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Donald William “Billy” MacMillan Sr.
Memorial records 1887–1964
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Donald William “Billy” MacMillan came to Pictou Island from Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island, and became the head of a large Island family with his wife Anna Jane MacLean. Census, civil and family evidence identifies nine children in the household and later family network. The MacMillans were closely connected with the Island fishery, and their descendants continued fishing into later generations. PIHS-approved interpretive history also remembers Billy in the story of the Island hearse: his remains were returned to the Island by ferry and he was remembered as the last person carried in the old hearse. His Church Cemetery memorial records the years 1887–1964. The original marriage registration records Donald William MacMillan and Anna Jane MacLean marrying at Pictou on 9 December 1910. It describes him as a 23-year-old bachelor farmer, names Angus and Anna as his parents, and records a PEI birthplace/residence whose place-name reading is qualified; it is not silently substituted for Wood Islands. Anna Jane’s 1971 death registration names her late husband as William MacMillan and identifies their son Charles as informant, corroborating the existing family identity.
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- Nova Scotia Archives marriage registration, ID 134316: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/marriage/?ID=134316
- Nova Scotia Archives death registration, ID 499740: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/death/?ID=499740
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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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Charles Elwood MacMillan
Charles Elwood MacMillan
Child of Donald William “Billy” MacMillan Sr.. Child of Anna/Annie Jane MacLean MacMillan. This family entry preserves the relationships reported by the sources below; further life details have not been established.
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- Donald William “Billy” MacMillan Sr. ↔ spouse of Anna/Annie Jane MacLean MacMillan
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- Donald William “Billy” MacMillan Sr. → parent of Arnold S. MacMillan
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- Anna/Annie Jane MacLean MacMillan → parent of Arnold S. MacMillan
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- Donald William “Billy” MacMillan Sr. → parent of Charles Elwood MacMillan
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- Anna/Annie Jane MacLean MacMillan → parent of Charles Elwood MacMillan
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- Donald William “Billy” MacMillan Sr. → parent of Lorne Ballem MacMillan
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- Anna/Annie Jane MacLean MacMillan → parent of Lorne Ballem MacMillan
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- Donald William “Billy” MacMillan Sr. → parent of Ethel Dophney MacMillan
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- Anna/Annie Jane MacLean MacMillan → parent of Ethel Dophney MacMillan
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- Arnold S. MacMillan ↔ sibling of Charles Elwood MacMillan
- Arnold S. MacMillan ↔ sibling of Lorne Ballem MacMillan
- Arnold S. MacMillan ↔ sibling of Ethel Dophney MacMillan
- Charles Elwood MacMillan ↔ sibling of Lorne Ballem MacMillan
- Charles Elwood MacMillan ↔ sibling of Ethel Dophney MacMillan
- Lorne Ballem MacMillan ↔ sibling of Ethel Dophney MacMillan