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Owen Boyle purchases the Spaulding Cottage on Beaver Island, 1956

Also 1956 Spaulding Cottage purchase

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TypeEvent
Date1956-10
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1956-10
Kind
Property transfer
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The October 1956 Beaver Beacon reported that Owen Boyle purchased the Spaulding Cottage on Beaver Island and that the Spauldings returned to Boynton Beach, Florida.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper account of a reported purchase, not a deed or parcel record. The source does not provide the price, exact location, complete purchaser identity, or later use of the cottage.

Sources

  1. Reports that Owen Boyle, identified as the son of Aunt Bid Boyle of Chicago, purchased the Spaulding Cottage and that the Spauldings returned to Boynton Beach, Florida. It does not provide a deed, price, parcel location, complete purchaser identity, or later use of the cottage. 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 · 1956-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held three-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the reported cottage purchase; it does not expand the property or ownership record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1956-10_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Owen Boyle purchases the Spaulding Cottage on Beaver Island, 1956”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/owen-boyle-spaulding-cottage-purchase-1956/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1956, “Spaulding Cottage.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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