Michael and Brian Matchett are born to a Beaver Island-connected family, 1987

Event

Date: 1987-04-12
Kind: Birth
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: birthfamilycommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The June 1987 Beaver Beacon announced the April 12 birth of twins Michael J. and Brian J. Matchett in Muncie. Their mother, Mary Ann McCann Matchett, was identified as the daughter of Beaver Island natives Dorothy and Giles McCann.

Evidence limits

The newspaper notice does not state a hospital, birth times, or civil-record identifiers.

Sources

“Birth Announcement,” Beaver Beacon, June 1987.
Announces Michael J. and Brian J. Matchett, born April 12 in Muncie, and identifies their mother Mary Ann as the daughter of Beaver Island natives Dorothy and Giles McCann. 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, June 1987, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held seventeen-page June issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the birth announcement.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Michael and Brian Matchett are born to a Beaver Island-connected family, 1987”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-matchett-twins-birth-1987/, accessed [date], citing “Birth Announcement,” Beaver Beacon, June 1987. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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