- Born
- circa 1885
- Died
- 1974-04-26 · Grand Rapids
- Work
- Dominican religious sister
- Member of
- Dominican Sisters of Beaver Island schools
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- catholicismeducationcommunityheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Sister Alexandra Gallagher, O.P., was born on Beaver Island, entered the convent in 1903, and taught in schools across Michigan and Wisconsin. She died April 26, 1974, at Marywood’s Aquinta Hall after a lingering illness.
Evidence and limits
The obituary’s age of 89 supports only a circa-1885 birth year. It gives a long teaching career but no exact birth date, independent civil or religious record, or complete family reconstruction.
Sources
- Reports Sister Alexandra Gallagher’s April 26 death at Marywood’s Aquinta Hall at age 89, supporting a circa-1885 birth year. It records her Beaver Island birth, 1903 convent entry, 70 years in the Dominican Order, teaching across Michigan and Wisconsin, and surviving sisters and brother; it gives no exact birth date, religious-profession register, civil record, or complete family identity.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1974-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eleven-page combined May–June issue scan is paired with the OCR source stored under the archive 1974-05 key 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 · 1974-05_Beaver-Beacon
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Sister Alexandra Gallagher, O.P.”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/alexandra-gallagher/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May–June 1974, “Obituaries: Sister Alexandra Gallagher, O.P.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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