Name: Josephine Esther Ricksgers is born to Mark and Caroline in 1998
Start: 1998-07-07
End: 1998-07-07
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1998-07-07
Kind: Birth
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: familycommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Josephine Esther Ricksgers was born July 7, 1998, at Blodgett Hospital to Mark and Caroline Ricksgers.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper birth notice and does not substitute for a birth record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, September 1998, “Mark & Caroline’s Little Girl.”
Reports Josephine Esther Ricksgers’ July 7 birth at Blodgett Hospital, weighing 7 pounds 12 ounces and measuring 20 inches, and names her grandparents Esther and the late Harold Ricksgers and Ruth Rodger Rice. 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, September 1998, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the birth notice.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Josephine Esther Ricksgers is born to Mark and Caroline in 1998”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-josephine-ricksgers-birth-1998/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1998, “Mark & Caroline’s Little Girl.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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