- Date
- 1973-10-13
- Kind
- Marriage
- Participants
- Mary Ann Ferguson (bride) · Roger Ferguson (groom)
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communityreligiondemography
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Mary Anne Palmer and Roger Dale Ferguson married October 13, 1973, at St. Francis Xavier Church in Petoskey in a ceremony attended by 120 guests. The newspaper says Mary Anne was Clarence Palmer’s daughter and that the couple toured the southeastern United States on their honeymoon.
Evidence and limits
The island newspaper establishes the reported wedding but is not a civil marriage record. The source’s “Mary Anne” form is retained alongside the earlier engagement notice’s “Mary Ann.”
Sources
- Reports the October 13 afternoon wedding at St. Francis Xavier Church in Petoskey, attended by 120 guests, the wedding party, reception, honeymoon, and the couple’s planned life after the ceremony.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1973-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eleven-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the combined September–October publication; it does not expand the published source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1973-09_Beaver-Beacon
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Marriage of Mary Anne Palmer and Roger Dale Ferguson, 1973”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/marriage-of-mary-ann-palmer-and-roger-ferguson-1973/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September–October 1973, “Weddings: Palmer–Ferguson.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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