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New households join Beaver Island community, 1967

Also May 1967 Beaver Island new residents

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TypeEvent
Datecirca 1967-05
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
circa 1967-05
Kind
Migration
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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migrationdemographycommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The May 1967 Beaver Beacon reported John Wylie and his seven sons moving from East Jordan to manage Beaver Tail Restaurant, Curly and Mrs. Hartsel moving from Kalamazoo while planning a beauty shop, and Charles Early becoming a permanent Beaver Island resident.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper residency notice. It does not provide leases, deeds, exact arrival dates, or complete household records.

Sources

  1. Reports John Wylie and seven sons moving from East Jordan to manage Beaver Tail Restaurant, Curly and Mrs. Hartsel moving from Kalamazoo with a planned beauty shop, and Charles Early becoming a permanent resident; it does not provide leases, deeds, exact arrival dates, or complete household records.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1967-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published residency notices; it does not expand the source-specific household, tenancy, or business claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1967-05_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “New households join Beaver Island community, 1967”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-new-residents-may-1967/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1967, “New Residents.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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