bullet Joseph Wareham was born on 6 Jul 1887 in Michigan. He died on 25 Dec 1887 in Michigan. Parents: John Wareham and Bessie Elllis.

bullet Joseph C. Wareham was born in Jan 1862 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. He died between 1901 and 1953. Parents: John Wareham and Jane Burrows.

He was married to Annie Leonhart on 2 Jun 1896 in Houghton County, Michigan. Copper Evening News
Wednesday, June 3, 1896

Married - Yesterday afternoon Joseph C. Wareham and Miss Annie Leonhart.
After the ceremony the happy couple left on the Japan for a trip up the
lakes. (The Japan was a cruise ship on the lakes.)
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Copper Evening News
Wednesday, June 3, 1896

Married - Yesterday afternoon Joseph C. Wareham and Miss Annie Leonhart.
After the ceremony the happy couple left on the Japan for a trip up the
lakes. (The Japan was a cruise ship on the lakes.)

bullet Joshua Wareham was born on 24 Jul 1837. He died on 7 Jul 1841 in Portland, Oregon. Parents: William Wareham and Sarah Bazely.

bullet Joshua Wareham was born on 29 Jan 1860 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. He died on 28 Oct 1943. Parents: John Wareham and Jane Burrows.

He was married to Katie J. Liren between 1876 and 1886.

He was married to Susan Bone on 7 Mar 1889 in Michigan. Children were: Jean Helen Wareham, Howard E. Wareham, Stella Jean Wareham, Doris Hattie Wareham , Hillery J. Wareham, Marjorie G. Wareham.

bullet Joshua Wareham was born on 15 Jan 1842. He died on 28 Sep 1892. Parents: William Wareham and Sarah Bazely.

bullet Kathryn Wareham Parents: Samuel Wareham and Sarah Nicholson.

bulletKenneth Wareham was born on 17 May 1899 in Michigan. He died between 1900 and 1989. Parents: Samuel Wareham and Sarah Nicholson.

bullet Kristin Ann Wareham Parents: Clark McCall Wareham and Sally Collins.

bullet Lincoln Wareham was born between 1880 and 1907 in Michigan. He died between 1887 and 1987. Parents: Samuel Wareham and Sarah Nicholson.

bullet Livingstone C. Wareham was born on 27 Apr 1870 in Lake Linden, Houghton County, Michigan. He died in 1961 in CALUMET, MICHIGAN. L. C. Wareham Marks 90th Year in Copper Country

Livingstone C. Wareham of Oak Street, Calumet celebrated his 90th
birthday Wednesday.

A retired foreman of construction for Calumet and Hecla, Mr. Wareham was
born in Lake Linden, moving to Calumet with his parents, the late Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Wareham, at the age of eight.

He is a graduate of Calumet High School, class of 1886 and was employed
by Calumet and Hecla for 58 years. His wife died in 1958.

His many friends extended well wishes on his day. A birthday cake was
baked and sent to him by Sidney Vivian, of Calumet, 88-year-old friend.
James Lowe, 82 of Calumet, who spent 56 years with Calumet and Hecla and
who was an associate worker of Mr. Wareham's also extended
congratulations.

Among the congratulatory messages was one sent by air mail by President
Eisenhower. It read, "Please accept my sincere congratulations upon your
birthday. May good health be yours through many more happy years."

Mrs. Martin J. Vierling, a daughter of Grosse Pointe was home to help
celebrate the occasion.
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L. C. Wareham Marks 90th Year in Copper Country

Livingstone C. Wareham of Oak Street, Calumet celebrated his 90th
birthday Wednesday.

A retired foreman of construction for Calumet and Hecla, Mr. Wareham was
born in Lake Linden, moving to Calumet with his parents, the late Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Wareham, at the age of eight.

He is a graduate of Calumet High School, class of 1886 and was employed
by Calumet and Hecla for 58 years. His wife died in 1958.

His many friends extended well wishes on his day. A birthday cake was
baked and sent to him by Sidney Vivian, of Calumet, 88-year-old friend.
James Lowe, 82 of Calumet, who spent 56 years with Calumet and Hecla and
who was an associate worker of Mr. Wareham's also extended
congratulations.

Among the congratulatory messages was one sent by air mail by President
Eisenhower. It read, "Please accept my sincere congratulations upon your
birthday. May good health be yours through many more happy years."

Mrs. Martin J. Vierling, a daughter of Grosse Pointe was home to help
celebrate the occasion. Parents: Richard B. Wareham and Margaret Kennedy.

Children were: Daughter Wareham.

He was married to Anna Elizabeth Engstrom on 10 Mar 1898. Children were: Melba Wareham, James Wareham, Helen Wareham, Irene Wareham, Lucille Wareham, Frank L. Wareham.

bullet Lottie Wareham was born on 18 May 1885 in Michigan. She died between 1886 and 1979. Parents: John Wareham and Bessie Elllis.

bullet Louette Wareham was born on 26 Nov 1891 in Michigan. She died between 1892 and 1985. Parents: Frederick G. Wareham and Annie Rickard.

bullet Lucille Wareham was born on 1 Dec 1898 in Michigan. She died on 17 Jan 1986 in Michigan. Parents: Livingstone C. Wareham and Anna Elizabeth Engstrom.

bullet Mabel Florence Wareham was born on 2 May 1900 in Lake Linden, Houghton County, Michigan. She died on 6 May 1900 in Lake Linden, Houghton County, Michigan. Parents: Thomas B. Wareham and Harriet Letitia Pryor.

bullet Marilyn Ruth Wareham was born on 29 Dec 1920. She died in 1975. Parents: Thomas Reginald Wareham and Beatrice M. Valliere .

