- Date
- 2008-01-03
- Kind
- Death
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathmaritimemilitarycraftsmanshipmigrationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Charles Nicholas Allers, born on Beaver Island in 1917, died in Traverse City on January 3, 2008, at age 90. The reproduced obituary remembered his Marine Corps service, long career as a machinist, model-boat work, and maritime volunteering.
Evidence limits
The surviving local source reproduces a newspaper obituary. It does not provide a civil death record or a complete Beaver Island family and residency history.
Sources
See the sources block above.
Sources
- The forum reproduced a Record-Eagle obituary identifying Allers as born on Beaver Island, a World War II Marine, machinist, model-boat builder, and maritime volunteer. It is reproduced newspaper material, not an independent vital or family record.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001032
- Beaver Beacon, February 2008, "Charles Allers 1917–2008."Reports Charles Allers' January 2008 death and Beaver Island family and community connections. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the obituary.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-02_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver-born craftsman Charles Nicholas Allers dies, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-charles-allers-death-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, "Charles Allers RIP," January 5, 2008. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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