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Linda Pauline Gatliff and Michael Anthony Wearn marriage, 1971

Also Linda Pauline Gatliff and Michael Anthony Wearn marriage

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TypeEvent
Date1971-10-23
WithinDetroit
ErasModern era
On this page
Locator map: Detroit highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at DetroitLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Date
1971-10-23
Kind
Marriage
Where
Detroit
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
communityheritage
Within
Detroit

Summary

Linda Pauline Gatliff married Michael Anthony Wearn at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Detroit on October 23, 1971. The October Beaver Beacon identifies the Gatliff family in the wedding notice.

Evidence and limits

The notice provides the ceremony and family details but not a marriage certificate or independent parish record.

Sources

  1. Reports Linda Pauline Gatliff’s October 23 wedding at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Detroit and identifies her parents as Catherine Gatliff and the late Paul “Danny” Gatliff; it does not provide a marriage certificate.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1971-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the wedding report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1971-10_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Linda Pauline Gatliff and Michael Anthony Wearn marriage, 1971”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-linda-gatliff-michael-wearn-marriage-1971/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1971, “Weddings: Wearn-Gatliff.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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