Children were: Mary Callaghan.

Children were: Clyde Harold Wescoat, Sally Wescoat.

bulletMarjorie G. Wareham was born on 27 Jul 1909 in CALUMET, MICHIGAN. She died on 15 Jul 1994 in Michigan. Parents: Joshua Wareham and Susan Bone.

bullet Marsha Jean Wareham Parents: Addison Matthew Wareham and Phyllis Evangeline Paggett.

bulletMary Wareham was born on 25 Oct 1883 in Quincy, Houghton County, Michigan. She died between 1908 and 1977. Parents: Samuel Wareham and Mary Bresnahan.

She was married to Charles Waters on 25 Oct 1902.

bullet Mary Wareham was born on 2 Aug 1830. She died on 3 Feb 1903. Parents: William Wareham and Sarah Bazely.

She was married to Richard Warem between 1844 and 1847.

bullet Mathew Wareham was born between 1856 and 1885. He died between 1862 and 1964. Parents: Mathew Heath Wareham.

bullet Mathew Heath Wareham was born on 5 Oct 1835 in Chasewater, Cornwall, England. He died on 13 Jan 1916 in Lake Linden, Houghton Co., Michigan. Parents: William Wareham and Sarah Bazely.

He was married between 1854 and 1885. Children were: Mathew Wareham .

He was married to Jane Waram on 8 Nov 1856 in Canada. Children were: Samuel Wareham, Thomas B. Wareham, William Wareham, Catherine Wareham, Mathew Henry Wareham, George E. Wareham, Ernest Wareham, Richard Masters Wareham, David Wareham.

bullet Mathew Henry Wareham was born on 1 May 1864 in Houghton County, Michigan. He died on 23 Dec 1924 in Lake Linden, Houghton Co., Michigan. Parents: Mathew Heath Wareham and Jane Waram.

He was married to Anna Maud Miller on 23 Aug 1884 in Lake Linden, Houghton Co., Michigan. Children were: Eva Mae Wareham, Raymond Wareham.

bullet Mattie Wareham was born on 26 Apr 1889 in Michigan. She died between 1918 and 1983. Parents: Frederick G. Wareham and Annie Rickard.

She was married to Edgar Gould on 1 Jul 1912.

bullet May Wareham Parents: Samuel Wareham and Sarah Nicholson.

bullet Megan McCartin Wareham Parents: James Danial Wareham and Mary Gail McCartin.

bullet Melba Wareham Parents: Livingstone C. Wareham and Anna Elizabeth Engstrom.

bullet Merlior Wareham was born in 1868 in Michigan. He died between 1869 and 1958. Parents: Richard B. Wareham and Margaret Kennedy.

bullet Mildred Wareham was born on 2 Nov 1894 in Michigan. She died on 19 Aug 1895 in Michigan. Parents: John Wareham and Bessie Elllis.

bullet Mimmi Wareham was born on 3 Feb 1874 in Ontario, Canada. She died between 1875 and 1968. Parents: George Wareham and Ellen Gilmore.

bullet Nillie Wareham was born on 24 Aug 1876 in Ontario, Canada. She died between 1877 and 1970. Parents: George Wareham and Ellen Gilmore.

bullet Raymond Wareham was born on 10 Jul 1890 in Lake Linden, Houghton, Michigan. He died on 19 Jun 1959 in Laurium, Schoolcraft County, Michigan. Buried Maple Hill Cemetery, Lake Linden, Michigan

obituary - Raymond Wareham, 68 passed away Friday noon at Memorial
Hospital following a short illness

He was born in Lake Linden July 10, 1890, the son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Matthew Wareham. He was employed by Calumet and Hecia for a number
of years. In 1928 he moved with his family to Detroit where he was
employed as a millwright for the Bohn Aluminum Co. He retired in
December of 1954 and returned to Lake Linden in 1955 to make his home.

He was a member of the I.O.O.F. of Lake Linden and the loyal lodge No 516
of Detroit.

He is survived by his wife Esther; one daughter, Mrs. Edward (Janice)
Burrows, St . Clair Shores; two sons, Udell, Grosse Point Woods and
Addison of Mount Clemens; seven grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Eva
Webber of Alma.

The body is at the Pearce Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held
from the funeral home Monday afternoon at 2 p.m. The Rev. John Grenfell
to officiate. Burial will take place in Maple Hill Cemetery.
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Buried Maple Hill Cemetery, Lake Linden, Michigan

obituary - Raymond Wareham, 68 passed away Friday noon at Memorial
Hospital following a short illness

He was born in Lake Linden July 10, 1890, the son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Matthew Wareham. He was employed by Calumet and Hecia for a number
of years. In 1928 he moved with his family to Detroit where he was
employed as a millwright for the Bohn Aluminum Co. He retired in
December of 1954 and returned to Lake Linden in 1955 to make his home.

