- Date
- 1965-10-27
- Kind
- Celebration
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communitycatholicismmigration
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Patrick and Rose Bonner were honored on October 27, 1965, for their fiftieth wedding anniversary. The celebration included Mass at Holy Cross, breakfast at the Beaver Lodge, and an evening gathering of friends and relatives with music, cake, and ice cream.
Evidence and limits
The November notice is a community account. It reports their lifelong Beaver Island residence and family relationships but does not replace a civil marriage record or establish a complete genealogy.
Open questions
- Where is the couple’s marriage record and exact marriage date?
- Which relatives and guests attended the anniversary gathering?
Sources
- Reports Mass at Holy Cross, a breakfast at the Beaver Lodge, an evening gathering with a decorated cake, fiddle music, and relatives and friends, and says Patrick and Rose had lived on Beaver Island all their lives. It gives their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren but does not provide a civil marriage record or independent genealogy.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1965-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held six-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1965-11_Beaver-Beacon
Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Patrick and Rose Bonner celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary, 1965”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-patrick-rose-bonner-golden-anniversary-1965/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1965, “Pat & Rose Celebrate 50th.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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