Name: The June 1963 Beacon reports an Island-linked engagement and two weddings
Start: 1963-06
End: 1963-06
Location: Beaver Island

The June 1963 Beacon reports an Island-linked engagement and two weddings

Also Anne Gatliff Bayard Kurth engagement · Kathleen Gatliff Don Hanson wedding · Josie DeVogel Dick Martin wedding

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TypeEvent

Date1963-06

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 1963-06
Kind: Marriage
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: marriagefamilycommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The June 1963 Beaver Beacon reports Anne Gatliff’s engagement to Bayard Karl Kurth and the May marriages of Kathleen Gatliff and Don Hanson and Josie DeVogel and Dick Martin.

Evidence and limits

These are newspaper family notices, not civil or church certificates.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, June 1963, “Engaged” and “Weddings.”
Reports Anne Gatliff’s engagement to Bayard Karl Kurth and the May 25 marriage of Kathleen Gatliff and Don Hanson and May 28 marriage of Josie DeVogel and Dick Martin.
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Beaver Beacon, June 1963, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held six-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published family notices; it does not provide civil or church certificates.
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Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “The June 1963 Beacon reports an Island-linked engagement and two weddings”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-engagement-and-weddings-june-1963/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1963, “Engaged” and “Weddings.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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