Ellwood Rankin
Ellwood Rankin—recorded as Ernest in the 1931 census—grew up in the George Rankin and Christena Whiteway household on Pictou Island.
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Ernest E. & Florence J. Rankin
1916–2003 / 1925–2001
Memorial / burial status
Physical memorial recorded. Memorial presence is kept separate from independent proof of burial or interment.
Memorial record details
C-022 identifies a memorial record, not a grave or plot number.
Memorial photographs
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These early-2000s views document the memorial at the time of the survey; they do not establish its current condition.
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Ernest E. & Florence J. Rankin
1916–2003 / 1925–2001
Shared memorial
People remembered here
Ellwood Rankin
1916–2003
Physical shared memorial
Read biography →Florence Janet “Janet” Rankin
1925–2001
The memorial establishes a family or commemorative relationship. It does not by itself prove burial or interment at this location.
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Florence Janet “Janet” Rankin
Florence J. Rankin is commemorated with Ernest E. Rankin at C-022.
Read biography →Family connections
- Parents: George Rankin and Christena Whiteway
- siblings include Mae, Robert “Bobbie,” Bertha, Anna and Ida
- spouse Janet/Florence Janet MacDonald supported in later family evidence
- Spouse Ernest/Ernie Rankin
- mother of Elwood Cameron Rankin and Robert George Rankin
- MacDonald maiden surname supported
Related PIHS history
Location in cemetery
Current memorial · location reconstructed from the early-2000s cemetery survey. Source-plan Row 7; relative placement is reconstructed, not surveyed.
Map →Sources and photo credits
PIHS memorial record: C-022.
Field photographs: PIHS.
Open original photograph →Historic cemetery survey and transcription: Pictou County Roots Society, supplied through the Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library.
Previous and Next follow the memorial register’s browse order; they do not establish physical adjacency.