- Dates
- 1966-03-25 – 1966-04-22
- Kind
- Birth
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- demographyfamilycommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The May 1966 Beaver Beacon reported Colleen Marie O’Donnell’s March 25 birth to the Chicago family of Jack O’Donnell, identifying Rita Gillespie as an aunt, and Lisa Ann Walgus’s April 22 birth to Beverely O’Donnell, identifying Frank O’Donnell and his wife as grandparents. The same notice reports Lisa’s May 8 christening.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper birth and christening notice, not a civil certificate or complete family record.
Sources
- Reports Colleen Marie O’Donnell, born March 25 to Jack O’Donnell of Chicago, with Rita Gillespie as aunt, and Lisa Ann Walgus, born April 22, with Beverely O’Donnell as mother and Frank O’Donnell and wife as grandparents; it also reports Lisa’s May 8 christening. It does not provide civil certificates or complete family records.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1966-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held ten-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 · 1966-05_Beaver-Beacon
Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island-connected birth notices are published, May 1966”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-connected-birth-notices-may-1966/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1966, “Births.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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