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Alberta Gronke and Joseph LaFreniere marry in Chicago (1961)

Also November 18 · 1961 Gronke-LaFreniere wedding

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era

Summary

Alberta Gronke and Joseph “Bussy” LaFreniere married in Chicago on November 18, 1961 and spent a two-week honeymoon on Beaver Island, according to the December community column.

Evidence and limits

The groom is kept as a 1961 episode-qualified record rather than merged with the separate 1960 Bussy La Freniere record on name alone. No civil certificate is held.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, December 1961, “Wedding Bells.”
    Reports Alberta Gronke of Chicago marrying Joseph (Bussy) LaFreniere, formerly of St. James, on November 18 in Chicago, and says the newlyweds spent a two-week honeymoon on Beaver Island. It does not provide a civil certificate or resolve the groom’s relationship to other LaFreniere records.