Name: Two Smyrna couples are reported as new Beaver Island property owners, 1963
Start: 1963-10
End: 1963-10
Location: Beaver Island

Two Smyrna couples are reported as new Beaver Island property owners, 1963

Also George and Norma Eastway Jerry and Betty Cotter Beaver Island property purchases · October 1963 new property owners

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TypeEvent

Date1963-10

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 1963-10
Kind: Property transfer
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: housingcommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The October 1963 Beaver Beacon reported George and Norma Eastway and Jerry and Betty Cotter of Smyrna as new Beaver Island property owners.

Evidence limits

This is a brief newspaper property notice, not a deed, parcel record, price, or closing document.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, October 1963, “New Property Owners.”
Reports George and Norma Eastway and Jerry and Betty Cotter of Smyrna as new Beaver Island property owners; it does not provide parcel descriptions, deeds, prices, or closing dates.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1963-10_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, October 1963, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the property notice.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1963-10_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Two Smyrna couples are reported as new Beaver Island property owners, 1963”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-new-property-owners-october-1963/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1963, “New Property Owners.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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