- Dates
- 1983-03-25 – 1983-03
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Holy Cross Cemetery
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathmaritimefamilyreligionheritagecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
James H. Floyd, born on Beaver Island and a former lumberjack and Great Lakes and Alaska commercial fisherman, died March 25, 1983. The April Beacon reports Holy Cross Church services and burial at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper obituary, not a complete civil, church, maritime, or cemetery record.
Sources
- Reports that James H. Floyd, 91, born on Beaver Island in 1892, died March 25 and was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery after services at Holy Cross Church; it describes his lumberjack and Great Lakes and Alaska commercial-fishing work and Charlevoix residence. This is a newspaper obituary, not a complete civil, church, maritime, or cemetery record. 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 · 1983-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twelve-page April issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the obituary.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1983-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “James H. Floyd obituary and Holy Cross burial, 1983”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-james-floyd-obituary-1983/, accessed [date], citing “James H. Floyd,” Beaver Beacon, April 1983. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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