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Beaver Island Beacon announces two expectant island families, 1983

Also 1983 summer arrivals family notice

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TypeEvent
Dates1983-05 – 1983-08
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Dates
1983-05 – 1983-08
Kind
Announcement
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
familycommunitycommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The May 1983 Beaver Beacon welcomed two anticipated summer additions to the island community: twins expected by Timmy and Denise McDonough and a child expected by Jim and Karen Wogan.

Evidence limits

The notice records expectations, not births, dates, names, or civil identities.

Sources

  1. Announces that Timmy and Denise McDonough were expecting twins sometime during the summer and that Jim and Karen Wogan were also expectant parents. This is a community newspaper notice, not a birth certificate or complete family 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 · 1983-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held fourteen-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the family notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1983-05_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Beacon announces two expectant island families, 1983”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-summer-arrivals-expectant-parents-1983/, accessed [date], citing News in Brief, Beaver Beacon, May 1983. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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