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Lloyd LaPeer (ice-floe incident survivor, 1936)

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Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypePerson
ErasModern era

Summary

Lloyd LaPeer, 18, was brought ashore after the February 1936 ice-floe breakaway near Charlevoix. The report identifies him as Cleo LaPeer’s son.

Evidence and limits

This episode-qualified record is based on one newspaper report. It gives no address, occupation, later history, or additional family information.

Open questions

  • Can local records establish Lloyd LaPeer’s full identity and later life?

See also

Sources

  1. Charlevoix County Herald, February 14, 1936, “Lake Michigan Claims 2 Lives.”
    Names LaPeer as 18 and the son of Cleo LaPeer, and says Coast Guardsmen brought him ashore before the remaining trio drifted away.