- Date
- 1974-08-16
- Kind
- Marriage
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- familyheritagecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Margaret Shumsky and Dennis Grant married on August 16, 1974, at St. Simon Catholic Church in Ludington. The September Beaver Beacon identifies Margaret as a great-granddaughter of Beaver Island residents James Gallagher Sr. and Martha Zalusky, and notes family wedding heirlooms connected to that history.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper wedding notice, not a civil or parish marriage record. The Beaver Island connection is the reported family heritage; the source does not establish a broader institutional role for the couple.
Sources
- Reports Margaret Shumsky’s August 16 marriage to Dennis Grant at St. Simon Catholic Church in Ludington and identifies her as a great-granddaughter of early Beaver Island residents James Gallagher Sr. and Martha Zalusky; it does not provide a civil marriage record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1974-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published wedding notice and family connection.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1974-09_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Margaret Shumsky and Dennis Grant marry, 1974”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/marriage-of-margaret-shumsky-and-dennis-grant-1974/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1974, “Weddings: Shumsky–Grant.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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