Summary
Elizabeth Gallagher was born on Beaver Island in January 1887 and left the island with her family for Green Bay in 1925, according to a January 1971 obituary. The notice identifies her as a former Island resident and names four sisters and a brother among her survivors. It reports her Green Bay funeral and intended burial at Holy Cross Cemetery. A later April–May issue reports the May 8 Requiem Mass and burial in that cemetery.
Evidence and limits
The obituary gives her age as 83 and her birth month and year, but not an exact birth date or death date. It does not establish the identities of her parents, the complete Gallagher family, or the location of her burial plot.
Open questions
- What civil, church, or cemetery records establish her exact dates?
- Can the named Gallagher siblings be matched to existing source-bounded records?
- What cemetery plot or church/cemetery register records document the May 8 burial?
See also
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, January 1971, “Obituaries: Miss Elizabeth Gallagher.”Reports that Elizabeth Gallagher was 83, born on Beaver Island in January 1887, left with her family in 1925 for Green Bay, and had four sisters and a brother surviving; it reports her funeral and intended Holy Cross burial without giving a death date or civil identity record.
- Beaver Beacon, April–May 1971, “Obituaries: Miss Elizabeth Gallagher.”Reports the May 8 Requiem Mass at Holy Cross Church and burial in Holy Cross Cemetery; it confirms the later burial by newspaper attestation but gives no exact death date, plot, or independent cemetery record.