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Garrett and Jill Cole marry on Beaver Island, 1986

Also Garrett Cole Jill Cole wedding 1986

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TypeEvent
Date1986-04-26
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
1986-04-26
Kind
Marriage
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The June 1986 Beaver Beacon reports Garrett and Jill Cole’s April 26 wedding at the Bob and Linda Graves home, followed by a reception at Holy Cross Hall.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper marriage notice, not a civil certificate, church register, or complete family record.

Sources

  1. Reports Garrett and Jill Cole’s April 26 wedding at Bob and Linda Graves’s home, performed by Slim Bailey, with named attendants and a reception at Holy Cross Hall. It is a newspaper marriage notice, not a civil certificate, church register, or complete family record. 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 · 1986-06_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held nineteen-page June issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the marriage notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1986-06_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Garrett and Jill Cole marry on Beaver Island, 1986”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-garrett-jill-cole-marriage-1986/, accessed [date], citing Wedding Bells, Beaver Beacon, June 1986. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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