Bartle Family Genealogy Research

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: MS-506

Staff Only

Collection Scope and Content Summary

Genealogy research, 1991, for the Bartle family, some descendants of whom lived in Lake Linden, Michigan. It appears that variations of the name include Bartle, Barkel, Barkle and Barkell. While Bartle may have been the first spelling, Barkell is used by most of the descendants. Comprised mostly of genealogical data sheets there are a few photocopies of naturalization papers, employment papers from Calumet and Hecla Mining Company and census records.

Dates

1991

Access

Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.

Biography

The Barkell name can be traced back to the Revolutionary War era, but it wasn't until the 1840s that a large influx of the family came to America. The family settled first in Wisconsin before coming the Upper Peninsula. The Barkells have resided in the Copper Country since the 1850s when Josiah Barkell arrived from his adopted hometown of Beetown, Wisconsin. Much of the early history of the family has been gleaned from courthouse files, church records and family recollections (excepted from The Daily Mining Gazette, July 1978, "Barkell clan holds reunion").