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Brenda Lee is born to Margaret and Albert Bolton, 1966

Also Brenda Lee Bolton birth notice · Brenda Lee Kenwaubikise birth notice

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TypeEvent
Date1966-01
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
1966-01
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Birth
Where
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Beaver Island

Summary

During the January 1966 Civic Association meeting, the Beaver Beacon reported that Margaret and Albert Bolton had a daughter, Brenda Lee, born at 8:10 a.m. The notice gives her reported birth weight as 5 pounds 8 1/4 ounces.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper birth notice. The exact date, civil record, and later identity are not established here.

Open questions

  • What is the exact birth date recorded in civil or family records?
  • How should the parenthetical Kenwaubikise form be represented in a source-qualified family record?

Sources

  1. Reports that Margaret Bolton (Kenwaubikise) and Albert Bolton had a 5-pound 8 1/4-ounce daughter named Brenda Lee at 8:10 a.m. The newspaper notice does not establish a civil birth record, exact date, or later identity.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1966-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held six-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 · 1966-01_Beaver-Beacon

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

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Brenda Lee is born to Margaret and Albert Bolton, 1966”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-brenda-lee-kenwaubikise-bolton-birth-1966/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1966, “B.I.C.A. Holds Annual Election.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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