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The Butler family moves from Beaver Island to Manitowoc, 1979

Also 1979 Butler family departure

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TypeEvent
Date1979-10
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1979-10
Kind
Occurrence
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The October issue reports the Butler family’s move from Beaver Island back to Manitowoc aboard South Shore with household belongings and animals.

Evidence and limits

This is a community departure notice, not a passenger manifest, residence register, or complete household inventory.

Sources

  1. Reports Chris and Darrell Butler, their sons, belongings, three dogs, geese, chickens, and other animals leaving for Manitowoc aboard South Shore. It is a community departure notice, not a passenger manifest, residence register, or complete household inventory. 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 · 1979-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eleven-page October issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the departure notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1979-10_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “The Butler family moves from Beaver Island to Manitowoc, 1979”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-butler-family-move-1979/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1979, island observations. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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