Memorial record
The memorial remembers Chester R. MacCallum.
Photo credit: PIHS
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Chester R. MacCallum
24 March 1895–28 April 1969
Family connections and Island stories
Chester MacCallum: farming and ferry work
The 1931 census transcription records Chester MacCallum, aged thirty-six, as a farmer and Ward’s brother. Ruth Munro names both among the children of Little Dan and Susan.
Munro describes Chester’s ferry work beginning with Archie in 1921, followed by a partnership with William C. MacDonald, and continuing until the 1933 storm. His story links Island farming with transportation across the Strait.
Sources: 1931 census transcription, page 5, lines 13–20; Ruth Munro, Pictou Island (1984), family lists and ferries; PIHS memorial photographs.