Alexander Washegesic b. 05 Feb 1917 Michigan d. Jun 1979 Schoolcraft County, Michigan

1917 - 1979 (62 years)

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Name	Alexander Washegesic
Born	05 Feb 1917	Michigan
Gender	Male
Died	Jun 1979	Schoolcraft County, Michigan
Person ID	I192	LaBrasseur, Loren and Jeanne
Last Modified	13 Jan 2016

Father	George Washegesic, b. 02 Dec 1882, Michigan , d. Sep 1977, Frankfort, Benzie County, Michigan (Age 94 years)
Mother	Sarah Joe Petelli, b. Abt 1888, Michigan , d. Bef 1930 (Age ~ 42 years)
Family ID	F42	Group Sheet

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	Born - 05 Feb 1917 - Michigan
	Died - Jun 1979 - Schoolcraft County, Michigan

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1930 Census St James, Charlevoix, Michigan as
WASHEGSICK
Name: Alex Washegesic
Birth Date: 05 February 1917 (Historical Events)
Death Date: June 1979 (Historical Events)
Issuing State: Michigan
Residence at Death: Manistique,Schoolcraft,Michigan 49854
Death Benefit Place: South Haven,Van Buren,Michigan 49090
SSN: 363-24-1143
01/13/2016:

Please permit the following inquiry: I have happened upon your email address in the process of trying to get information about a particular Ojibwii word: cockanonwey is my phonetic spelling.

From 1972-73 I worked as a commercial fisherman aboard the fish tug Elsie J. which was run by Alex Washegesic. Alex and I struck up a friendship, and we corresponded some after I left South Haven and took up teaching middle school English in Midland, Michigan.

I kept track of Alex up until the time of his death, last visiting with him when he was working for the Peterson Fishery at Manistique. He was pretty sick then and heading for the marine hospital at Baltimore, MD if I remember right.

Alex was wondrously patient with all of my questions regard stuff he knew. He had some chilling tales about his schooling at Harbor Springs for instance. And some good ones about Beaver Island.

But cockanonwey was Alex's word for a little fish we used get in the gillnets out beyond 35 fathoms, where Alex liked to set the nets for chubs. The common English word for this fish is sculpin: deepwater sculpin.

I'm trying to learn if I have the spelling of the word right.

And if this comes to you as a nutty - bizarre inquiry, I'm quite sorry.

Professor Robert Grunst