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Hugh MacCallum
1862–1921
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Hugh “Little Hughie” MacCallum is commemorated with Flora MacSwain MacCallum and their son William at Pioneer Cemetery memorial R2-016, which records Hugh’s years as 1862–1921. Their marriage registration records a wedding at Pictou on 29 October 1884. Hugh was a twenty-one-year-old bachelor farmer, born and resident on Pictou Island, and his parents were named Donald and Agnes; their wider identities are not assigned from those given names alone. Flora, twenty, was born and resident at High Bank, Prince Edward Island. The 1901 Island census records Hugh and Flora in family 14 with William. Later parent-bearing records connect Cora Jane, Dolina and Willena to this same family. Cora’s marriage and death name Hugh and Flora, while Willena’s 1922 marriage names her mother Flora McSwain. Flora’s 1939 death registration describes her as Hugh’s widow. That independently places his death before hers, but does not supply a more exact death date than the memorial’s 1921 year.
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195 enumerated residents in 37 original census family units. These are source households, not inferred genealogical branches or street addresses. Cancelled entries are excluded; source spellings and recorded ages are retained.
1911 · family 16
| Original name | Relation to head | Recorded age | Page / line |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCallum Hugh | Head | 48 | 2 / 46 |
| McCallum Flora | Wife | 48 | 2 / 47 |
| McCallum Grace | Daughter | 23 | 2 / 48 |
| McCallum Daniel | Son | 20 | 2 / 49 |
| McCallum Minnie | Daughter | 16 | 2 / 50 |
| McCallum Victor | Son | 13 | 3 / 1 |
| McCallum Maggie | Daughter | 10 | 3 / 2 |
| McCallum Wilena | Daughter | 8 | 3 / 3 |
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LAC 1911 Census, Nova Scotia, District 50, ED 28, Schedule 1; PIHS controlled nominal roster
Original 1911 Pictou Island ED28 Schedule1 p2; supplied BAC-LAC_census_7935787.pdf PDF page3, ecopy e001974658
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Daniel MacCallum & Susanna Robertson MacCallum
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Delina / Dolina / Dollie McCallum Hooper
Delina / Dolina / Dollie McCallum Hooper
Dolina McCallum, also recorded as Delina or Dollie, married James Hooper in Pictou in July 1910. Her marriage describes her as twenty-four, born and resident on Pictou Island, and names Hugh and Flora as her parents. The existing family includes Leonard Victor, Roland Marr, Welsford Lewis and Elmer Douglas. Leonard’s marriage and death and Elmer’s marriage use Dolina with James or John James as their parent pair. Dolina was explicitly the wife informant on James’s 1956 death registration. Welsford’s mother is recorded as Dolly in his death entry and Delina in his marriage. Leonard’s marriage and death use John James and James for the same parental pair, supporting the paternal name variants. Welsford’s birth date and military-service chronology remain uncertain. The later records are not contemporary proof of the children’s birth dates. Dolina’s parents are further identified by Hugh McCollum and Flora McSwain’s 29 October 1884 marriage: Hugh was an Island-born farmer with parents Donald and Agnes; Flora was born at High Bank, with parents Murdoch and Jessie. Cora Jane’s marriage and death name the same parental household, supporting Dolina and Cora as sisters. Flora’s later death record has a MacShaw surname reading and a 15/16 February 1939 death-date conflict, which remain separate source qualifications. The original 1921 household records June, daughter aged two, and Welsford, son aged nine months; the index renders these names as Lorne and Weloford. June’s delayed birth application and 1945 marriage identify June Elaine with the James/John James and Dolina/Delina parent pair. Welsford’s nine-month age in the 1921 census cannot be reconciled with the later reported 11 September 1921 birth date without a contemporary natal source.
- https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/marriage/?ID=134226 ↗
- https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/death/?ID=400667 ↗
- https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/marriage/?ID=221399 ↗
- https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/marriage/?ID=307132 ↗
- https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/death/?ID=416078 ↗
- https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/marriage/?ID=66464 ↗
- https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/marriage/?ID=131429 ↗
- https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/death/?ID=282782 ↗
- https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/death/?ID=304716 ↗
- https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/birth/?ID=371316 ↗
- https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/marriage/?ID=274739 ↗
- 1921 Pictou Island original census, p.3, lines 20–21
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- Hugh MacCallum → parent of Willena “Lena Bill” MacCallum MacDonald
- Flora MacSwain MacCallum → parent of Willena “Lena Bill” MacCallum MacDonald
- Hugh MacCallum ↔ spouse of Flora MacSwain MacCallum
- Hugh MacCallum → parent of William MacCallum
- Flora MacSwain MacCallum → parent of William MacCallum
- Willena “Lena Bill” MacCallum MacDonald ↔ sibling of William MacCallum
- Hugh MacCallum → parent of Cora Jane MacCallum MacLean
- Flora MacSwain MacCallum → parent of Cora Jane MacCallum MacLean
- Hugh MacCallum → parent of Delina / Dolina / Dollie McCallum Hooper
- Flora MacSwain MacCallum → parent of Delina / Dolina / Dollie McCallum Hooper
- Willena “Lena Bill” MacCallum MacDonald ↔ sibling of Cora Jane MacCallum MacLean
- Willena “Lena Bill” MacCallum MacDonald ↔ sibling of Delina / Dolina / Dollie McCallum Hooper
- Cora Jane MacCallum MacLean ↔ sibling of William MacCallum
- Delina / Dolina / Dollie McCallum Hooper ↔ sibling of William MacCallum
- Cora Jane MacCallum MacLean ↔ sibling of Delina / Dolina / Dollie McCallum Hooper