Gale Ann Dillingham and Eric Lee Nickel marriage, 1971

Event

Date: 1971-10-23
Kind: Marriage
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communityheritage

Summary

Gale Ann Dillingham, daughter of Olive Bailey of Beaver Island and Joseph Dillingham of Pinconning, married Eric Lee Nickel at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Standish on October 23, 1971.

Evidence and limits

The newspaper notice provides the ceremony and family connection but not a marriage certificate or independent church record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, October 1971, “Weddings: Nickel-Dillingham.”
Reports Gale Ann Dillingham’s October 23 marriage to Eric Lee Nickel at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Standish and identifies her parents as Olive Bailey of Beaver Island and Joseph Dillingham of Pinconning; it does not provide a marriage certificate.
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Beaver Beacon, October 1971, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the wedding report.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Gale Ann Dillingham and Eric Lee Nickel marriage, 1971”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-gale-dillingham-eric-nickel-marriage-1971/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1971, “Weddings: Nickel-Dillingham.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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