- Date
- 1975-06-28
- Kind
- Celebration
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Participants
- Martha Gallagher Zalusky (honoree)
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- familycommunityreligion
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The July 1975 Beaver Beacon reports that Martha Gallagher Zalusky celebrated her eighty-second birthday on June 28. Rev. Fr. Bernard Scheid said Mass, and a dinner was held at the home of her daughter Freda Mae Shumsky and son-in-law Martin.
Evidence and limits
The Mail Bag notice names many relatives and visitors and says about 30 people attended. It does not provide a civil birth record, exact residence history, or complete guest list.
Sources
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Sources
- Reports Martha Gallagher Zalusky’s 82nd birthday on June 28, a Mass by Rev. Fr. Bernard Scheid, a dinner at her daughter Freda Mae Shumsky’s home, and approximately 30 attendees from several communities. It does not provide a civil birth record or complete guest list. 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 · 1975-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue confirms the birthday notice and family gathering. The held nine-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and does not expand source-specific claimsdata1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1975-07_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Martha Gallagher Zalusky celebrates her eighty-second birthday, 1975”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/birthday-of-martha-gallagher-zalusky-1975/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1975, “From The Mail Bag.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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