- Dates
- 1959-06-19 – 1959-07-25
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- Birth
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- Modern era
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- birthdemographycommunitymigration
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- Beaver Island
Summary
The August 1959 Beaver Beacon reports three July births: Shawn to Bruce McDonough and his wife, Terrence John to Royce Welsh and his wife, and William Michael to William O’Donnell and his wife. It also reports Shawn’s July 5 baptism at Holy Cross.
Evidence limits
These are newspaper notices, not civil certificates, hospital records, or a complete parish register.
Sources
- Reports Shawn, born to Bruce McDonough and his wife June 19 and baptized at Holy Cross July 5; Terrence John, born to Royce Welsh and his wife July 19; and William Michael, born to William O’Donnell and his wife July 25. It does not provide civil certificates, complete family identities, or hospital records. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1959-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the three birth notices; it does not expand the civil or parish records.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Beaver Island Archive, “The Beaver Beacon reports three July 1959 birth notices, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-august-1959-birth-notices/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1959, "VITAL STATISTICS." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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