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Where was Claude Shannon, Jr. born? Gaylord or Petoskey?

When Claude was born in 1916, Gaylord did not have a hospital. Mrs., Shannon chose to travel to nearby Petoskey where she could receive medical care at a hospital. She had gone there six years earlier when Catherine was born in 1910.

So, Claude was technically born in Petoskey, but the family never lived there.


The Gaylord Hospital 1927 - 1936. It was the private residence of Dr. Fox when Claude Shannon was born in 1916

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