- Date
- 2012-03-30
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathfamilygeographyenvironmentcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The June 2012 Beaver Beacon reports the March 30 death of Arthur Roy Ranger, a professional surveyor and outdoorsman. His obituary records his family’s long-standing Beaver Island cottage, hunting and fishing there, survey work for Islanders, and his appreciation of the Island’s woods and beaches.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper obituary and remembrance, not a complete professional surveying record or land-ownership history.
Sources
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Sources
- Beaver Beacon, June 2012, "In Memory: Arthur Roy Ranger."Reports Ranger's March 30 death, surveying career, Beaver Island cottage connection, hunting and fishing interests, surveying work for Islanders, and memorial-contribution request for Little Traverse Conservancy. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2012-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held June issue scan confirms the obituary and Island remembrance.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2012-06_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Surveyor Arthur Roy Ranger dies after long Beaver Island connection, 2012”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-arthur-roy-ranger-death-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 2012, "In Memory: Arthur Roy Ranger." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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