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Robert George Rankin
10 Aug 1953–21 Jun 2012
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Robert George Rankin was raised on Pictou Island, a son of Ernest and Janet MacDonald Rankin and brother of Elwood Cameron Rankin. His obituary records five years of Army service with Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry and about thirty years fishing lobster, herring, scallops and mackerel with Elwood. It also records a period of work in western Canada and his interest in gardening. Robert is commemorated at Church Cemetery memorial C-021; the later Island burial mentioned in his obituary is not assigned an exact burial date by PIHS.
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George D. Rankin & Christena G. Whiteway Rankin
Selected person’s details ↑Family around Robert George Rankin · 3 generations · 4 of 11 people
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- Ellwood Rankin ↔ spouse of Florence Janet MacDonald Rankin
- Ellwood Rankin → parent of Elwood Cameron Rankin
- Florence Janet MacDonald Rankin → parent of Elwood Cameron Rankin
- Ellwood Rankin → parent of Robert George Rankin
- Florence Janet MacDonald Rankin → parent of Robert George Rankin
- Elwood Cameron Rankin ↔ sibling of Robert George Rankin