

 1874

Port Huron Weekly Times
(January - December)

Notes, A/B : 1, C : 2, D/E : 3, F/G : 4, H/I/J : 5, K/L : 6, M/Mc : 7, N/O/P/Q : 8, R/S : 9, T/V/W : 10, Y : 11

 

Port Huron Daily Times
(January - June)

Notes, A : 1, 2, B : 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, C : 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, D : 14, 15, E : 16, 17, F : 18, 19, 20, G : 21, 22, 23, H : 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, I : 29, 30, J : 31, K : 32, 33, L : 34, 35, 36, M : 37, 38, 39, 40, Mc : 41, 42, 43, N : 44, O : 45, P : 46, 47, Q : 48, R : 49, 50, 51, S : 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, T : 58, 59, U/V : 60, W : 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, Y/Z : 66, Miscellaneous: 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 - Letters at the Post Office (67-75), St. Clair County Schools Honor Roll (76-91), St. Clair County Certified Teachers (91-95), Grand Trunk Railroad Employees (96-97), Yacht Club Members (98), and Port Huron Guards Members (99)

 

Port Huron Daily Times
(July - December)

Notes, A : 1, 2, B : 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, C : 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, D : 14, 15, 16, E : 17, 18, F : 19, 20, 21, G : 22, 23, 24, H : 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, I : 30, J : 31, 32, K : 33, 34, 35, L : 36, 37, 38, M : 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, Mc : 44, 45, 46, N : 47, O : 48, P : 49, 50, 51, Q : 52, R : 53, 54, 55, S : 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, T : 63, 64, U/V : 65, W : 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, Y/Z : 71, Miscellaneous: 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91 - Letters at the Post Office (72-82), and St. Clair County Schools Honor Roll (83-91)

 

1875

Port Huron Daily Times
(January - December)

Notes, A : 1, 2, 3, B : 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, C : 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, D : 20, 21, 22, 23, E : 24, 25, F : 26, 27, 28, G : 29, 30, 31, 32, H : 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, I : 39, J : 40, 41, K : 42, 43, 44, L : 45, 46, [no pages: 47 & 48], 49, M : 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, Mc : 56, 57, 58, N : 59, 60, O : 61, P : 62, 63, 64, Q : 65, R : 66, 67, 68, 69, S : 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, T : 79, 80, U/V : 81, 82, W : 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, Y/Z : 89, Miscellaneous: 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118 - Letters at the Post Office (90-110), Board of Public Works: for abolition of (111) / in favor (112), St. Clair County Notaries (113), Special Notice for Pupils in Art Exhibition (114), Marine City Sailors (115), Persons with Unclaimed Goods at Canadian Express (116), St. Clair County Liquor Dealers (117), and Signers to Form a Pioneer Society (118)

 

Port Huron Sunday Commercial
(January - December)

Notes, A/B : 1, C : 2, D/E/F : 3, G/H : 4, I/J : 5, K/L/M : 6, Mc/N : 7, O/P/R : 8, S : 9, T/U/V/W : 10, Y/Z : 11

 

1875-1876

Port Huron Daily Times
(December - June)

Notes, A : 1, B : 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, C : 7, 8, 9, D : 10, 11, E : 12, F : 13, 14, G : 15, 16, H : 17, 18, 19, I : 20, J : 21, K : 22, 23, L : 24, 25, M : 26, 27, 28, Mc : 29, 30, N : 31, O : 32, P : 33, Q : 34, R : 35, 36, S : 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, T : 42, V : 43, W : 44, 45, 46, Y/Z : 47, Miscellaneous: 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62 - Letters at the Post Office (48-58), St. Clair County Liquor Licences (59-60), Lake Skippers (61), and 4th of July Celebration (62)

Extracts

St. Clair Republican

Newspapers

Notes

Type of Entries (abbreviations used)

 

 


Newspapers

LHO Lake Huron Observer
PHO Port Huron Observer
PHC Port Huron Commercial (weekly)
PHDT Port Huron Daily Times
PHP Port Huron Press
PHT Port Huron Times
PHWT Port Huron Weekly Times
SCR St. Clair Republican

 

Abbreviations

AD Advertisement
ANN Anniversary
B Birth
b/o brother of
BANK Bankrupt
c/o child of
CC Circuit Court
CCD Congregational Church Deaths - Memorial - 1860-70; (membership type)(death date)
CP County Poor
CTSCC Certified Teachers in St. Clair County
D Death (some from Probate Notices)
d/o daughter of
DIV Divorce
ds/o daughters of
Dut under 'Notes' section = Dutch
ER Election Results
(est) estate
FGRL Fort Gratiot Reservation Landbuyers, giving price & parcel of land
For under 'Notes' section = Foreign
Fr under 'Notes' section = French
Ger under 'Notes' section = German
GN General News
HR Honor Roll
IR Income Returns (year, if given)
July 4 Persons taking part in the July 4th Celebration
Legal Mentioned in Legal Notices
LET Letters left at Post Office (date, if given)
Lyceum Debating Club
M Marriage
mem under 'Notes' section = member
MEM Memorial
MS Mortgage Sale
NGS under 'Notes' section = North Grammar School (grade)
Obit Obituary
PC Probate Court
PEN Pension Papers
PH under 'Notes' section = Port Huron
Reg under 'Notes' section = Registered
RES Real Estate Sale
RRPHBCP Railroad - Port Huron to Bay City - Signers of Petition
RRPHL Railroad opening - Port Huron to Lapeer - Excursionists
RRSS Railroad - Subscribers - Saginaw Railroad
s/o son of
SCCRT St. Clair County Republicans Who Support the Times
SFFS Sanilac Fire Fund Subscribers
sis/o sister of
SM Supervisor's Meeting
SS Sheriff's Sale
sts/o stepson of
TL Tax List
w/o wife [widow?] of


Notes

Why letters were posted as being at the post office...

Letters were sent to post offices where residents would have to pick up their own mail. In 1847, the 5 cent Benjamin Franklin and the 10 cent George Washington stamps were the first stamps issued. Before 1855, prepaid postage was optional. This meant the recipients had to pay to get their mail. After 1855, prepaid postage became mandatory.

 

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