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Daniel MacCallum & Susanna Robertson MacCallum

5 generations · 154 people · John C. MacDonald · Margaret C. MacDonald · Archibald Thatcher MacDonald · Jessie McPhail

Kenneth McKenzie (1812–1883) & Annie McDonald McKenzie

4 generations · 27 people · Margaret MacCallum MacDonald · Angus H. “Happy Angus” MacDonald · Adeline “Dollie” MacFarlane MacDonald · John Alexander “Jack Happy” MacDonald

George D. Rankin & Christena G. Whiteway Rankin

3 generations · 11 people · Adeline MacDonald Rankin · Florence Janet MacDonald Rankin

Captain Robert McDonald & Agnes Janet McIntosh

2 generations · 6 people · Captain Robert McDonald · Agnes Catherine McDonald (born 1868) — Captain Robert daughter · Jane Ann McDonald (born 1869) — Captain Robert daughter · William McIntosh McDonald (born 1873) — Captain Robert son

John MacLean & Jessie MacLean

2 generations · 4 people · Colin MacDonald · Charlotte C. MacLean MacDonald

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Alexander Finley Campbell & Ann Campbell

1 generation · 2 people

Catherine McDonald & Donald McDonald — late husband named on R9-013

1 generation · 2 people

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