- Date
- 1989-05-03
- Kind
- Migration
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- familymigrationhousingcommunitypublication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Barbara and Howard Knoetchy moved their furniture to their Beaver Island home on May 3, 1989, after several years of incremental construction and finishing. Howard had retired from the Navy and Barbara had commuted from Detroit while working for Ford Motor Company.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper profile of a reported move and long-term building project, not a deed, occupancy record, or complete construction history.
Sources
- Reports the Knoetchys' May 3 arrival with their furniture after years of building and finishing a retirement home at McCauley's Point, following Howard's Navy retirement and Barbara's commuting from Detroit. 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 · 1989-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twenty-two-page June issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the retirement profile.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1989-06_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Barbara and Howard Knoetchy move full-time to their Beaver Island retirement home, 1989”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-howard-barbara-knoetchy-retirement-move-1989/, accessed [date], citing “Retirees on Beaver Island,” Beaver Beacon, June 1989. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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