Name: Albert E. Stephens returns to Beaver Island after 45 years, 1963
Start: 1963-09
End: 1963-09
Location: Beaver Island

Albert E. Stephens returns to Beaver Island after 45 years, 1963

Also Albert E. Stephens returns after 45 years · Valley Farm Stephens family visit

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TypeEvent

Date1963-09

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 1963-09
Kind: Announcement
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: heritagefamilycommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The September 1963 Beaver Beacon reported Albert E. Stephens’s return to Beaver Island after 45 years and connected his family to the Valley Farm behind Font Lake.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper reminiscence and visit report, not a complete deed, census, or family history.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, September 1963, “Reminiscing Visit.”
Reports Albert E. Stephens’s visit after 45 years and recalls his parents’ homestead at the Valley Farm behind Font Lake; it is a newspaper reminiscence, not a complete property or family history.
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Beaver Beacon, September 1963, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the return visit report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Albert E. Stephens returns to Beaver Island after 45 years, 1963”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-albert-stephens-return-1963/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1963, “Reminiscing Visit.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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