- Date
- 2005-12-08
- Kind
- Death
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathcommunityheritagefishingcraftcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Alex “JR” Cornstalk Jr., also identified as Kaybayosay, died in Charlevoix on December 8, 2005, after a prolonged illness. The January 2006 obituary records his Beaver Island birth and family connections, commercial fishing, birch-bark craft and beadwork, Grand Traverse Band membership, and a traditional Native American funeral service.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper obituary and funeral notice, not a civil death record or complete genealogy.
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Sources
- Beaver Beacon, January 2006, "Alex JR Cornstalk Jr."Reports Alex JR Cornstalk Jr.'s December 8 death in Charlevoix, Beaver Island birth and family connections, commercial fishing, birch-bark craft and beadwork, Grand Traverse Band membership, and traditional funeral service. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2006-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the obituary and funeral notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-01_Beaver-Beacon
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Beaver Island Archive, “Alex “JR” Cornstalk Jr. dies in Charlevoix, 2005”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-alex-jr-cornstalk-death-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2006, "Alex JR Cornstalk Jr." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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