He was a member of the I.O.O.F. of Lake Linden and the loyal lodge No 516
of Detroit.

He is survived by his wife Esther; one daughter, Mrs. Edward (Janice)
Burrows, St . Clair Shores; two sons, Udell, Grosse Point Woods and
Addison of Mount Clemens; seven grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Eva
Webber of Alma.

The body is at the Pearce Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held
from the funeral home Monday afternoon at 2 p.m. The Rev. John Grenfell
to officiate. Burial will take place in Maple Hill Cemetery. Parents: Mathew Henry Wareham and Anna Maud Miller.

He was married to Esther Mitilda Johnson on 10 Sep 1912. Children were: Addison Matthew Wareham , Janice Wareham, Udell Alfred Wareham.

bullet Richard B. Wareham was born on 1 Feb 1840 in Cornwall, England. He died on 21 Jun 1918 in CALUMET, MICHIGAN. Parents: William Wareham and Sarah Bazely.

He was married to Margaret Kennedy on 26 Apr 1865 in Cavanville, Durham Co. Ontario, Canada. Children were: Alfred B. Wareham, Merlior Wareham, Livingstone C. Wareham, Ella M. Wareham, Jessie K. Wareham, James K. Wareham.

He was married to Elizabeth Taylor in Apr 1894.

bullet Richard Masters Wareham was born on 31 Jan 1872 in Franklin Mine Location, Houghton Co., MI. He died on 23 Oct 1944 in Lake Linden, Houghton Co., Michigan. Last Member of Pioneer Family Dies
Death comes Monday to Richard M. Wareham

Richard Masters Wareham member of a well known Copper Country pioneer
family died Monday morning, October 23, after a long illness. He was 72
years of age.

A son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Wareham, Richard Wareham was born
at Franklin Mine location, January 31, 1872. He came to Lake Linden with
his parents in early childhood and spent the remainder of his life in
this district. He was the last surviving member of a family of seven
sons. He worked for many years as an employee of the Calumet and Hecla
Consolidated Copper Company. During the days when professionsl baseball
was played in this district "Dick" Wareham took an active interest in the
sport and served for several seasons as ground official and time-keeper.
He had made his home for several years at the Lake Linden Hotel.

Surviving are several nieces and nephews.

Rev. F.C. Bircham, pastor of the Lake Linden Methodist Church officiated
at the funeral services which were held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 in
the Pearce Funeral Chapel.

Burail rites were held at the family lot in Maple Hill Cemetery. John
Leonard, John Curtin, Harry Herbison, James Davidson. William Pearce and
Irwin MacDonald acted as pallbearers.


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Last Member of Pioneer Family Dies
Death comes Monday to Richard M. Wareham

Richard Masters Wareham member of a well known Copper Country pioneer
family died Monday morning, October 23, after a long illness. He was 72
years of age.

A son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Wareham, Richard Wareham was born
at Franklin Mine location, January 31, 1872. He came to Lake Linden with
his parents in early childhood and spent the remainder of his life in
this district. He was the last surviving member of a family of seven
sons. He worked for many years as an employee of the Calumet and Hecla
Consolidated Copper Company. During the days when professionsl baseball
was played in this district "Dick" Wareham took an active interest in the
sport and served for several seasons as ground official and time-keeper.
He had made his home for several years at the Lake Linden Hotel.

Surviving are several nieces and nephews.

Rev. F.C. Bircham, pastor of the Lake Linden Methodist Church officiated
at the funeral services which were held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 in
the Pearce Funeral Chapel.

Burail rites were held at the family lot in Maple Hill Cemetery. John
Leonard, John Curtin, Harry Herbison, James Davidson. William Pearce and
Irwin MacDonald acted as pallbearers.

Parents: Mathew Heath Wareham and Jane Waram.

bullet Ruth Wareham was born in Dec 1896 in Michigan. She died between 1897 and 1990. Parents: Samuel Wareham and Sarah Nicholson.

bullet Sampson Wareham was born on 20 Jan 1847. He died on 6 Jun 1847. Parents: William Wareham and Sarah Bazely.

bullet Samuel Wareham was born on 7 Aug 1857 in Peterboro, Canada. He died on 25 Nov 1931 in Lake Linden, Houghton Co., Michigan. Calumet News, Calumet, Michigan
Samuel Wareham Dies Suddenly Wednesday
Samuel Wareham well known Lake Linden resident died suddenly Wednesday
noon at the home of his son Alvin. His death came as a severe shock to
his many friends, as he was in good health. Mr. Wareham was born in
Peterboro, Canada in 1857 and died at the age of 74. He came to the
copper country in 1863 and lived at the Franklin Mine with his parents,
moved to Lake Linden 10 years later and had been a local resident for 58
years. He worked for the C&H and was a bronze metal employee. Mr.
Wareham was pensioned a few years ago.

Surviving are four daughters and two sons, as follows: Mrs. Charles
Dornars of Arizona, Ruth of Houston, Texas, Mrs. Gray Trevarthen of
Kenosha and Mrs. Roy Franks of Lake Linden, Lincoln of Kenosha and Alvin
of Lake Linden. Two brothers William and Dick (Richard) of Lake Linden
and a brother in Oregon also survive.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete.



