Jane Allen and Howard Purdue wedding and Beaver Island honeymoon, 1968

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Event

Date: circa 1968-08
Kind: Marriage
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: demographycommunityreligion
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The August 1968 Beaver Beacon reported Jane Allen and Howard Purdue’s wedding in San Jose, California, and said the couple traveled to Michigan and Beaver Island on their honeymoon before returning to San Jose to continue college.

Evidence and limits

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

Sources

Beaver Beacon, August 1968, “Weddings: Purdue-Allen.”
Reports Jane Allen and Howard Purdue's San Jose wedding, their families' attendance, and their Michigan and Beaver Island honeymoon; it does not provide a civil marriage record or complete family history.
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Beaver Beacon, August 1968, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held six-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, “Jane Allen and Howard Purdue wedding and Beaver Island honeymoon, 1968”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/marriage-of-jane-allen-and-howard-purdue-1968/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1968, “Weddings: Purdue-Allen.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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