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Richard LaFrangiere (Shamrock Inn, 1945)

Also Dick LaFrangiere

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypePerson
ErasModern era

Summary

Richard LaFrangiere was identified in a June 1945 feature as the bartender-proprietor of the Shamrock Inn, which the account describes as a combination tavern and social center in Saint James.[^patrol1945]

Evidence and limits

The source supplies no age, address, family relationships, business records, or dates for LaFrangiere’s proprietorship. The feature’s ambiguous pronoun around a son-in-law relationship is not converted into kinship metadata.

Open questions

  • Can business licenses, directories, photographs, or local histories identify LaFrangiere more fully?
  • When did he operate the Shamrock Inn, and who succeeded him?

See also

Sources

  1. Charlevoix County Herald, June 29, 1945, “BEAVER ISLAND — Islands have a way of doing things to people.”
    Identifies Richard LaFrangiere as bartender-proprietor of the Shamrock Inn and describes the inn as a combination tavern and social center; the report gives no full civil identity beyond the name.