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Calumet News, Calumet, Michigan
Samuel Wareham Dies Suddenly Wednesday
Samuel Wareham well known Lake Linden resident died suddenly Wednesday
noon at the home of his son Alvin. His death came as a severe shock to
his many friends, as he was in good health. Mr. Wareham was born in
Peterboro, Canada in 1857 and died at the age of 74. He came to the
copper country in 1863 and lived at the Franklin Mine with his parents,
moved to Lake Linden 10 years later and had been a local resident for 58
years. He worked for the C&H and was a bronze metal employee. Mr.
Wareham was pensioned a few years ago.

Surviving are four daughters and two sons, as follows: Mrs. Charles
Dornars of Arizona, Ruth of Houston, Texas, Mrs. Gray Trevarthen of
Kenosha and Mrs. Roy Franks of Lake Linden, Lincoln of Kenosha and Alvin
of Lake Linden. Two brothers William and Dick (Richard) of Lake Linden
and a brother in Oregon also survive.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete.


Parents: Mathew Heath Wareham and Jane Waram.

He was married to Mary Bresnahan between 1871 and 1888. Children were: Mary Wareham , Eddie Wareham.

He was married to Sarah Nicholson on 19 Oct 1889. Children were: May Wareham, Kathryn Wareham, Lincoln Wareham, Alvin R. Wareham, Ada Wareham, Ruth Wareham, Kenneth Wareham.

bullet Sarah Wareham was born on 7 Oct 1843. She died between 1844 and 1937. Parents: William Wareham and Sarah Bazely.

bullet Shirley Jean Wareham Parents: Udell Alfred Wareham and Elizabeth Ann Boon.

Children were: Peter Michael Matson, Cindy Jean Matson, Raymond Michael Matson.

bulletStella Jean Wareham was born on 14 Oct 1892 in CALUMET, MICHIGAN. She died between 1893 and 1986. Parents: Joshua Wareham and Susan Bone.

bulletTanya Jill Wareham. Parents: Clark McCall Wareham and Sally Collins.

bulletTheora Wareham was born in 1898 in Lake Linden, Houghton Co., Michigan. She died in 1916. Parents: William Wareham and Edith H. Vivian.

bullet Thomas B. Wareham was born on 14 Feb 1859 in Smithtown, Peterboro, Ontario, Canada. He died on 23 Nov 1927 in Lake Linden, Houghton Co., Michigan. Short Illness Fatal to Thomas Wareham, Lake Linden Pioneer

Thomas Wareham, pioneer resident of Lake Linden, passed away at his home
Wednesday evening, November 23, following a brief illness. Mr. Wareham
had a host of friends, and word of his death was received with deep
regret.

Mr. Wareham was born in Peterboro, Ontario, Canada, on February 14, 1859,
and with his parents, came to Houghton County in 1863, moving to Lake
Linden in 1873. He was a gold medal employee of the Calumet and Hecla.
On January 25, 1888, Mr. Wareham was married to Miss Letitia Pryor of
Lake Linden.

The deceased is survived by the widow and four sons, Douglass of
Minneappolis, Reginald of Detroit and Harry and James at home. Five
brothers, Samuel, William, Ernest and Richard of Lake Linden and George
of Portland, Oregon, also survive.

Mr. Wareham was a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, and
also was an active member of Lake Linden lodge, No. 245, of Odd Fellows:
the Foresters of America, and John Duncan lodge, No. 373, F. & A. M.

Arrangements for the funeral have not yet been completed.
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Short Illness Fatal to Thomas Wareham, Lake Linden Pioneer

Thomas Wareham, pioneer resident of Lake Linden, passed away at his home
Wednesday evening, November 23, following a brief illness. Mr. Wareham
had a host of friends, and word of his death was received with deep
regret.

Mr. Wareham was born in Peterboro, Ontario, Canada, on February 14, 1859,
and with his parents, came to Houghton County in 1863, moving to Lake
Linden in 1873. He was a gold medal employee of the Calumet and Hecla.
On January 25, 1888, Mr. Wareham was married to Miss Letitia Pryor of
Lake Linden.

The deceased is survived by the widow and four sons, Douglass of
Minneappolis, Reginald of Detroit and Harry and James at home. Five
brothers, Samuel, William, Ernest and Richard of Lake Linden and George
of Portland, Oregon, also survive.

Mr. Wareham was a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, and
also was an active member of Lake Linden lodge, No. 245, of Odd Fellows:
the Foresters of America, and John Duncan lodge, No. 373, F. & A. M.

Arrangements for the funeral have not yet been completed. Parents: Mathew Heath Wareham and Jane Waram.

He was married to Harriet Letitia Pryor on 25 Jan 1888 in Lake Linden, Houghton Co., Michigan. Children were: James Philip Wareham, Boy Wareham, Douglass Pryor Wareham, Thomas Reginald Wareham , Mabel Florence Wareham, Harry Osmond Wareham.

bullet Thomas Pryor Wareham was born on 17 Oct 1930 in Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan. He died on 20 Nov 1954 in College Station, Texas. Parents: Thomas Reginald Wareham and Sarah Marguerite Vass .

bullet Thomas Reginald Wareham was born on 15 Mar 1895 in Lake Linden, Houghton Co., Michigan. He died on 28 Jun 1970 in Walnut Creek, Contra Costa Co., California. Parents: Thomas B. Wareham and Harriet Letitia Pryor.

