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Joyce MacLean
6 Mar 1924–16 Oct 1987
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Joyce MacLean was a daughter of John H. MacLean and Margaret Ann “Maggie” MacLean. The 1931 Pictou Island census records seven-year-old Joyce in their household with siblings Gerald, Flossie, Anderson and Alvin. The early-2000s Sutherland Cemetery survey records Joyce on a separate memorial with the dates 6 March 1924–16 October 1987, while her parents are commemorated nearby at C-013. The surviving evidence securely establishes her childhood family and memorial identity, but PIHS does not yet have enough person-specific adult-life evidence for a fuller narrative.
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- 1931 Pictou Island direct manuscript, page 6 lines 1–7
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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 Joyce MacLean · 5 generations · 4 of 154 people
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- John H. MacLean ↔ spouse of Margaret Ann MacLean
- John H. MacLean → parent of Joyce MacLean
- Margaret Ann MacLean → parent of Joyce MacLean
- John H. MacLean → parent of Flossie MacDonald
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- Margaret Ann MacLean → parent of Flossie MacDonald
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- Flossie MacDonald ↔ sibling of Joyce MacLean
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