Name: The Beacon reports Peter D. Gallagher’s death in Grand Rapids, 1959
Start: 1958-12-16
End: 1958-12-16
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1958-12-16
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communitydemography
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The January 1959 Beaver Beacon reports Peter D. Gallagher’s death in Grand Rapids on December 16, 1958, and identifies him as the uncle of Teresa and Mary Bort.

Evidence limits

This is a sympathy notice, not a death certificate, obituary, funeral record, cemetery record, or complete family history.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, January 1959, “OUR SYMPATHY.”
Offers sympathy to the family of Peter D. Gallagher, reported deceased in Grand Rapids on December 16, and identifies him as the uncle of Teresa and Mary Bort. It does not provide a death certificate, obituary, funeral record, cemetery record, or complete family identity. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, January 1959, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held five-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the sympathy notice; it does not expand the civil, family, or cemetery record.
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Beaver Island Archive, “The Beacon reports Peter D. Gallagher’s death in Grand Rapids, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-peter-gallagher-death-notice-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1959, “OUR SYMPATHY.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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