He was married to Beatrice M. Valliere on 2 Jun 1920 in Calumet, Houghton Co., Michigan. Daily Mining Gazette
Thursday, June 3, 1920
Lake Linden

Valliere-Wareham Wedding
Torch Lake Couple Married Yesterday in Hancock - To Live Here

Miss Beatrice Valliere, daughter of George Valliere of Hubbell, and
Reginald Wareham were married yesterday noon in Hancock by the Rev. Fr.
Geurtin, of St. Josephs Church. Miss Jean Davidson and Milo Wiesenauer
were the witnesses. Mr. and Mrs. Wareham left for Chicago on their
honeymoon.

The bride is one of Hubbell's best known young ladies and has been
prominent socially with the younger set. Mr. Wareham is employed in the
Electrolytic plant. Mr. and Mrs. Wareham will reside in Lake Linden.
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Daily Mining Gazette
Thursday, June 3, 1920
Lake Linden

Valliere-Wareham Wedding
Torch Lake Couple Married Yesterday in Hancock - To Live Here

Miss Beatrice Valliere, daughter of George Valliere of Hubbell, and
Reginald Wareham were married yesterday noon in Hancock by the Rev. Fr.
Geurtin, of St. Josephs Church. Miss Jean Davidson and Milo Wiesenauer
were the witnesses. Mr. and Mrs. Wareham left for Chicago on their
honeymoon.

The bride is one of Hubbell's best known young ladies and has been
prominent socially with the younger set. Mr. Wareham is employed in the
Electrolytic plant. Mr. and Mrs. Wareham will reside in Lake Linden. Children were: Marilyn Ruth Wareham.

He was married to Sarah Marguerite Vass on 15 Mar 1924 in Battle Creek, Calhoun Co., Michigan. Children were: Janet Joan Wareham, Thomas Pryor Wareham.

bullet Udell Alfred Wareham was born on 25 Mar 1915 in Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan. He died on 5 Jan 1987 in Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan. Parents: Raymond Wareham and Esther Mitilda Johnson .

Children were: Janet Elizabeth Wareham, Shirley Jean Wareham.

bulletWilla Wareham was born in 1899 in Lake Linden, Houghton Co., Michigan. She died in 1899 in Lake Linden, Houghton Co., Michigan. Parents: William Wareham and Edith H. Vivian.

bullet William Wareham was born on 4 Oct 1804 in Wade Bridge, Cornwall, England. He died on 26 Oct 1891 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

He was married to Sarah Bazely on 21 Mar 1829 in England. Children were: Mary Wareham, William Wareham, John Wareham, Mathew Heath Wareham, Joshua Wareham, Richard B. Wareham, Joshua Wareham, Sarah Wareham, George Wareham, Sampson Wareham, Elizabeth Wareham.

bullet William Wareham was born on 9 Feb 1832. He died on 5 Apr 1903 in Lake Linden, Houghton Co., Michigan. Parents: William Wareham and Sarah Bazely.

He was married to Elizabeth J. Webb between 1851 and 1880.

bullet William Wareham was born on 23 Dec 1860. He died on 23 Dec 1943 in Lake Linden, Houghton Co., Michigan. Recollections of Early Days in Houghton County
by William Wareham of Lake Linden
A Pioneer of the District

My father, the late Matthew Wareham, came to Lake Superior in the year of
1862, and worked for the Quincy Mining Co. Going back home to
Peterborough, Canada, in the spring of 1863 to bring the family with him,
he arrived at Hancock in May. He lived there for about six months,
father again working for the Quincy Mining Co. We came from Peterborough
by train as far as Soo. From there we came to Hancock on the old time
passenger boat Northern Light. We were one daughter and three sons in the
family at the time. Father left the Quincy Company late that summer and
we moved out to the old Pontiac mine and lived in the old brown house, as
it was always called by most every one. There was no work there, so
Father got work with the Franklin and Pewabic Mining companies, chopping
cord wood and Hemlock logs and clearing land in the summer time and
piling cord wood at the mines in the winter.

Shortly after we moved to the Pontiac the daughter passed away and was
buried in the old cemetery up on the side of the Quincy Hill. We boys
went to the Franklin School on the hill, a short distance from the fine
new school they have there today. We also used to go and help Father
clear land and pile cord wood.

In those days it was most all bush from down behind the Franklin, all the
way out to Portage Lake ship canal. I was up at the canal when they were
dredging the channel through from Portage Lake into Lake Superior. I
also went across to Houghton on the old time ferry boat, the side wheeler
Niagara. I also saw the big fire that put the village of Hancock in
ashes on April 11, 1869. My parents used to trade with James A. Close,
who had a big general merchandise store there, and we three boys saw that
go along with the rest, also a store owned by Thomas Meads. He was one
of the members of the old baseball club of Hancock. He sold all kinds of
sporting and playing goods.

In those years we had to go to Hancock to get our mail and many times we
would take a couple of barrel staves along and slide down the short cut
behind the old barn at the Quincy. We often went into the Baer Market
and the ever kind butcher would give us a piece fo his ever good sausage.

