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Robert Southern family moves to Beaver Island, 1968

Also Robert Southern family moves to Beaver Island

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TypeEvent
Datecirca 1968-01
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
circa 1968-01
Kind
Migration
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
migrationcommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The January 1968 Beaver Beacon welcomed Robert Southern and his family after their move from Rochester, Michigan, to Beaver Island. Three of their children were enrolled in the island school.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper new-resident notice. It does not provide a deed, lease, exact move date, or complete family record.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Announces that Mr. and Mrs. Robert Southern of Rochester, Michigan, moved to the island with three children enrolled in school; it does not provide a deed, lease, exact move date, or complete family record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1968-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held seven-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the new-resident notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1968-01_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Robert Southern family moves to Beaver Island, 1968”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-new-residents-january-1968/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1968, “New Residents.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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