Name: Bill and Marion Burns celebrate their fortieth wedding anniversary, 1982
Start: 1982-10-10
End: 1982-10-10
Location: Holy Cross Catholic Church

Event

Date: 1982-10-10
Kind: Celebration
Where: Holy Cross Catholic Church
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: marriagefamilyreligioncommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Bill and Marion Burns observed their fortieth wedding anniversary by repeating their vows before Holy Cross parishioners on Beaver Island on October 10, 1982.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper anniversary notice, not a marriage or church register.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, October 1982, anniversary notice.
Reports that Bill and Marion Burns, who had married 40 years earlier, repeated their vows on October 10 in the presence of Holy Cross parishioners on Beaver Island. This is a newspaper anniversary notice, not a marriage or church register. 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, October 1982, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held sixteen-page October issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the anniversary notice.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Bill and Marion Burns celebrate their fortieth wedding anniversary, 1982”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-bill-marion-burns-fortieth-anniversary-1982/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1982, anniversary notice. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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