There was a Mr. Ham who kept a meat market at the Franklin in those days
and Ernest Bollman was one of the butchers, along with Samuel Paine. In
later years, Mr. Ham went to the Iron Country. Mr. Bollman went into the
contracting business and took up residence in Laurium. Mr. Paine went to
Hancock to live.

In the later sixties we three brothers, Samuel, Thomas and myself went
to Hancock to see one of the first circuses that ever came up this way.
The company had a trick pony called January and it was good, like all the
other acts of the show.

In those days the Hancock, Quincy, Pewabic and Franklin companies had
their stamp mills along the shores of Portage Lake. The rock was sent
over an incline, two cars at a time with, a wire cable, two full cars
going down, pulling up two empty ones. Some of the old foundations of
the mills and the old tramway can be seen as one drives along through
Ripley today.

There is some change in the mill working here now to what they were when
we came, for with seven stamp heads then there have been 28 in operation
at times since them.. The lock from the mine used to come to the head of
the incline in trains and was put over the head with a big wire cable,
with six full cars going down which would pull up six empty ones. Now
today the train can run the rock right into the mill from the mine over
the new track.

In those early days they used to put the copper in barrels and in the
summer would put it on scows and the big tug Calumet would tow it to the
smelting works at Hancock. In the winter it was shipped to Calumet over
their own railroad, then transferred to the Mineral Range Railroad and
taken to Hancock to the smelter. Then in the eighties the company built
their own smelting plant at Hubbell. Now they take the mineral from the
stamp mill and run it right to their smelter. In the early days they did
run the overflow that came from the washing machines right into the lake
through a larger launder. It was on blocks of timber a few feet off the
ground. In time the sand began to pile up the shallow place. Then the
company put up sand wheels 50 feet high and they elevated the sand so it
could run out further into the lake by having a launder that high, with a
few hundred feet extended every few years. In the early days all the
sand that went from the mills into the lakes every one thought that was
the end of that, but in later years they started to look it over and
recrush and put it through a few processes and found out that it would
pay, so with the company's big dredge they have reclaimed thousands of
tons of copper from this undertaking, through the supervision of C.H.
Benedict. So where we boys in the early days played ball and other
games on the sand pile there is now a large sheet of water today.

It was all cord wood that was used in the mills in those times and every
winter there were thousands of cords hauled and piled in the yard here by
several contractors. There are several buildings on the ground where the
wood yard was, such as the boiler house, still house, power house and the
fire station. Then in the middle to the seventies the first coal boat
arrived here with 500 tons of coal some boat, some load of coal in those
days. It was named the Butcher Boy.

There were water boys wanted to carry water at the coal dock and it being
vacation time there was no school. One of the water boys at that time
was Jimmy MacNaughton. He attended school while living at the head of
the incline, where his father, the late Archibald MacNaughton, was
superintendent of the work at the place. Now today James MacNaughton is
president and general manager of the Calumet and Hecla Consolidated
Copper Company, having risen from water boy to his high position through
his ever untiring efforts. He was one of the boys among us boys that
were here in the early days, sharing in all sports and games that were
played.

In those days, baseball was different, for what is call a foul on the
batter now was called a "tick" then. Three "ticks" and the batter was
called out. Tjhes used to pitch the ball in those days to the batter and
if the catcher caught the ball on the first bounce behind home plate the
batter now was called a "tick" then. Gloves and masks weren't worn in
those times. Everything was done with the bare hand and many sore hand
we had.

In those days, the Indians came in by the boat load at berry season time
selling huckleberries for one dollar a water pail full and John Baliste
was the leader among them.

We were living at the Pontiac mine location during the discovery of the
Calumet and Hecla mines and then there were several people from Hancock
that put on stages from Hancock to Calumet. Some of the old drivers were
Thomas Redstone, William Cronin, Richard Saunders and a few others.
While living at the Pontiac there were added to the family, three boys,
Matthew H., George E. and Ernest.

In 1870 we moved to Franklin and lived there intil the spring of 1873,
when we moved out to the old Albany-Boston.

I saw many changes in and around the Pewabic-Franklin and all those other
mines during those years. While at the Franklin, one more was added to
the family, Richard M. We lived at the old Boston mine when the first
train was run over the Mineral Range rail and that same summer the Boston
stamp mill burned down and the watch man at the mill lost his life. His
last name was Barkell (Charles Barkell 1875).He left a wife and family.
They moved to Hancock later and we moved to Lake Linden as the burning of
the mill put a stop to the work there at that time.

We came to Lake Linden in November 1872 and have lived here ever since.
All having worked for the Calumet and Hecla Mining Co. Besides some of
us boys got married and our sons grew up and also had work here from the
company. So we were three generations fo the family that have worked at
the mills here during that time. There have been 27 by the name of
Wareham, all relatives that have been employed by the Calumet and Hecla
Mining Co. between here and Calumet. We came from the Boston by way of
Calumet, then down over the old St. Louis hill, and then on to Lake
Linden over the road that is called the Cemetery road today. That was
the only road to this place then and the Lake Shore road was the main one
for the town coming along by the St. Joseph Church and the public school
which both faced the lake in those days. The only general store here
then was located down near Marcott's dock, the Post Office was in the
same building and James Hoar used to carry the mail from Calumet and give
it out here. The Main Street of today only went as far as the Pearce
Hardware corner, then turned down to Lake Street, as all traffic was on
that one. Lake Linden had a good Baseball Club in the early days
composed of the following players: John MacNaughton, William Kramer, John
Sullivan, John Eathorn, August Rintz, Edward Guilbault, Thomas Daley,
Thomas Molanhey, Rhino Finchel of Calumet.

