Drowning death of James Murray, former-islander family’s child, 1964

Event

Date: circa 1964-11
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: demographycommunitydisaster

Summary

The November 1964 Beaver Beacon reported the drowning death of four-year-old James Murray, son of Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Murray of Dayton, Ohio. It described the Murrays as former Grand Rapids residents and visitors to Beaver Island.

Evidence and limits

This is a brief newspaper death notice. It does not provide a death date, drowning location, funeral, cemetery, or civil record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, November 1964, “Obituaries.”
Reports the drowning death of James Murray, aged four, son of Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Murray of Dayton, Ohio, and says the Murrays were former Grand Rapids residents and Island visitors. It does not provide a death date, drowning location, funeral, cemetery, or civil record.
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Beaver Beacon, November 1964, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held six-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, “Drowning death of James Murray, former-islander family’s child, 1964”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-of-james-murray-1964/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1964, “Obituaries.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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