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Golden wedding anniversary of Roland J. and Ethel McCann, 1973

Also Roland and Ethel McCann 50th anniversary

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Locator map: Wyoming highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at WyomingLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
TypeEvent
Date1973-12-01
ErasModern era
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Locator map: Wyoming highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at WyomingLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Date
1973-12-01
Kind
Marriage
Where
Wyoming
Participants
Roland McCann (participant) · Ethel Mielke McCann (participant)
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
communityreligionheritage

Summary

Roland J. and Ethel McCann’s 50th wedding anniversary was celebrated with a Mass at St. John Vianney Church and an open house at their daughter Grace Lemire’s home in Wyoming on December 1, 1973. The notice identifies the couple as formerly of Beaver Island and reports that their son, Rev. Roland Jerome McCann, O.P., officiated at the Mass.

Evidence and limits

The event is an anniversary notice, not a guest register, parish record, or complete family history. Its December 1923 marriage date is kept separately as a retrospective source claim.

See also

Sources

  1. Reports a Mass at St. John Vianney Church and an open house at the Lemire home in Wyoming on Saturday, December 1, 1973, celebrating Roland and Ethel McCann’s 50th anniversary; it names their four children and visiting relatives but does not provide attendance or civil records.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1974-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. 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 · 1974-01_Beaver-Beacon

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Golden wedding anniversary of Roland J. and Ethel McCann, 1973”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/golden-wedding-anniversary-of-roland-and-ethel-mccann-1973/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1974, “Golden Wedding Anniversary — Mr. and Mrs. Roland J. McCann.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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