- Date
- circa 1964-12
- Kind
- Migration
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- migrationcommunitydemographyeducation
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The January 1965 Beaver Beacon records a series of Christmas homecomings and family visits on Beaver Island. The notices include students and relatives returning from Marygrove College, Western Michigan, Lansing, and military service, as well as island-connected families visiting parents.
Evidence and limits
The article preserves a partial community list and reported destinations. It does not provide travel dates, passenger records, exact stays, or a complete homecoming register.
Sources
- Lists Christmas visits involving the Nackerman, Verduyn, Palmer, Bolton, Kenwabakisse, Evans, LaFreniere, and McDonough families, including Colleen Nackerman from Marygrove College and Joe Evans from Western Michigan. It is a community notice, not a travel record or complete homecoming register.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1965-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held six-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 · 1965-01_Beaver-Beacon
Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Islanders return home for Christmas, 1964”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-christmas-homecomings-1964/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1965, “Home for Christmas.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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