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Beaver Beacon publishes April 1984 marriage, birth, and engagement notices

Also April 1984 Beaver Island family announcements

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TypeEvent
Dates1984-02-11 – 1984-06-10
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
1984-02-11 – 1984-06-10
Kind
Announcement
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
familymarriagebirthcommunitycommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The April 1984 announcements column records Laura Esch and Richie Gillespie’s February marriage, two March-April births, and the engagement of Marja-Lisa Mickelson and Ronald Gregg.

Evidence limits

These are community newspaper notices, not independent civil or church vital records.

Sources

  1. Congratulates Laura Esch and Richie Gillespie on their February 11 island marriage; announces Kathryn Madeline Kenwabikise's March 7 birth and Heather Lynn Cary's April 3 birth; and announces Marja-Lisa Ann Mickelson's engagement to Ronald S. Gregg for a June 10 wedding. It is a newspaper notices column, not a civil vital-record index, church register, or marriage license. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1984-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held thirteen-page April issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the family notices.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1984-04_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon publishes April 1984 marriage, birth, and engagement notices”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-family-notices-april-1984/, accessed [date], citing Announcements, Beaver Beacon, April 1984. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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