- Born
- 1904
- Died
- 1912
- Work
- Owner and operating agent, Rouse Simmons
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimeshippinglumberingheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The July 1961 Beaver Beacon credits John Manus Bonner of Beaver Island with buying, refitting, and sailing the Rouse Simmons, and says he was listed as its owner and operating agent from 1904 until the vessel’s 1912 loss.
Evidence and limits
These are claims in a retrospective newspaper account. The held corpus does not provide the government documents or family records needed to verify the identity bridge to other Bonner records.
Sources
- The retrospective says John Manus Bonner of Beaver Island bought and refitted the vessel, sailed it, and was listed as owner and operating agent from 1904 until its 1912 loss. It also says he was Pat Bonner’s brother. This source-qualified record is not merged with later Pat Bonner or other Bonner records without an identity bridge.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1961-07_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 · 1961-07_Beaver-Beacon
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “John Manus Bonner”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/john-manus-bonner/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1961, “Rouse Simmons Story.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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