Name: Beaver Beacon reports six births connected to Beaver Island families, 1958
Start: 1958-04-25
End: 1958-05-27
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Dates: 1958-04-25 – 1958-05-27
Kind: Birth
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: birthdemographycommunitymigration
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The June 1958 Beaver Beacon reports six births connected to Beaver Island families, including two children born on the island and births in Kansas City, Pontiac, Jackson, and Chicago.

Evidence and limits

These are newspaper birth notices. The issue does not provide civil certificates, complete names for every child, hospital records, or full family identities.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, June 1958, “BORN.”
Reports Patrick Foster born May 12 in Kansas City; David Michael Welke born April 25 in Pontiac; a daughter to John P. Ludwick on May 22 in Jackson; Mark Wayne LaFreniere and Kathie McDonough born May 24 on Beaver Island; and a daughter to Dan Masini on May 27 in Chicago. It does not provide civil certificates, complete names for every child, hospital records, or full family identities. 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, June 1958, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the six birth notices; it does not expand the demographic or civil record.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon reports six births connected to Beaver Island families, 1958”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-june-1958-birth-notices/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1958, “BORN.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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