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Dorothy Luton McGregor

Also Mrs. Dorothy McGregor · Dorothy L. McGregor · Dorothy Luton McGregor

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TypePerson
Born1908-02-18
Died1960-10-31
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Person
Born
1908-02-18
Died
1960-10-31 · Beaver Island
Work
Secretary, Beaver Island Civic Association · Director, Beaver Island Telephone Company · Co-chair, Beaver Island teen-party committee
Member of
Beaver Island Civic Association
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
governancecommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Dorothy Luton McGregor was born in Huron County on February 18, 1908, and died at her Beaver Island residence on October 31, 1960. She was listed as secretary of the Beaver Island Civic Association after its January 7, 1960 election. Her contemporaneous obituary identifies her as the daughter of Dr. Frank and Jessie Thompson Luton and reports burial at Mount Rest Cemetery.

Evidence and limits

The contemporaneous obituary establishes the full name, vital dates, parents, burial, and son. It does not provide a civil certificate, marriage date, spouse’s given name, or cause of death.

Open questions

  • Which civil and marriage records document her marriage and the complete terms of her civic and telephone-company service?

See also

The dated record

2 dated events · 1908–1960These years on the timeline →

Sources

  1. Lists Mrs. Dorothy McGregor as secretary elected at the January 7 Beaver Island Civic Association meeting. It supplies no term, biography, or complete civil identity.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1960-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held seven-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1960-02_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Reports Dorothy L. McGregor's October 31 death and remembers her as a former Civic Association secretary, Beaver Island Telephone Company director, civic worker, and co-chair of the teen-party committee. It does not provide a civil record, parish register, age, or cause of death.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1960-11_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held three-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1960-11_Beaver-Beacon
  5. Contemporaneous obituary reports that Dorothy Luton McGregor, 52, died October 31 at her Beaver Island residence; was born February 18, 1908, in Huron County; was the daughter of Dr. Frank Luton and Jessie Thompson Luton; and was buried at Mount Rest Cemetery. It independently identifies her Telephone Company and Civic Association roles and names her son Jack McGregor of Lansing.

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Dorothy Luton McGregor”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/dorothy-luton-mcgregor/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1960, “Big Meeting.” (and 4 further sources listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-03. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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