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On the name "Baby Creek"

"Baby Creek" was named for the Jacques Duperon Baby family, who were prominent land owners in Old Detroit. In particular, James Baby, Esq. (1763-1833), the son of Duperon Baby, was the owner of Private Claim No. 60, which contained grist mills along the first fork of the Rouge River, also known as Baby Creek.

For the spelling, and references to the family, vol. 7 of the John Askin papers, a portion of the Burton Historical Collection: http://archive.lib.msu.edu/MMM/JA/09/a/JA09a001p009.pdf

And from the American State Papers, "Land Titles in the Michigan Territories", determination of Private Claim No. 60, see http://books.google.com/books?id=hJwzAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA295&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U3BZXTOlyU9CBH4qvH6T6UIPH2pnw&ci=515%2C188%2C422%2C518&edge=0

Also see Wikipedia bio for Jacques Baby: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Baby

which is based on the Dictionary of Canadian Biography: http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio.php?id_nbr=1743

To get the pronunciation right it is sometimes spelled as "Baubee Creek". For example, see "Public Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Annual Session of 1837": http://books.google.com/books?id=sRM4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA90&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U0bHsfgTQaujxzKIBrfUoSm4VKnsQ&ci=235%2C342%2C669%2C523&edge=0

Silas Farmer's "History of Detroit Michigan", published in 1890, has it both ways: "Baby Creek" and "Baubee Creek"; see http://books.google.com/books?id=n65QMYIanNkC&pg=PA1369&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U0Z03ITNpK3qhPTjMeWSlZnvsiOkA&ci=54%2C166%2C434%2C130&edge=0 — Preceding unsigned comment added by UltrafastPED (talk • contribs) 17:37, 14 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]