Summary
The February 1962 Beaver Beacon marks James “the Bay” O’Donnell’s fiftieth wedding anniversary on January 24, 1912, and Dick and Musette LaFreniere’s twenty-fifth anniversary on March 3. The O’Donnell notice says the couple had eight children, seven living, twenty-nine grandchildren, and twenty-two great-grandchildren; the LaFreniere notice says they had three sons.
Evidence and limits
These are community anniversary notices. They preserve the printed family counts without treating them as complete genealogical records.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, February 1962, “Anniversaries.”Reports James “the Bay” O’Donnell’s fiftieth anniversary on January 24 and Dick and Musette LaFreniere’s twenty-fifth anniversary on March 3. It gives family counts for the O’Donnell notice and says the LaFrenieres had three sons, but does not provide marriage certificates.