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Event

November 1961 Beacon reports the death of a diplomatic-family infant

Also November 1961 Beaver Island obituary notice

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era

Summary

The November 1961 obituary column reports the death in Tehran of the eight-month- old son of Richard and Mrs. Sanderson. It identifies Mr. Sanderson with the Diplomatic Corps and Mrs. Sanderson as a daughter of Sophia McDonough of St. James.

Evidence and limits

The child is unnamed in the source, which is retained as a family and community notice rather than expanded into an uncertain personal record.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, November 1961, “Obituary.”
    Reports the death in Tehran, Iran, of the eight-month-old son of Richard and Mrs. Sanderson, notes that Mr. Sanderson served in the Diplomatic Corps, and identifies Mrs. Sanderson as Sophia McDonough’s daughter of St. James. The notice does not name the child or provide a death certificate.