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Ethel Dophney MacMillan
c.1933/34–2018
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Ethel Dophney MacMillan was born on Pictou Island, a daughter of William D. MacMillan and Anna J. MacLean. Her 2018 obituary closes a long-standing gap in the MacMillan family reconstruction by identifying her as one of the couple’s nine children. She also appears to be a strong match for the Ethel MacMillan named in the 1942 Pictou Island Sunday School photograph, which would place her within the Island’s wartime church and childhood community. Ethel later lived in Pictou. Her exact birth date and burial location remain not established in the surviving sources, so this profile remains concise.
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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 Ethel Dophney 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