Event
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- demographycommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Winter 1963 issues of the Beaver Beacon report births connected to Beaver Island families. The January issue names Michael Patrick O’Donnell, born December 21, and Jeanette Marie LaFreniere, born January 5. The February issue names Timothy Blake Moore and Eric John Martin. The March issue names Sharon Jean Smith, James Boyle, Mary Beth Hallaran, and Jeffrey Scott Sauber.
Evidence and limits
This is a grouped newspaper record. The notices preserve the reported names, dates, and family connections without asserting complete civil identities, hospital locations, or parent-child links beyond the newspaper wording.
Open questions
- Can Michigan vital records identify the children and confirm the reported dates?
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, January 1963, “Births.”Reports Michael Patrick O’Donnell born December 21 and Jeanette Marie LaFreniere born January 5; the notice gives family connections but no civil records.
- Beaver Beacon, February 1963, “Births.”Reports Timothy Blake Moore born January 11 and Eric John Martin born January 24, with island family connections.
- Beaver Beacon, March 1963, “Births.”Reports Sharon Jean Smith, James Boyle, Mary Beth Hallaran, and Jeffrey Scott Sauber, with dates and family connections as printed.