Summary
Charles Philip Gallagher was born on Beaver Island on December 19, 1882, and died in a Ludington nursing home on February 19, 1974. The March Beaver Beacon reports his Manistee Catholic funeral and says that burial in Holy Cross Cemetery on Beaver Island was planned for spring.
The obituary also identifies a Beaver Island farm, mail crossings by horse and sleigh from 1925 to 1928, Mercy trips, ferry fireman work, and later work on the lower lakes. It names many relatives, but this record does not manufacture a complete Gallagher family or civil identity graph from the notice alone.
Evidence and limits
The death date is reported precisely, while the funeral sequence and planned island burial remain newspaper attestations. A later source would be needed to confirm the burial, plot, and civil or parish records.
See also
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, March 1974, “Obituaries: Mr. Charles Philip Gallagher.”Reports that Charles Philip Gallagher died February 19, 1974, after a short illness; funeral services were held at Guardian Angels Catholic Church in Manistee, and burial in Holy Cross Cemetery on Beaver Island was planned for spring. It records his December 19, 1882 Beaver Island birth, farm, 1925–1928 mail crossings, ferry work, and lower-lakes service, but gives no independent civil, church, or cemetery record.
- Beaver Beacon, May–June 1974, “Graveside Services.”Reports graveside services for Charles Philip “Harlem” Gallagher at Holy Cross Cemetery on May 18, confirming the spring burial announced in March but not supplying a cemetery register or plot record.