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Captain Charles Claus Allers

Also Charles C. Allers · Captain Charles C. Allers · Captain Charles Claus Allers

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TypePerson
Born1848
Died1936
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Person
Born
1848
Died
1936
Work
Ship captain
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
historiographyheritagecommunity
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Beaver Island

Summary

Captain Charles Claus Allers (1848–1936) was a Great Lakes ship captain who moved to Beaver Island in 1903. The February 1962 Beaver Beacon identifies him as the scrapbook owner whose collection preserved the reprinted township clipping and as Musette LaFreniere’s maternal grandfather.

Evidence and limits

The Clarke biographical paper supplies the lifespan and island move, while the held local family report confirms the abbreviated captain’s identity through his children. The sources do not establish the provenance or present location of the scrapbook itself.

Sources

  1. Identifies Captain Charles C. Allers as the owner of the scrapbook from which the reprinted Detroit Free Press clipping was taken and as Musette LaFreniere’s maternal grandfather. It supplies no fuller biography or scrapbook catalog record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1962-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. 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.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1962-02_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Gives Captain Charles Claus Allers’s lifespan as 1848–1936, and records that he moved to Beaver Island in 1903 and married Maria Victoria Curtis. The full name, captaincy, island connection, and local family evidence safely identify him with the 1962 scrapbook owner.
  4. Charlevoix Courier, local Allers family report, held 1936 scan.
    The held family report names Capt. Charles C. Allers of Traverse City among Charles Claus Allers’s children, alongside H. W. (Herman W.) Allers and Beaver Island relatives. OCR order and scan metadata are unreliable, so it is used only as an identity bridge, not for an exact event date. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    charlevoix · charlevoixcourie1104unse

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Captain Charles Claus Allers”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/charles-claus-allers/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1962, “A Peculiar Community.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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