- Date
- 1987-10
- Kind
- Marriage
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- marriagecommercemaritimecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The May 1988 Beaver Beacon reported that Edie Wilmot moved to Beaver Island in September 1987, opened Island Office Service, and married Bill Freeze on Halloween at the Christian Church. Freeze was building lightweight wooden boats, and the couple lived above their businesses in the former McDonough Grocery.
Evidence limits
The profile is a newspaper account and does not replace a civil marriage record, business filings, or a complete boatbuilding history.
Sources
- Reports Edie Wilmot’s September 1987 move from Indianapolis, Island Office Service, Bill Freeze’s wooden boat building, their Halloween marriage at the Christian Church, and their businesses and apartment above the former grocery store. 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 · 1988-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nineteen-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the profile.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Edie Wilmot and Bill Freeze marry and operate businesses in the old McDonough store, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-edie-wilmot-bill-freeze-marriage-and-businesses-1988/, accessed [date], citing “New Faces in McDonough’s Old Store,” Beaver Beacon, May 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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