Name: Gatliff family announces a Beaver Island reunion and memorial Mass, July 23, 2005
Start: 2005-07-23
End: 2005-07-23
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2005-07-23
Kind: Celebration
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: familycatholicismheritagecommunitycelebration
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Descendants of Mary and Tom Gatliff announced a Beaver Island family reunion for July 23, 2005, including a memorial Mass at Holy Cross Cemetery, a family dinner, and an evening reception with Island music for extended family and friends.

Evidence limits

The notice does not establish attendance or the event’s eventual program beyond the planned activities.

Sources

Beaver Island Forum, “Family Reunion and Silent Auction,” July 19, 2005.
The organizer described the July 23 family Mass and reunion, including a silent auction to fund footstones for Gatliff ancestors who lacked grave markers. This documents planned memorial work but not the auction result or later cemetery installation.
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Beaver Beacon, May 2005, "2005 Gatliff Family Reunion."
Announces a July 23 reunion of Mary and Tom Gatliff descendants, a 5 p.m. memorial Mass at Holy Cross Cemetery, dinner at Holy Cross Hall, and Island music for family and friends. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, May 2005, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the family-reunion notice.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Gatliff family announces a Beaver Island reunion and memorial Mass, July 23, 2005”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-gatliff-family-reunion-july-23-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Family Reunion and Silent Auction,” July 19, 2005. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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