- Date
- 1969-04
- Kind
- Accident
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- demographycommunityaccident
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April 1969 Beaver Beacon reported that Michael Osmolinski, age 33, had drowned in the Grand River. His sister-in-law, Jeanne LaFreniere Osmolinski, sent the notice, which said his body had not yet been recovered.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper accident notice. It does not provide an investigation, recovery record, or complete family history.
Sources
- Reports Jeanne LaFreniere Osmolinski's notice that her 33-year-old brother-in-law Michael Osmolinski drowned in the Grand River and that his body had not yet been recovered; it does not provide an investigation, recovery record, or complete family history.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1969-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published drowning notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1969-04_Beaver-Beacon
Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Michael Osmolinski reported drowned in the Grand River, 1969”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-michael-osmolinski-drowning-1969/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1969, “Drowning Victim.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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