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Mrs. William H. Shields (1900 Squaw Island tragedy victim)

Also Mrs. Shields

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypePerson
ErasModern era

Summary

Mrs. William H. Shields accompanied the Squaw Island light crew on the December 14, 1900 sailboat trip toward Beaver Island. After the boat capsized, she died during the overnight drift; the reports identify her only through her husband.1

Open questions

  • What were Mrs. Shields’s given name, maiden name, and burial details?
  • Can a lighthouse-service or civil record document her marriage to William H. Shields?

See also

Footnotes

  1. Held Beaver Beacon accounts of the December 14–15, 1900 Squaw Island light-crew tragedy. ↩

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, January 1965, “48 Years Ago Tragedy Struck Squaw Island Light Crew; Lone Survivor Tells Story.”
    Identifies her as the keeper’s wife, describes her death during the overnight drift, and does not give a given name.
    beaver_beacon · 1965-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. Beaver Beacon, December 1971, “Lone Survivor Tells Story.”
    Repeats the account of her death and her niece Lucy Davis’s death without supplying her personal name.
    beaver_beacon · 1971-12_Beaver-Beacon