Before there was a highway built between Lake Linden and Hancock people
used to come from Houghton by ferry boat, for when they came from L'Anse
on the steamer Ivanhoe, they would take the ferry boat. There were two
of them running, the Frank C. Fero run by Charles Greenleaf and the Fairy
run by the Jackson Bros. of Ripley. In the winter time after the road
was put through, which was in the late seventies, there was a man named
Billy Thompson who used to run a stage from Houghton to here. I also saw
the works here when there were only seven stamp heads, as there were four
in the Hecla Mill. I started to work in the Calumet Mill in May 1874,
under Capt. John Richards the wash foreman, with Charles Werner as shift
boss under whom I worked on the wash machines a few years, night and day
shift. Capt. Richards left here and went out to Nebraska in later
years. Mr. Werner and Mrs. Werner passed away, but the family is still
living here. One of the sons, Frank Werner is assistant foreman here at
the mill under Superintendent Robert MacIntosh.


[The Hulion Family Tree2.FTW]

Recollections of Early Days in Houghton County
by William Wareham of Lake Linden
A Pioneer of the District

My father, the late Matthew Wareham, came to Lake Superior in the year of
1862, and worked for the Quincy Mining Co. Going back home to
Peterborough, Canada, in the spring of 1863 to bring the family with him,
he arrived at Hancock in May. He lived there for about six months,
father again working for the Quincy Mining Co. We came from Peterborough
by train as far as Soo. From there we came to Hancock on the old time
passenger boat Northern Light. We were one daughter and three sons in the
family at the time. Father left the Quincy Company late that summer and
we moved out to the old Pontiac mine and lived in the old brown house, as
it was always called by most every one. There was no work there, so
Father got work with the Franklin and Pewabic Mining companies, chopping
cord wood and Hemlock logs and clearing land in the summer time and
piling cord wood at the mines in the winter.

Shortly after we moved to the Pontiac the daughter passed away and was
buried in the old cemetery up on the side of the Quincy Hill. We boys
went to the Franklin School on the hill, a short distance from the fine
new school they have there today. We also used to go and help Father
clear land and pile cord wood.

In those days it was most all bush from down behind the Franklin, all the
way out to Portage Lake ship canal. I was up at the canal when they were
dredging the channel through from Portage Lake into Lake Superior. I
also went across to Houghton on the old time ferry boat, the side wheeler
Niagara. I also saw the big fire that put the village of Hancock in
ashes on April 11, 1869. My parents used to trade with James A. Close,
who had a big general merchandise store there, and we three boys saw that
go along with the rest, also a store owned by Thomas Meads. He was one
of the members of the old baseball club of Hancock. He sold all kinds of
sporting and playing goods.

In those years we had to go to Hancock to get our mail and many times we
would take a couple of barrel staves along and slide down the short cut
behind the old barn at the Quincy. We often went into the Baer Market
and the ever kind butcher would give us a piece fo his ever good sausage.

There was a Mr. Ham who kept a meat market at the Franklin in those days
and Ernest Bollman was one of the butchers, along with Samuel Paine. In
later years, Mr. Ham went to the Iron Country. Mr. Bollman went into the
contracting business and took up residence in Laurium. Mr. Paine went to
Hancock to live.

In the later sixties we three brothers, Samuel, Thomas and myself went
to Hancock to see one of the first circuses that ever came up this way.
The company had a trick pony called January and it was good, like all the
other acts of the show.

In those days the Hancock, Quincy, Pewabic and Franklin companies had
their stamp mills along the shores of Portage Lake. The rock was sent
over an incline, two cars at a time with, a wire cable, two full cars
going down, pulling up two empty ones. Some of the old foundations of
the mills and the old tramway can be seen as one drives along through
Ripley today.

There is some change in the mill working here now to what they were when
we came, for with seven stamp heads then there have been 28 in operation
at times since them.. The lock from the mine used to come to the head of
the incline in trains and was put over the head with a big wire cable,
with six full cars going down which would pull up six empty ones. Now
today the train can run the rock right into the mill from the mine over
the new track.

In those early days they used to put the copper in barrels and in the
summer would put it on scows and the big tug Calumet would tow it to the
smelting works at Hancock. In the winter it was shipped to Calumet over
their own railroad, then transferred to the Mineral Range Railroad and
taken to Hancock to the smelter. Then in the eighties the company built
their own smelting plant at Hubbell. Now they take the mineral from the
stamp mill and run it right to their smelter. In the early days they did
run the overflow that came from the washing machines right into the lake
through a larger launder. It was on blocks of timber a few feet off the
ground. In time the sand began to pile up the shallow place. Then the
company put up sand wheels 50 feet high and they elevated the sand so it
could run out further into the lake by having a launder that high, with a
few hundred feet extended every few years. In the early days all the
sand that went from the mills into the lakes every one thought that was
the end of that, but in later years they started to look it over and
recrush and put it through a few processes and found out that it would
pay, so with the company's big dredge they have reclaimed thousands of
tons of copper from this undertaking, through the supervision of C.H.
Benedict. So where we boys in the early days played ball and other
games on the sand pile there is now a large sheet of water today.

