Event
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- demographyhealthcarecommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Two Beaver Island-connected mothers gave birth at the Medical Center within twelve hours and forty minutes of one another in April 1963. The April Beaver Beacon reports that Lillian Cole had Paul Gerard on April 3 at 7 pounds 7½ ounces, followed by Lillian Gregg’s Ronald Stewart at 6 pounds 10¾ ounces. It says both mothers shared Isabel as a middle name and names people who helped at the Medical Center.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper birth notice and local feature, not a civil or medical record. The source does not provide complete parent names, attending-staff records, or independent birth certificates.
Open questions
- Can vital and Medical Center records confirm the reported births and weights?
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, April 1963, “Stork Race Ends.”Reports Lillian Cole giving birth to Paul Gerard on April 3 and Lillian Gregg giving birth to Ronald Stewart twelve hours and forty minutes later at the Medical Center; it gives weights and reports staff and community involvement but no civil certificates.