Summary
Bertrand McDonough was a nine-year-old Saint James boy named in the July 1909 account of a raft rescue near Beaver Island. The report says he and Kenneth Gallagher drifted through Friday night before the tug Violet rescued them Saturday.
Evidence and limits
This record is intentionally limited to the newspaper’s event-specific identification. No parents, birth date, later residence, or relationship to other McDonough records is asserted.
Open questions
- Can island census, parish, school, or family records identify this Bertrand McDonough more fully?
- Did he remain on Beaver Island after the 1909 rescue?
See also
Sources
- Charlevoix County Herald, July 3, 1909, “Adrift on a Raft.”The report names Bertrand McDonough as a nine-year-old Saint James boy and one of the two children rescued by the Violet after drifting on a cedar-tie raft.