- Date
- 2000-03
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagefamilymigrationcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The March 2000 Beacon preserved a Charlevoix Courier profile of Mary Bert McDonough, describing her Irish family roots, Beaver Island childhood, marriage, return to the island, South-End lighthouse years, and role as a source of island and family history.
Evidence limits
This is a retrospective newspaper profile, not a complete genealogy or a substitute for the obituary and civil, church, or lighthouse records.
Sources
- Profiles McDonough’s 1903 birth, Irish grandparents, childhood, 1925 marriage, return to Beaver Island, South-End lighthouse household, family-history knowledge, and memories of crossing the ice by horse and sleigh. 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 · 2000-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the Mary Bert profile.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2000-03_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island remembers Mary Bert McDonough’s island life and Irish family history in 2000”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/mary-bert-mcdonough-irish-elder-2000/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 2000, “Beaver Island’s Irish Elder — Mary Bert McDonough.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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