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Cathy Marie Chesnutt
10 Dec 1961–30 Jul 2017
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Cathy Marie Chesnutt maintained a strong connection to Pictou Island throughout her life. Her obituary records work in personal care and health administration, as well as service to the Pictou Island community through Association committee and director roles. She died at her cottage on the Island in July 2017, and her funeral was held at the Pictou Island Church. The PIHS field survey now identifies her memorial in the Church Cemetery at C-008. Her story represents the continuing Island community in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, when belonging to Pictou Island often included both off-Island work and a sustained family and community presence on the Island.
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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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Isabelle (Cameron) Chesnutt family
Selected person’s details ↑Family around Cathy Marie Chesnutt · 2 generations · 3 of 3 people
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Lloyd Chesnutt
Lloyd Chesnutt
Parent of Cathy Marie Chesnutt. This family entry preserves the relationships reported by the sources below; further life details have not been established.
- PIHS family records and contributed genealogy
Isabelle (Cameron) Chesnutt
Isabelle (Cameron) Chesnutt
Parent of Cathy Marie Chesnutt. This family entry preserves the relationships reported by the sources below; further life details have not been established.
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- Lloyd Chesnutt → parent of Cathy Marie Chesnutt
- Isabelle (Cameron) Chesnutt → parent of Cathy Marie Chesnutt