Birth of Perry Gatliff, 1961 — Beaver Island Archive

Event

Date: 1961-08-01
Kind: Birth
Participants: Perry Gatliff (newborn)
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: demographycommunity

Summary

Perry Gatliff was reported born on August 1, 1961, to Dan and Catherine Gatliff.

Evidence and limits

This birth notice is kept separate from the adult Perry Gatliff source record about caring for the orphaned fawn; no identity bridge is inferred.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, August 1961, “New Arrivals.”
Reports Perry Gatliff’s August 1 birth and says Dan and Catherine (Georgie) Gatliff were Detroit residents with St. James family connections. It is a newspaper notice, not a civil record, and does not provide a birth location.
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Beaver Beacon, August 1961, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
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Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Birth of Perry Gatliff, 1961”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/birth-of-perry-gatliff-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1961, “New Arrivals.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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