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Mary Elizabeth Mooney is born on Beaver Island, 1959

Also 1959 Mary Elizabeth Mooney birth

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TypeEvent
Date1959-01-27
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
1959-01-27
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Birth
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Modern era
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Summary

The February 1959 Beaver Beacon announces Mary Elizabeth Mooney’s January 27 birth, gives the reported time and weight, and names Doc Luton as attending.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper birth notice, not a civil birth certificate or clinical record.

Sources

  1. Announces Mary Elizabeth’s birth to Eugene and Mrs. Mooney on January 27 at 3 p.m., gives a weight of 8 pounds 3½ ounces, names Doc Luton as attending, and says mother and baby were doing fine. It does not provide a civil certificate or clinical 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 · 1959-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held five-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the birth notice; it does not expand the family or medical record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-02_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Mary Elizabeth Mooney is born on Beaver Island, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-mary-elizabeth-mooney-birth-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1959, “THE LITTLIEST BEAVER.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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