Summary
Elizabeth Green Gallagher was reported as a lifelong Beaver Islander aged 91 on August 11, 1973, implying a birth around 1882. The reminiscence records island sheep raising, wool carding and spinning, steamer wood cutting, and her marriage to Andrew Gallagher in 1907.
Evidence and limits
The age is newspaper-derived and approximate; no civil birth record is held. This article is intentionally distinct from another Elizabeth Gallagher record with a different source-reported birth year.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, August 1973, “Island History.”Reports her age as 91, identifies her as a lifelong islander, and describes her parents’ sheep raising, wool work, steamer wood cutting, her 1907 marriage to Andrew Gallagher, and his 1939 death.