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Three Beaver Island-connected birth notices, November 1978

Also November–December 1978 Beaver Beacon births

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TypeEvent
Dates1978-11-07 – 1978-11-17
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
1978-11-07 – 1978-11-17
Kind
Birth
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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communitycommunicationheritage
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The combined issue reports three birth notices: Jeremy Paul Fortier, Bridget Mary Gallagher, and Jeremy William Gillespie.

Evidence and limits

These are newspaper birth notices, not civil or hospital records.

Sources

  1. Announces Jeremy Paul Fortier, born November 7 at 7 lb. 8 oz.; Bridget Mary Gallagher, 6 lb. 3 oz.; and Jeremy William Gillespie, born November 17 at 9¼ lb., with island-connected grandparents. These are newspaper birth notices, not civil or hospital records. 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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  2. The held twelve-page combined November–December issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the birth notices.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1978-11_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Three Beaver Island-connected birth notices, November 1978”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-november-1978-birth-notices/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November–December 1978, “Births.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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