- Date
- 1975-11-19
- Kind
- Birth
- Where
- Beaver Island Medical Center · Beaver Island
- Participants
- Rene Therese Gillespie (newborn) · John Wayne "Johnny" Gillespie (father) · Jeanne Marie Gillespie (mother)
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- demographyfamilyhealthcarecommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Rene Therese Gillespie was reported born November 19, 1975, at the Beaver Island Medical Center, weighing 7 pounds 12 ounces. The notice names John Gillespie and Jeanne Wogan as parents and Walter Wogan and Jewell Gillespie as grandparents.
Evidence and limits
This is a community birth notice, not a civil or hospital birth record. The source’s “Jeanne Wogan” spelling is linked probabilistically to the Jeanne Marie Wojan record from the 1967 wedding notice.
Sources
See the sources block above.
Sources
- Reports Rene Therese, weighing 7 pounds 12 ounces, born November 19 at the Beaver Island Medical Center to John Gillespie and Jeanne Wogan. It names Walter Wogan and Jewell Gillespie as grandparents but does not provide a civil birth 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 · 1975-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue confirms the birth notice, date, weight, and parents as printed.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1975-11_Beaver-Beacon
Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Birth of Rene Therese Gillespie, 1975”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/birth-of-rene-therese-gillespie-1975/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1975, “Births.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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