- Dates
- 1958-03-28 – 1958-05
- Kind
- Death
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathdemographycommunityheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The May 1958 Beaver Beacon publishes sympathy notices for deaths connected to the Donat, Smith, and Minogue families, including James Minogue’s reported March 28 death in Gurnee, Illinois.
Evidence and limits
These are brief newspaper notices. They do not provide civil certificates, complete identities, funeral records, or cemetery records.
Sources
- Extends sympathy to George Donat after his brother’s death in Peru, Indiana; to Mrs. Walter Smith after her husband’s death in Chicago, noting the family’s former east-side cottage; and to the family of James Minogue, who died March 28 in Gurnee, Illinois and was identified as a nephew of Mel Gallagher of Beaver Island. It does not provide civil certificates, complete identities, funeral records, or cemetery records. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1958-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the sympathy notices; it does not expand the death or family records.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1958-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon publishes three May 1958 sympathy notices, 1958”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-may-1958-sympathy-notices/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1958, “WITH SYMPATHY.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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