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Lloyd LaPeer

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TypePerson
ErasModern era
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Person
Active
fl. 1936
Parents
Cleo LaPeer
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
maritimecommunityheritage

Summary

Lloyd LaPeer, 18, was brought ashore after the February 1936 ice-floe breakaway near Charlevoix. The report identifies him as Cleo LaPeer’s son.

Evidence and limits

This episode-qualified record is based on one newspaper report. It gives no address, occupation, later history, or additional family information.

Open questions

  • Can local records establish Lloyd LaPeer’s full identity and later life?

See also

Kin

Cleo LaPeerb. c. 1891This articleLloyd LaPeer
Only relations stated in the sources are drawn; absence means unrecorded, not childless or unmarried.

Sources

  1. Charlevoix County Herald, February 14, 1936, “Lake Michigan Claims 2 Lives.”
    Names LaPeer as 18 and the son of Cleo LaPeer, and says Coast Guardsmen brought him ashore before the remaining trio drifted away. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    charlevoix · Charlevoix_County_Herald_1936-02-14

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 2 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Lloyd LaPeer”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/lloyd-lapeer/, accessed [date], citing Charlevoix County Herald, February 14, 1936, “Lake Michigan Claims 2 Lives.”.

Last revised 2026-08-02. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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