- Dates
- 1979-07-27 – 1979-08
- Kind
- Celebration
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- familyreligionheritagecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Summer 1979 Beaver Beacon publishes a first-person account of the Sam Donlevy reunion: family gatherings, Mass and dinner, a dance, a Donegal Bay picnic, and a High Island trip.
Evidence and limits
This is a participant memoir and newspaper publication, not a complete genealogy, attendance ledger, or independent event record.
Sources
- Publishes a first-person account of the Sam Donlevy reunion, reporting 47 offspring, about 165 at a Holy Cross Mass and dinner, a dance, a Donegal Bay picnic with 135, and a High Island trip aboard American Girl. It is a participant memoir and newspaper publication, not a complete genealogy, attendance ledger, or independent event record. 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 · 1979-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twelve-page Summer 1979 issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the reunion account.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1979-06_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “The Sam Donlevy family holds a large Beaver Island reunion, 1979”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-sam-donlevy-family-reunion-1979/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, Summer 1979, “Reunion of the Sams.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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