The memorial
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Lauchie and Katherine Rankin
Lauchie Rankin kept the South Lighthouse and worked at farming and sawmilling. PIHS also preserves the island story of Katie’s conditions for moving to Pictou Island.
Remembered on Pictou Island
Lauchie and Katherine Rankin
Memorial / burial status
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Laughlin Rankin b 1877 -- d 1945 ; Katherine (MacKenzie) Rankin b 1881 -- d 1958.
People remembered here
Lauchlin Rankin
1877–1945
Physical shared memorial
Read biography →Katherine MacKenzie Rankin
1881–1958
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Read biography →Lauchie and Katherine Rankin
Lauchie Rankin kept the South Lighthouse and worked at farming and sawmilling. PIHS also preserves the island story of Katie’s conditions for moving to Pictou Island.
Photographs of the people
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