- Date
- circa 1966-04
- Kind
- Migration
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- migrationcommunityreligion
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April 1966 Beaver Beacon published a list of people who came to Beaver Island for the Easter weekend, including the Welke, Marquass, Crawford, and McDonough families and several island-connected visitors.
Evidence and limits
This is a community visitor notice, not a ferry manifest, census, or complete seasonal-movement record. The printed list is preserved without inferring residence or family relationships beyond what the notice states.
Sources
- Lists Loretta LaFreniere, Colleen Nackerman and Jack Volk, Pauline Kenwabakise, Don Welke and son Donny, Will Welke and three sons, the LeRoy Marquass family, Leon LaFreniere, Perry Crawford and son Pat, and the Larry McDonough family. It is not a ferry manifest, census, or complete seasonal-movement record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1966-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held six-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1966-04_Beaver-Beacon
Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Easter homecoming visitor list is published, 1966”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-easter-visitors-1966/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1966, “Home for Easter.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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