Name: January 1958 Beacon reports four December Beaver Island birth notices, 1958
Start: 1957-12-10
End: 1957-12-23
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Dates: 1957-12-10 – 1957-12-23
Kind: Birth
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: demographycommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The January 1958 Beaver Beacon lists four December 1957 family additions: Susan Brigetta on December 10, James Kevin on December 14, James Wayne on December 18, and Clyde Thomas on December 23. The notice gives the parents as printed, including the McCaffertys of Chicago.

Evidence and limits

These are newspaper birth notices, not civil records. The source does not give birthplaces, full parent names, or complete identities beyond its wording.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, January 1958, “FAMILY ADDITIONS.”
Reports Susan Brigetta born December 10 to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Ricksors; James Kevin born December 14 to Mr. and Mrs. Bernard McCafferty of Chicago; James Wayne born December 18 to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Cole; and Clyde Thomas born December 23 to Mr. and Mrs. Bud Loft. It does not provide civil certificates, birthplaces, full parent names, or complete identities beyond the printed notice. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, January 1958, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held four-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the four birth notices; it does not expand the demographic or civil record.
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Beaver Island Archive, “January 1958 Beacon reports four December Beaver Island birth notices, 1958”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-december-1957-birth-notices/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1958, “FAMILY ADDITIONS.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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