Donna Jean Ricksgers and Conde Gonzalez marry, 1967

Event

Date: 1967-08-26
Kind: Marriage
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: marriagecommunity

Summary

Donna Jean Ricksgers and Conde Gonzalez exchanged vows at Annunciation Church in Detroit on August 26, 1967. The Beacon recorded that Ricksgers’s parents were formerly of Beaver Island, that her grandparents still had island connections, and that many former islanders attended.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper wedding report, not a civil marriage record or complete genealogical account.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, October 1967, “Weddings: Gonzalez - Ricksgers.”
Reports the August 26 marriage at Annunciation Church in Detroit, the large reception, and the bride's former-Beaver-Islander parents and grandparents; it does not provide a civil marriage record or complete genealogical documentation.
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Beaver Beacon, October 1967, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held five-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published wedding report.
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Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Donna Jean Ricksgers and Conde Gonzalez marry, 1967”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/marriage-of-donna-ricksgers-and-conde-gonzalez-1967/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1967, “Weddings: Gonzalez - Ricksgers.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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