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Margaret Works and Joseph McDonough engagement announced, 1978

Also 1978 Works–McDonough engagement

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TypeEvent
Dates1978-08 – 1978-12
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
1978-08 – 1978-12
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Announcement
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Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The August–September 1978 Beaver Beacon announced Margaret Amanda Works’s engagement to Joseph H. McDonough and a planned late-December Beaver Island wedding.

Evidence and limits

This is an engagement and planned-wedding notice. It does not prove that the wedding occurred.

Sources

  1. Announces Margaret Amanda Works, daughter of John W. Works, and Joseph H. McDonough, son of Lawrence McDonough, with a late-December Beaver Island wedding planned. It does not establish that the wedding occurred or provide civil, church, or marriage records. 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 · 1978-08_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held nine-page combined August–September issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the engagement notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1978-08_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Margaret Works and Joseph McDonough engagement announced, 1978”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-margaret-works-joseph-mcdonough-engagement-1978/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August–September 1978, “Engaged.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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