- Dates
- 1962-05-16 – 1962-05-20
- Kind
- Birth
- Where
- Ludington
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- demographycommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The June 1962 Beaver Beacon reports two May births: Cynthia Rose, daughter of Rita and Jewell Gillespie, born May 16, and Karen Faith, daughter of Robert Nugent and Grace Palmer, born May 20 at Ludington. The notice connects Grace to the Clarence Palmer family of St. James.
Evidence and limits
These are newspaper birth notices, not civil certificates or hospital records. The article preserves the names and dates without inferring complete family identities or parent-child links beyond the wording of the source.
Open questions
- Can Michigan vital records identify the children and confirm the reported dates?
Sources
- Reports Cynthia Rose, daughter of Rita and Jewell Gillespie, born May 16, and Karen Faith, daughter of Robert Nugent and Grace Palmer, born May 20 at Ludington. It identifies Grace as the daughter of Clarence Palmer of St. James but supplies no civil records.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1962-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held four-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 · 1962-06_Beaver-Beacon
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island-connected birth notices for May 1962”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-birth-notices-may-1962/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1962, “Births.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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