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Father Fitzgerald

Also Father Fitzgerald

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TypePerson
ErasModern era
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Person
Active
fl. 1960
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Eras
Modern era
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conservationcommunityreligion

Summary

Father Fitzgerald was reported to have shot the deer with the largest rack in the 1960 Beaver Island hunting season.

Evidence and limits

The source gives only a title, surname, residence, and hunting context. It does not identify a parish or full civil identity.

Open questions

  • Which parish, hunting, or local records identify Father Fitzgerald?

Sources

  1. Names Father Fitzgerald of Menden, Michigan, as the hunter who shot the deer with the largest rack. It supplies no given name, parish, civil identity, or hunting record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1960-12_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held five-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 · 1960-12_Beaver-Beacon

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

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Father Fitzgerald”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/father-fitzgerald-deer-prize-1960/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1960, “Game Club News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-03. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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