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Lorne Ballem MacMillan
1928–1995
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Lorne Ballem MacMillan grew up in the Donald William and Anna Jane MacMillan family on Pictou Island. The 1931 census records a two-year-old Loran MacMillan in that household, and a 1985 federal fishing licence directory names Lorne MacMillan of Pictou Island with the vessel Donald Maria. Together with the 1928–1995 Church Cemetery memorial at C-011, these records strongly support continuity from Island childhood into the later fishery.
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Daniel MacCallum & Susanna Robertson MacCallum
Selected person’s details ↑Family around Lorne Ballem MacMillan · 5 generations · 6 of 154 people
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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