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John M. MacLean
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Federal records name J. McLean in the Wharf lightkeeper appointment reports of December 1911; differing 2/22 December readings remain under review. Later evidence strongly favours John M. MacLean and reports service to 1936; some legacy accounts instead use John A. MacLean. His property west of Big Hughie’s was remembered for its stone fences. In the 1921 John M. and Charlotte MacLean household, the original manuscript records a daughter Nellie, about four years old, where the index reads Willis C. The 1931 household records Nellie at fourteen. The 1938 death registration for Nellie Katherine is accepted as the same daughter recorded in 1921 and 1931. Its birth-date reading of 2 October 1917 and the census-age inference of about 1916 remain inconsistent; an exact birth date is not settled. The household sources also name daughters Christena, Johanna/Joanna and Jennie Bell; those names do not by themselves clear each daughter’s later identity and privacy. John M. and Charlotte’s household is distinct from the John and Jessie MacLean family.
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- Federal appointment reports, December 1911; 2/22 December readings differ
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- 1921 Pictou Island original census, p.4, lines 42–43
- 1931 Pictou Island census, John M./Charlotte household
- 1913–14 Auditor General, printed O-47: literal J.N. McLean; full-name identity separate
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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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John M. MacLean & Charlotte MacLean — 1931 Unit 3 wife
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Charlotte MacLean — 1931 Unit 3 wife
Charlotte MacLean — 1931 Unit 3 wife
The 1931 Island census records Charlotte MacLean, fifty-six, as the wife of John M. MacLean, sixty-three. Their ages continue the 1911 John M./Charlotte household at 43/36 and the 1921 indexed couple at 53/46. The original 1900 marriage records John M. McLean, thirty-three, born and resident at Murray Harbour, marrying Charlotte McCallum, twenty-five, born and resident on Pictou Island, with parents Archibald and Jane. Charlotte’s original birth registration records 10 April 1875 on Pictou Island with Archibald McCallum and Jane McCallum as parents. This coherent couple and age progression strongly supports the McCallum maiden identity. The 1911 birth year 1874 differs from the 1875 registration and remains a source variation. Identification of John M. with the Wharf lightkeeper remains separately qualified.
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- Nova Scotia Archives marriage 104263 ↗
- Nova Scotia Archives birth 87825 ↗
- 1905 Jennie Belle supporting family-Bible certificate 197788 ↗
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- John M. MacLean ↔ spouse of Charlotte MacLean — 1931 Unit 3 wife