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MacFarlane

The East Lighthouse and a family archive

Andrew, Flora and children archive record →See 4 memorials on the PIHS layout →Browse the memorial photographs ↓

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MacFarlane · memorial photographs

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Angus and Dollie MacDonaldPhotographs & story →

Allan and Annie MacFarlanePhotographs & story →

Andrew and Flora MacFarlanePhotographs & story →

Robert and Margaret MacFarlane’s familyPhotographs & story →

Connections remembered on the stones

Supported family connections

These connections are stated in marker transcriptions and are shown separately from broader family history. Additional vital, census, church or family records may add detail.

MacDonald / MacFarlane

Angus, Adeline and Robert MacDonald

Robert is identified as the son of Angus MacDonald and Adeline MacFarlane MacDonald.

The relationship is transcription-supported; burial status still requires more than the photograph alone.

The PIHS Rankin-Sibley collection identifies Angus ‘Happy Angus’ MacDonald with Adeline ‘Dollie’ MacFarlane, and a FamilySearch tree records their marriage and son Robert H. MacDonald. The civil marriage and Robert’s death registration remain the preferred controlling records.

PIHS family photographAngus and Dollie MacDonald →
Family-tree leadFamilySearch — Adeline MacFarlane family ↗

MacFarlane / MacPherson

Andrew and Flora MacFarlane family

Flora MacPherson MacFarlane is identified as Andrew’s wife; Mary and Mae are identified as their daughters.

The relationships are explicit in the transcription, but the incomplete dates remain unresolved.

An Iodhlann’s heritage photograph independently identifies East Lighthouse keeper Andrew MacFarlane with his wife Flora MacPherson and their children. It corroborates the couple and household, but does not identify Mary and Mae individually.

Heritage archive photographAn Iodhlann object 2008.46.5 — Andrew, Flora and children ↗
Family-tree leadFamilySearch — Flora MacPherson family ↗

About family connections

Family connections here follow the inscriptions and linked records. A shared surname or nearby stone alone does not establish a relationship.

A family connection across two markers

Robertson–MacFarlane across R9-017 and R9-016

One inscription at R9-016 identifies Allena as the daughter of Allan and Annie MacFarlane and James as their grandson, connecting it to the household named at R9-017.

Official collateral records

Allan and Annie’s household is independently confirmed

Allan MacFarlane and Annie Wilkins McCallum married at Pictou on 21 July 1905; their registration identifies both as Pictou Island-born residents. Delayed birth registrations name them as the parents of Jessie Ann, born 26 September 1909, and Wilma Kathlyn, born 5 April 1921. Later marriage registrations connect Wilma to Dennis Newton and Susan Danella to Charles E. Peter MacAulay; Thelma MacFarlane witnessed both marriages. These records corroborate the couple at R9-017, but they do not replace the need for Allena’s and James’s own civil records.

Open Allan and Annie’s marriage record ↗Open Jessie Ann’s birth record ↗Open Wilma Kathlyn’s birth record ↗Open Wilma and Dennis Newton’s marriage record ↗Open Susan and Charles MacAulay’s marriage record ↗

What the inscription says: Allena and James are connected to Allan and Annie. Related records: Allan and Annie’s marriage registration, Jessie’s and Wilma’s birth registrations, and Wilma’s and Susan’s marriage registrations independently document the Pictou Island household, but they are not Allena’s or James’s own civil records.

Digital family connections

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Robertson–MacFarlane two-stone connection

Two source records joined by an explicit inscription

Open the official collateral birth record ↗

Andrew and Flora MacFarlane household

A heritage photograph independently identifies the couple and children

Open the East Lighthouse family photograph record ↗

Wider surname context · separate from personal identification

Available photographs and stories

These holdings concern people with this surname. They are not portraits of every person in the matching cemetery records. Read each caption and its evidence boundary before connecting an image to a person.

4 cemetery positions

MacFarlane

Angus and Dollie MacDonald — Adeline ‘Dollie’ MacFarlane with Angus MacDonald

Andrew and Flora MacFarlane’s lighthouse household is represented by a PIHS keeper portrait and an independently catalogued family photograph. Adeline ‘Dollie’ MacFarlane also appears with Angus MacDonald.

Boundary: The household photograph corroborates Andrew and Flora, but does not identify every child or every MacFarlane marker.

Andrew MacFarlane portrait →Andrew, Flora and children archive record ↗

Some surname groups do not yet have an identified portrait or longer story. Their individual marker photographs and transcriptions remain available through the records.