Name: Thomas Michael Cole is born at the Beaver Island Medical Center, 1961
Start: 1961-08-29
End: 1961-08-29
Location: Beaver Island

Thomas Michael Cole is born at the Beaver Island Medical Center, 1961

Also August 29 · 1961 Thomas Michael Cole birth

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TypeEvent

Date1961-08-29

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 1961-08-29
Kind: Birth
Where: Beaver Island
Participants: Thomas Michael Cole (newborn) · Frank E. Luton (physician)
Carried out by: Beaver Island Medical Center
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: demographyhealthcarecommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The September 1961 Beaver Beacon announced the August 29 birth of Thomas Michael Cole at the Beaver Island Medical Center and identified it as Dr. Frank Luton’s last delivery before retirement.

Evidence and limits

The source gives no birth time, weight, or civil-registration details.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, September 1961, “Birth.”
Announces that Donald and Mrs. Cole of St. James had a baby boy on August 29 at the Beaver Island Medical Center, named Thomas Michael, and calls it Dr. Frank Luton's last delivery before retirement. It is a community notice, not a civil or hospital register.
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Beaver Beacon, September 1961, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held seven-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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Beaver Island Archive, “Thomas Michael Cole is born at the Beaver Island Medical Center, 1961”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/birth-of-thomas-michael-cole-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1961, “Birth.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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