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Beaver Beacon reports two births to island families, 1958

Also 1958 Beaver Island birth notices · Mary Louise McDonough and Vickie Lynn Gallagher birth notices

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TypeEvent
Date1958-03-26
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1958-03-26
Kind
Birth
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
birthdemographycommunitymigration
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The April 1958 Beaver Beacon reports Mary Louise McDonough’s birth at Ludington on March 26 and Vickie Lynn Gallagher’s birth at Marlette, Michigan.

Evidence and limits

These are newspaper birth notices. The issue does not provide civil certificates, complete dates for both notices, hospital records, or full family identities.

Sources

  1. Reports Mary Louise born to Mr. and Mrs. Bruce McDonough at Ludington on March 26 and Vickie Lynn born to Peter and Dolores Gallagher at Marlette, Michigan. It does not provide civil certificates, complete birth dates for both notices, hospital records, or full family identities. 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 · 1958-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held three-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms both birth notices; it does not expand the demographic or civil record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1958-04_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon reports two births to island families, 1958”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-april-1958-birth-notices/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1958, “BORN.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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