Elwood Van Antwerp and Georgene Sutton marry, 1988

Event

Date: 1988-12-03
Kind: Marriage
Where: place/big-rapids
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: marriagefamilyhousingconstructioncommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Elwood Van Antwerp and Georgene Sutton married in Big Rapids on December 3, 1988, and planned to spend the winter on Beaver Island while a new home was being built at Appleby’s Point.

Evidence limits

The newspaper wedding report is not a civil marriage record or building permit.

Sources

“Wedding Bells,” Beaver Beacon, December 1988.
Reports the December 3 Big Rapids wedding, family attendance, the couple’s winter residence at the old Coast Guard station, and Van Antwerp’s plan to build at Appleby’s Point. 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, December 1988, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eighteen-page December issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Elwood Van Antwerp and Georgene Sutton marry, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-elwood-van-antwerp-georgene-sutton-marriage-1988/, accessed [date], citing “Wedding Bells,” Beaver Beacon, December 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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