- Dates
- 1975-12-09 – 1975-12-12
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- migrationcommunicationcommunityreligion
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The February 1976 Beaver Beacon reports that Anthony J. “Piper” Gallagher, born on Beaver Island, died December 9, 1975, and was buried December 12 after a funeral Mass.
Evidence and limits
This is a source-qualified obituary event; it does not add a civil record or resolve the relationship to other Gallagher records solely from a nickname.
Sources
See the sources block above.
Sources
- Reports Anthony J. “Piper” Gallagher’s December 9 death after emergency surgery, Beaver Island birth, family departure from the island in 1916, Homecoming visits, and December 12 burial after funeral Mass. It does not provide a civil death certificate or resolve possible nickname/name links. 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 · 1976-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue confirms the obituary and funeral notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1976-02_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Death and funeral of Anthony J. “Piper” Gallagher, 1975”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-and-funeral-of-anthony-j-gallagher-1975/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1976, obituary “Anthony J. Gallagher.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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