- Date
- 1972-05-20
- Kind
- Announcement
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- familycommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The May 1972 Beaver Beacon announced Michele Marie Zotto’s engagement to William E. Shumsky and stated that their wedding was scheduled for May 20 in Miami. The notice connected the Shumsky family to Martha Gallagher Zalusky’s Beaver Island family.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper family announcement. It does not provide a civil engagement or marriage record, and the issue does not give a detailed wedding account.
Sources
- Announces Michele Marie Zotto of Miami's engagement to William E. Shumsky of Miami, identifies the groom as Martin Shumsky's son and Martha Gallagher Zalusky's grandson, and states that May 20 was the wedding date in Miami; it does not provide a civil engagement or marriage record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1972-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published family announcement.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1972-05_Beaver-Beacon
Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Engagement of Michele Zotto and William Shumsky, 1972”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/engagement-of-michele-zotto-and-william-shumsky-1972/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1972, “Engagements: Zotto–Shumsky.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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