Name: Daniel Emerald Gallagher dies after a Great Lakes maritime career, 2005
Start: 2005-11-04
End: 2005-11-04
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2005-11-04
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathmaritimefishingheritagemigrationcommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Daniel Emerald Gallagher, born on Beaver Island in 1918, died at home in Cocoa Beach on November 4, 2005. The obituary describes his commercial-fishing and Great Lakes maritime beginnings, Merchant Marine and wartime service, command of the missile-tracking ship General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, and family ties to Beaver Island.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper obituary, not a civil death record, service file, or complete maritime career record.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

Beaver Island Forum topic 502, "Daniel Emerald Gallagher-RIP," December 15–17, 2005.
A community post announces Gallagher's death and reproduces an obituary describing his Beaver Island origins, commercial-fishing background, Merchant Marine career, and command of the General Hoyt S. Vandenberg. The January Beacon obituary remains the stronger held source for the complete account.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 00 · t000502
Beaver Beacon, January 2006, "Daniel Emerald Gallagher 1918–2005."
Reports Gallagher's Beaver Island birth, commercial fishing and Great Lakes maritime career, Merchant Marine and wartime service, command of the General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, family, and November 4 death in Cocoa Beach. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2006-01_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, January 2006, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the obituary.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-01_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Daniel Emerald Gallagher dies after a Great Lakes maritime career, 2005”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-daniel-emerald-gallagher-death-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum topic 502, "Daniel Emerald Gallagher-RIP," December 15–17, 2005. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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