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Engagement of Mary Ann Palmer and Roger Ferguson (1973)

Also Mary Ann Palmer Roger Ferguson engagement

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era

Summary

Mary Ann Palmer, daughter of Clarence Palmer, and Roger Ferguson, son of Gerald Ferguson, were reported engaged in August 1973. No wedding date was announced.

Evidence and limits

The August engagement notice gives employment and school details; the September–October follow-up reports the October 13 wedding.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, August 1973, “Engagements.”
    Announces Mary Ann Palmer, daughter of Clarence Palmer, and Roger Ferguson, son of Gerald Ferguson, as engaged; it gives their schooling and employment but no wedding date.
  2. Beaver Beacon, September–October 1973, “Weddings: Palmer–Ferguson.”
    Reports the October 13, 1973 wedding at St. Francis Xavier Church in Petoskey, confirming the engagement’s later marriage.