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Madelyn M. Wojan

Also Madelyn M. Wojan

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TypePerson
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fl. 1961
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Walter A. Wojan · Daniel Wojan
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Summary

Madelyn M. Wojan is identified in the November 1961 wedding notice as the bride of Melvin P. Renaud, and as a daughter of Anthony Wojan, Sr., of Charlevoix, and sister of Walter A. Wojan of St. James.

Evidence and limits

This is an episode-qualified newspaper record, not a complete civil biography. The wedding notice states her family relations directly. Her mother, referred to only as “Mrs. Tony Wojan,” had died at Charlevoix on August 16, 1961, two months before this wedding; a 2011 Charlevoix Courier obituary for a brother, Anthony John “Tony” Wojan, Jr., gives their parents’ full names as Anthony and Sophie Wojan, documents Madelyn alive as “Madelyn Renaud of Charlevoix” as of September 2011, and names a further brother, Daniel Wojan, among the siblings.

See also

Kin

Daniel WojanWalter A. WojanThis articleMadelyn M. Wojan
Only relations stated in the sources are drawn; absence means unrecorded, not childless or unmarried.

Sources

  1. Names Madelyn M. Wojan as the bride of Melvin P. Renaud on October 21 and identifies her as a daughter of Anthony Wojan Sr. and sister of Walter Wojan. It does not provide a complete civil identity.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1961-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1961-11_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Reports the death of Anthony Wojan Sr.'s wife at Charlevoix on August 16, 1961, "mother of Walter Wojan of St. James," survived by her husband, four other sons and five daughters — the source for Madelyn and Walter's mother's death shortly before this wedding.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1961-09_Beaver-Beacon
  4. Charlevoix Courier, September 2011, obituary of Anthony John "Tony" Wojan Jr.
    Names "Madelyn Renaud of Charlevoix" among Tony Wojan's surviving sisters, documenting her alive as of September 2011 and confirming her married surname Renaud; names their parents as Anthony and Sophie Wojan and Daniel Wojan among the siblings, and "beloved nephew, Jeffrey Renaud" among the family, plausibly her son. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · charlevoix · charlevoixcourie2011unse

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Madelyn M. Wojan”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/madelyn-m-wojan/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1961, “Wedding Bells.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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