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Melvin D. MacDonald
1925–1975
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Melvin D. MacDonald (1925–1975) is commemorated at Pioneer Cemetery memorial R4-010. The original 1931 census identifies Melvin, aged four, as a son of household head Duncan MacDonald, alongside Duncan’s wife Lottie and other children. This supports the established father relationship; the census age and memorial year are retained as recorded. The same monument names Duncan’s first wife Jessie, who died in 1910 and cannot be Melvin’s mother. Lottie Bishop is independently identified as the mother of Elsie and Catherine Ann, but those records do not independently establish Melvin’s maternity.
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- PIHS original 1931 census, Pictou Island, page 1, unit 2, lines 11–18
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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.
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Daniel MacCallum & Susanna Robertson MacCallum
Selected person’s details ↑Family around Melvin D. MacDonald · 5 generations · 4 of 154 people
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- Duncan MacDonald → parent of Alexander MacDonald
- Duncan MacDonald → parent of Elsie E. MacDonald
- Duncan MacDonald → parent of Melvin D. MacDonald
- Alexander MacDonald ↔ sibling of Elsie E. MacDonald
- Alexander MacDonald ↔ sibling of Melvin D. MacDonald
- Elsie E. MacDonald ↔ sibling of Melvin D. MacDonald