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David E. Japp

Also David Japp

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TypePerson
Died1975-02-15
ErasModern era
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Died
1975-02-15
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Summary

David E. Japp was identified in the March 1975 Beaver Beacon as a 27-year-old man who died February 15, 1975. The obituary gives his immediate family and explicitly connects him to Beaver Island through his grandmother by marriage, Sybil Larsen.

Evidence and limits

This is an episode-qualified person record. It does not infer a Beaver Island residence, occupation, cause of death, funeral, or burial from the obituary.

Sources

  1. Identifies David E. Japp as age 27 at death, names his wife Janice (Souter), son David Elmer Jr., parents, siblings, grandparents, and Sybil Larsen of Beaver Island as his grandmother by marriage. It supplies no birth date, residence, occupation, death place, funeral, or burial record. 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 · 1975-03_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue confirms the identity and family notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1975-03_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “David E. Japp”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/david-e-japp/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1975, “Obituaries.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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