Pioneer Cemetery on Pictou Island
Pictou Island Heritage Society

Pictou Island Heritage Society

Charles, R. Jane and Jean

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Charles, R. Jane and Jean

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Chrales Alfred Turple b 1870 -- d 1950 ; R. Jane (Harris) Turple b 1883 -- d 1975 ; Jean Marcella MacMillan b ? -- d 1949. R. Jane wife of and Jean Granddaughter of Charles.

People remembered here

Charles Alfred Turple

Memorial 1870–1950; a later record reports birth in 1869

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R. Jane Harris Turple

1883–1975

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Jean Marcella MacMillan

died 1949

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