- Date
- 1972-09-02
- Kind
- Marriage
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- familycommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Amy Lynn Moncur and Donovan Albert Langford III married on September 2, 1972, at Gary Memorial Methodist Church in Wheaton, Illinois. The December Beaver Beacon identifies the groom’s parents as summer residents of Beaver Island and says the couple planned to live in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper wedding notice. Its Beaver Island connection is the reported summer residence of the groom’s parents; the source does not establish a broader institutional or community role for the couple.
Sources
- Reports the September 2 wedding at Gary Memorial Methodist Church in Wheaton, Illinois, the couple’s Purdue graduations, their planned move to Amherst, and the groom’s parents’ summer-resident connection to Beaver Island; it does not provide a civil marriage record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1972-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published names, date, and family connection.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1972-12_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Amy Moncur and Donovan Langford marry, 1972”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/marriage-of-amy-moncur-and-donovan-langford-1972/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1972, “Weddings: Moncur–Langford.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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