Summary
The January 1962 issue reports five December births: Margaret Mary Adams, Shannon Grace Smith, Ann Marie Wogan, Kelly Joseph McDonough, and Scott Van Buren. The notices connect the children to Beaver Island families or property owners and identify several off-island birth locations.
Evidence and limits
These are community newspaper notices, not civil or hospital registers. Parent names and island connections are preserved only where the issue prints them.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, January 1962, “Births.”Reports Margaret Mary Adams, born December 4 in Kalamazoo; Shannon Grace Smith, born December 23 in Detroit and identified as Frank Nackerman’s granddaughter; Ann Marie Wogan, born December 11 at Little Traverse Hospital; Kelly Joseph McDonough, born December 21 in Charlevoix; and Scott Van Buren, born December 10. It gives no civil certificates, full parent identities for every child, or hospital records.