Summary
Sister Alexandra Gallagher, O.P., was born on Beaver Island, entered the convent in 1903, and taught in schools across Michigan and Wisconsin. She died April 26, 1974, at Marywood’s Aquinta Hall after a lingering illness.
Evidence and limits
The obituary gives an age of 89 and a long teaching career but no exact birth date, independent civil or religious record, or complete family reconstruction.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, May–June 1974, “Obituaries: Sister Alexandra Gallagher, O.P.”Reports Sister Alexandra Gallagher’s April 26 death at Marywood’s Aquinta Hall, her Beaver Island birth, 1903 convent entry, 70 years in the Dominican Order, teaching across Michigan and Wisconsin, and surviving sisters and brother; it gives no birth date, religious-profession register, civil record, or complete family identity.