- Date
- 1985-07-09
- Kind
- Death
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- familycommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April 1986 Beaver Beacon reprinted a Petoskey News Review obituary for William Gallagher, identifying him as Beaver Island-born, a Seattle maritime worker, and an organizer of Seattle’s first halfway house for alcoholic men.
Evidence limits
This is a reprinted obituary, not a civil death record, maritime employment file, or institutional history.
Sources
- Reports that William Gallagher of Seattle died July 9, 1985; identifies him as Beaver Island-born, the son of Edward and Molly (Boyle) Pratt, a maritime-industry worker, and an organizer of Seattle’s first halfway house for alcoholic men. It is a reprinted obituary, not a civil death record, maritime employment file, or institutional history. 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 · 1986-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held seventeen-page April issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the obituary notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1986-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island-born William Gallagher’s obituary is published, 1985”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-william-gallagher-obituary-1985/, accessed [date], citing Obituaries, Beaver Beacon, April 1986, from the Petoskey News Review. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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