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Beaver Island-connected birth notices in August 1963

Also 1963 August birth notices · Belfy and Connaghan births

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

Locator map: Detroit highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at DetroitLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
TypeEvent
Dates1963-07-30 – 1963-08-01
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Locator map: Detroit highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at DetroitLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Dates
1963-07-30 – 1963-08-01
Kind
Birth
Where
Detroit · Chicago
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
communitydemography
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The August 1963 Beaver Beacon records two Beaver Island-connected birth notices: twins Mark Erwin and Susan Marie Belfy, born July 30, and Kimberly Anne Connaghan, born August 1. The notice identifies island-connected grandparents.

Evidence and limits

This is a grouped newspaper notice with no birth certificates or complete family records. The birth locations and relationships are retained only as reported.

Open questions

  • Can civil and family records confirm the dates, locations, and grandparent relationships?

Sources

  1. Reports Mark Erwin and Susan Marie Belfy born July 30 in Detroit and Kimberly Anne Connaghan born August 1 in Chicago, with Beaver Island grandparent relationships; it does not provide complete civil records or exact facilities beyond the family notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1963-08_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1963-08_Beaver-Beacon

Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island-connected birth notices in August 1963”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-august-1963-birth-notices/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1963, “Births.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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