It was all cord wood that was used in the mills in those times and every
winter there were thousands of cords hauled and piled in the yard here by
several contractors. There are several buildings on the ground where the
wood yard was, such as the boiler house, still house, power house and the
fire station. Then in the middle to the seventies the first coal boat
arrived here with 500 tons of coal some boat, some load of coal in those
days. It was named the Butcher Boy.

There were water boys wanted to carry water at the coal dock and it being
vacation time there was no school. One of the water boys at that time
was Jimmy MacNaughton. He attended school while living at the head of
the incline, where his father, the late Archibald MacNaughton, was
superintendent of the work at the place. Now today James MacNaughton is
president and general manager of the Calumet and Hecla Consolidated
Copper Company, having risen from water boy to his high position through
his ever untiring efforts. He was one of the boys among us boys that
were here in the early days, sharing in all sports and games that were
played.

In those days, baseball was different, for what is call a foul on the
batter now was called a "tick" then. Three "ticks" and the batter was
called out. Tjhes used to pitch the ball in those days to the batter and
if the catcher caught the ball on the first bounce behind home plate the
batter now was called a "tick" then. Gloves and masks weren't worn in
those times. Everything was done with the bare hand and many sore hand
we had.

In those days, the Indians came in by the boat load at berry season time
selling huckleberries for one dollar a water pail full and John Baliste
was the leader among them.

We were living at the Pontiac mine location during the discovery of the
Calumet and Hecla mines and then there were several people from Hancock
that put on stages from Hancock to Calumet. Some of the old drivers were
Thomas Redstone, William Cronin, Richard Saunders and a few others.
While living at the Pontiac there were added to the family, three boys,
Matthew H., George E. and Ernest.

In 1870 we moved to Franklin and lived there intil the spring of 1873,
when we moved out to the old Albany-Boston.

I saw many changes in and around the Pewabic-Franklin and all those other
mines during those years. While at the Franklin, one more was added to
the family, Richard M. We lived at the old Boston mine when the first
train was run over the Mineral Range rail and that same summer the Boston
stamp mill burned down and the watch man at the mill lost his life. His
last name was Barkell (Charles Barkell 1875).He left a wife and family.
They moved to Hancock later and we moved to Lake Linden as the burning of
the mill put a stop to the work there at that time.

We came to Lake Linden in November 1872 and have lived here ever since.
All having worked for the Calumet and Hecla Mining Co. Besides some of
us boys got married and our sons grew up and also had work here from the
company. So we were three generations fo the family that have worked at
the mills here during that time. There have been 27 by the name of
Wareham, all relatives that have been employed by the Calumet and Hecla
Mining Co. between here and Calumet. We came from the Boston by way of
Calumet, then down over the old St. Louis hill, and then on to Lake
Linden over the road that is called the Cemetery road today. That was
the only road to this place then and the Lake Shore road was the main one
for the town coming along by the St. Joseph Church and the public school
which both faced the lake in those days. The only general store here
then was located down near Marcott's dock, the Post Office was in the
same building and James Hoar used to carry the mail from Calumet and give
it out here. The Main Street of today only went as far as the Pearce
Hardware corner, then turned down to Lake Street, as all traffic was on
that one. Lake Linden had a good Baseball Club in the early days
composed of the following players: John MacNaughton, William Kramer, John
Sullivan, John Eathorn, August Rintz, Edward Guilbault, Thomas Daley,
Thomas Molanhey, Rhino Finchel of Calumet.

Before there was a highway built between Lake Linden and Hancock people
used to come from Houghton by ferry boat, for when they came from L'Anse
on the steamer Ivanhoe, they would take the ferry boat. There were two
of them running, the Frank C. Fero run by Charles Greenleaf and the Fairy
run by the Jackson Bros. of Ripley. In the winter time after the road
was put through, which was in the late seventies, there was a man named
Billy Thompson who used to run a stage from Houghton to here. I also saw
the works here when there were only seven stamp heads, as there were four
in the Hecla Mill. I started to work in the Calumet Mill in May 1874,
under Capt. John Richards the wash foreman, with Charles Werner as shift
boss under whom I worked on the wash machines a few years, night and day
shift. Capt. Richards left here and went out to Nebraska in later
years. Mr. Werner and Mrs. Werner passed away, but the family is still
living here. One of the sons, Frank Werner is assistant foreman here at
the mill under Superintendent Robert MacIntosh.

Parents: Mathew Heath Wareham and Jane Waram.

He was married to Edith H. Vivian between 1879 and 1909. Children were: B. Morton Wareham, Edith J. Wareham, William Wareham, Theora Wareham, Willa Wareham.

bullet William Wareham was born in 1895 in Lake Linden, Houghton Co., Michigan. He died in 1962. Parents: William Wareham and Edith H. Vivian.

He was married to Arlene (Wife of William Wareham) between 1914 and 1937.

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