Name: Bonnie Maxwell and John Kelstrom marry in Wheaton, 1969
Start: 1969-06-14
End: 1969-06-14
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1969-06-14
Kind: Marriage
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: demographyreligioncommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Bonnie Marie Maxwell and John E. Kelstrom married at St. Michael’s Church in Wheaton, Illinois, on June 14, 1969. The Beaver Beacon identified Bonnie’s Beaver Island connection through her grandmother, Katherine Connaghan.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper wedding notice. It does not provide a civil marriage record or complete family history.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, June 1969, “Weddings: Kelstrom - Maxwell.”
Reports Bonnie Marie Maxwell and John E. Kelstrom marrying June 14 at St. Michael's Church in Wheaton, Illinois, with Bonnie's Beaver Island connection through her grandmother Katherine Connaghan; it does not provide a civil marriage record or complete family history.
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Beaver Beacon, June 1969, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published wedding notice.
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Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Bonnie Maxwell and John Kelstrom marry in Wheaton, 1969”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/marriage-of-bonnie-maxwell-and-john-kelstrom-1969/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1969, “Weddings: Kelstrom - Maxwell.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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