Beaver Island residents depart for the winter, 1967

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Event

Date: circa 1967-11
Kind: Migration
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: migrationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The November and December 1967 Beaver Beacon issues listed island residents who had left for the winter, including members of the Gallagher, Connaghan, Bonner, O’Donnell, Carpenter, Heflin, McDonough, Neer, Hartzel, Wittenberg, Ricksgers, Cull, and McCann families.

Evidence and limits

This is a seasonal-departure notice. It does not provide departure dates, destinations for every person, or a complete seasonal-residence register.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, November 1967, “Gone for the Winter.”
Lists Maria Gallagher, Mary “Duffy” Gallagher, Katherine Connaghan, Ralph Rutt, Patrick Bonner, Ben O'Donnell, Jim Carpenter, and Paul Heflin among people who had left for the winter; it does not provide departure dates, destinations for every person, or a complete seasonal-residence register.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1967-11_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, November 1967, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published winter-departure notice.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1967-11_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, December 1967, “Gone for the Winter.”
Adds Mary and Bert McDonough, Nonie Gallagher, Frank Neer, Curley Hartzel, Bill Wittenberg, Elsie O'Donnell, Mary “Vesty” McDonough, Ada Martin and Jack, Sophia McDonough, George Ricksgers, Mabel Cull, and Edna McCann to the winter-departure list; it does not provide departure dates, destinations for every person, or a complete seasonal-residence register.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1967-12_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, December 1967, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held seven-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the follow-up winter-departure notice.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1967-12_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, January 1968, “Gone for the Winter.”
Adds Mrs. and Mrs. John A. Gallagher, Elizabeth Gallagher, and Stanley Floyd to the winter-departure notices; it does not provide departure dates, destinations for every person, or a complete seasonal-residence register.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1968-01_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, January 1968, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held seven-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the January follow-up notice.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1968-01_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island residents depart for the winter, 1967”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-winter-departures-november-1967/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1967, “Gone for the Winter.” (and 5 further sources listed on the page).

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