BOBILLIER, MARCEL (102 ENG)
Marcel, o.m.i. - son of Albert + Louise Vittot
- b. 1913-07-31 Jura, Naiséy, Bezanson, FRANCE
- ord. priest - 1936-07-03 La Brosse-Montceaux,
FRANCE
- d. 1986-05-16 in Dawson City, Yukon, buried in
Whitehorse, in the part reserved for the Oblates
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a bit of history: In september 1956, my husband Gilbert met ------------------ Father Marcel Bobillier, in Atlin, CB. Gilbert was on his way to his new mining job in Tulsequa, Alaska.
This was the end of the road, the plane would fly frequently to Tulsequa. The bush pilot was a Mr. Peterson whom everyone in Whitehorse knew.
This was the end of the road, the plane would fly frequently to Tulsequa. The bush pilot was a Mr. Peterson whom everyone in Whitehorse knew.
As Gilbert was early for the next flight. It is four hours before the next trip to Tulsequa. The town is very small, so he looked around and saw a catholic church and thought, I will go and see. Father Bobillier was in his rectory, and proved to be a very warm person. After chatting with him for a few hours, he decided to leave his car at his place, gave him the keys and the gas tank was full. Gilbert further told him that he would be back on our around December 21st on his way to Donnelly, AB where he had many friends and wanted to spent Christmas with them.
Father Bobillier wrote much about the Yukon - 5,500 pages and had more than 23,000 photos, Everything well catalogued in 17 giant albums. (according to a picture I had seen of him and his work.) This work is a gold mine for the history of Yukon.
Father travelled the territory as much as anyone could ever do. Some old timers used to say, "There isn't a square foot of the territory that he doesn't know of."
When I was in the Whitehorse archives I asked about this famous collection of Father Bobillier, I was told that his entire collection is on micro-films and that one needs a special permission to view it.
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