Beaver Beacon publishes February births and wedding announcement, 1989

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Event

Date: 1989-02
Kind: Announcement
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: birthmarriagefamilycommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The February 1989 issue publishes two birth notices and an advance wedding announcement connected to Beaver Island families.

Evidence limits

These are newspaper notices, not civil, hospital, church, or marriage records.

Sources

“Births” and “Wedding Announcements,” Beaver Beacon, February 1989.
Reports Katherine Jane Matchett’s January birth, Julie Maureen Sommer’s February 13 birth, and Jill Sheridan and Bill Borre’s planned May 20 wedding. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, February 1989, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held twenty-page February issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR; these are notices, not a single event.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon publishes February births and wedding announcement, 1989”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-1989-family-notices-rynbrand-matchett-sommer-sheridan-1989/, accessed [date], citing “Births” and “Wedding Announcements,” Beaver Beacon, February 1989. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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