- Dates
- 1972-05-05 – 1972-05-24
- Kind
- Medical
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Participants
- Heather Marie Gillespie (patient) · Caroline Christine Wojan (patient)
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Medical Center
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- healthcarecommunityheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The May 1972 Beaver Beacon reports two births at the Beaver Island Medical Center: Heather Marie Gillespie on May 5, weighing 7 lb. 4 oz., and Caroline Christine Wojan on May 24, weighing 7 lb. 13 oz. The article says the Medical Center displayed an “It’s A Girl” sign for each birth.
Evidence and limits
These are newspaper birth notices, not birth certificates or medical records. The named parents and grandparents are retained in the source note, but no unverified family edges or full civil identities are inferred.
See also
Sources
- Reports Heather Marie Gillespie’s May 5 birth at the Beaver Island Medical Center at 7 lb. 4 oz. and Caroline Christine Wojan’s May 24 birth there at 7 lb. 13 oz.; it names parents and grandparents but supplies no birth certificates, medical records, or complete family identity bridges.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1972-05_Beaver-Beacon
- 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.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1972-05_Beaver-Beacon
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Births of Heather Gillespie and Caroline Wojan at Beaver Island Medical Center, 1972”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/births-at-beaver-island-medical-center-may-1972/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1972, “Births.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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