- Born
- circa 1930
- Died
- 2013-06-19
- Spouse
- Robert J. “Holiday” McDonough
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communitysociety
Summary
Charlotte Irene Martin McDonough (circa 1930–2013) was a Beaver Island-born 1947 St. James High School valedictorian who married Robert J. “Holiday” McDonough. The couple lived in Grand Rapids in the 1960s and were named as parents of an unnamed child born January 25, 1960. Her local obituary reports that she died on June 19, 2013.
Evidence and limits
Local school, marriage, newspaper, and cemetery sources independently connect Charlotte Irene Martin with Robert “Holiday” McDonough. The 2013 local obituary then supplies a direct, exact death date and repeats the parents, spouse, and Beaver Island connection. Its stated age and an earlier 80th-birthday notice support a circa-1930 birth year, not an exact date.
Open questions
- Which civil or parish record establishes Charlotte’s exact birth date?
See also
Kin
Sources
- The cemetery table identifies Robert J. “Holiday” McDonough as married to Charlotte Martin. It supplies Robert's years but no vital dates for Charlotte.
- Charlevoix Courier, 1947, “Charlotte Martin Is Valedictorian At St. James.”The local school profile identifies her as Charlotte Irene Martin, daughter of Wilbur Martin of Beaver Island. A local marriage notice identifies Charlotte Martin as marrying Robert McDonough. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
- Names Charlotte McDonough of Grand Rapids as the mother of an unnamed child born January 25. Together with the marriage and cemetery records, it identifies her as Charlotte Irene Martin McDonough.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1960-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held seven-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 · 1960-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The local obituary identifies Charlotte Irene Martin McDonough of Wyoming and Beaver Island as Robert “Holiday” McDonough’s wife, daughter of Sarah and Wilbur Martin, and reports her death on June 19, 2013 at age 83. These family and place details directly bridge it to this record.
- A family acknowledgment identifies the same Charlotte McDonough’s 80th birthday. Read with the 2013 obituary’s age 83, it supports only a circa-1930 birth year; no original birth record is yet cited.
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Charlotte Irene Martin McDonough”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/charlotte-irene-martin-mcdonough/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Historical Society, “Holy Cross Cemetery.” (and 5 further sources listed on the page).
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