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Andrew MacFarlane
1855–28 Aug 1943
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Andrew MacFarlane was born on Pictou Island in 1855 and became part of two major strands of the Island’s maritime history. In November 1884 he was among the Islanders involved in the rescue effort connected with the wreck of the Inveralt at East Point. The original 1886 federal reward table names Andrew McFarlane among the rescuers recognized for service on 15 November 1884 and records a silver watch awarded to him. This recognition predates the federal Pictou Island life-saving station established in 1889. On 8 June 1892 federal personnel evidence records Andrew’s appointment as keeper of the East Lighthouse. He married Flora MacPherson at Pictou on 12 August 1891 and remained closely tied to the Island for the rest of his life, dying there on 28 August 1943. His Pioneer Cemetery family memorial is at R10-007 / NovaStory 3465. The memorial records several family members; individual biological relationships are stated only where supported by other records. The original marriage records Andrew as an Island-born farmer, aged 34, with parents John and a maternal initial N.; that initial is not expanded. The reported age differs from his established 1855 birth year. Flora’s marriage and death records differ on her age and birthplace; these discrepancies remain explicit in her biography. The Mary Catherine named in a 1908 delayed birth application is not identified with the R10-007 memorial’s Mary Catherine, dated 1894–1927.
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- J.V. MacCallum/Munro family-source evidence
- Pioneer Cemetery register
- Canada, Sessional Papers No. 11 (1886), p.247 — original reward table: https://archive.org/details/sessional1111ds1886cana
- Nova Scotia Archives marriage registration, ID 82855: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/marriage/?ID=82855
- Nova Scotia Archives death registration, ID 264561: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/death/?ID=264561
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John MacFarlane — Andrew father & Ann McCallum — Andrew MacFarlane mother
Selected person’s details ↑Family around Andrew MacFarlane · 3 generations · 9 of 9 people
Mae is named as a daughter of Andrew and Flora on their memorial. The gold dashed lines show that recorded family relationship; accounts of her biological parentage differ.
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John MacFarlane — Andrew father
John MacFarlane — Andrew father
Spouse of Ann McCallum — Andrew MacFarlane mother. Parent of Andrew MacFarlane. This family entry preserves the relationships reported by the sources below; further life details have not been established.
- PIHS family records and contributed genealogy
Ann McCallum — Andrew MacFarlane mother
Ann McCallum — Andrew MacFarlane mother
Spouse of John MacFarlane — Andrew father. Parent of Andrew MacFarlane. This family entry preserves the relationships reported by the sources below; further life details have not been established.
- PIHS family records and contributed genealogy
Margaret MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora daughter
Margaret MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora daughter
Child of Andrew MacFarlane. Child of Flora MacPherson MacFarlane. This family entry preserves the relationships reported by the sources below; further life details have not been established.
- PIHS family records and contributed genealogy
Annie M. MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora daughter
Annie M. MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora daughter
Child of Andrew MacFarlane. Child of Flora MacPherson MacFarlane. This family entry preserves the relationships reported by the sources below; further life details have not been established.
- PIHS family records and contributed genealogy
John Robert MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora son
John Robert MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora son
John Robert MacFarlane’s full delayed birth application, signed by himself on 9 December 1966, reports his birth on Pictou Island on 3 March 1900 and names Andrew MacFarlane and Flora MacPherson as his parents. It describes Andrew as a deceased fisherman born on the Island and places the applicant at White Sands/Murray River, Prince Edward Island. An attached census-search extract quotes John R., one, in 1901 and Robert, eleven, in 1911 in Andrew and Flora’s household; those extracts are later certified comparisons, not a new inspection of the original census pages. An attached church certificate instead names his mother Flora MacDonald and records baptism on 16 August 1900. That maternal-surname discrepancy remains explicit; the application’s MacPherson agrees with the independently documented Andrew–Flora marriage and Flora’s death record. The application and copied certificate are retrospective evidence, not a contemporary birth return.
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- Nova Scotia Archives civil registration ↗
- Nova Scotia Archives civil registration ↗
- Nova Scotia Archives civil registration ↗
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- Andrew MacFarlane ↔ spouse of Flora MacPherson MacFarlane
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- Andrew MacFarlane → parent of Mary Catherine MacFarlane
- Flora MacPherson MacFarlane → parent of Mary Catherine MacFarlane
- Andrew MacFarlane → recorded family parent of Mae C.R.N. MacFarlane
Sources
- Flora MacPherson MacFarlane → recorded family parent of Mae C.R.N. MacFarlane
Sources
- John MacFarlane — Andrew father ↔ spouse of Ann McCallum — Andrew MacFarlane mother
- John MacFarlane — Andrew father → parent of Andrew MacFarlane
- Ann McCallum — Andrew MacFarlane mother → parent of Andrew MacFarlane
- Andrew MacFarlane → parent of Mae C.R.N. MacFarlane
- Flora MacPherson MacFarlane → parent of Mae C.R.N. MacFarlane
- Andrew MacFarlane → parent of Margaret MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora daughter
- Flora MacPherson MacFarlane → parent of Margaret MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora daughter
- Andrew MacFarlane → parent of Annie M. MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora daughter
- Flora MacPherson MacFarlane → parent of Annie M. MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora daughter
- Andrew MacFarlane → parent of John Robert MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora son
- Flora MacPherson MacFarlane → parent of John Robert MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora son
- Mary Catherine MacFarlane ↔ sibling of Annie M. MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora daughter
- Mary Catherine MacFarlane ↔ sibling of John Robert MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora son
- Mary Catherine MacFarlane ↔ sibling of Margaret MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora daughter
- Mae C.R.N. MacFarlane ↔ sibling of Annie M. MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora daughter
- Mae C.R.N. MacFarlane ↔ sibling of John Robert MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora son
- Mae C.R.N. MacFarlane ↔ sibling of Margaret MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora daughter
- Annie M. MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora daughter ↔ sibling of John Robert MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora son
- Annie M. MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora daughter ↔ sibling of Margaret MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora daughter
- John Robert MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora son ↔ sibling of Margaret MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora daughter
Recorded household connections
- Andrew MacFarlane was recorded in the same household as Mary Catherine MacFarlane.
- Flora MacPherson MacFarlane was recorded in the same household as Mary Catherine MacFarlane.