- Date
- circa 1968-07
- Kind
- Migration
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- migrationcommunityhousing
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The July 1968 Beaver Beacon reported that Bernard “Bing” McCafferty and his family moved to Beaver Island after remodeling their James Gallagher home. It also reported that Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Christie and their son purchased the Spaulding home and became year-round residents.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper new-resident notice. It does not provide deeds, complete household records, or exact move dates.
Sources
- Reports Bernard “Bing” McCafferty and family moving to the island and Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Christie and their son purchasing the Spaulding home as year-round residents; it does not provide deeds, complete household records, or exact move dates.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1968-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published new-resident notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1968-07_Beaver-Beacon
Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “McCafferty and Christie households become Beaver Island residents, 1968”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-new-residents-july-1968/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1968, “New Residents.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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