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Flora MacPherson MacFarlane
1863–1931
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Flora MacPherson MacFarlane married Andrew MacFarlane on 12 August 1891 and shared the household associated with his later East Lighthouse service. The Pioneer Cemetery family memorial at R10-007 records Flora, Andrew, Mary Catherine and Mae C.R.N. MacFarlane. Census evidence and Kenneth MacCallum’s family history establish Flora as Andrew’s wife and as the recorded/social mother in the household, while the surviving sources give conflicting accounts of Mae’s biological parentage. The original marriage records Flora A. McPherson as 25, born at Caledonia, Prince Edward Island, resident on Pictou Island, with parents Angus and Maggie. Her death certificate records her death on the Island on 19 October 1931, wife of Andrew, aged 68, with father Angus McPherson, born at Glen Martin, PEI, and mother’s maiden surname McKenzie; no maternal given name is supplied there. Its reported Island birthplace and age differ from the marriage entry and remain qualified. A supporting certificate for John Robert uses Flora MacDonald, a conflicting source surname that does not overturn the marriage and death records or settle Mae’s biological-parentage question. Island burial is recorded on 20 October 1931 without an exact plot.
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- Nova Scotia Archives marriage registration, ID 82855: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/marriage/?ID=82855
- Nova Scotia Archives death registration, ID 264561: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/death/?ID=264561
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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 MacFarlane — Andrew father & Ann McCallum — Andrew MacFarlane mother
Selected person’s details ↑Family around Flora MacPherson MacFarlane · 3 generations · 7 of 9 people
Mae is named as a daughter of Andrew and Flora on their memorial. The gold dashed lines show that recorded family relationship; accounts of her biological parentage differ.
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Margaret MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora daughter
Margaret MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora daughter
Child of Andrew MacFarlane. Child of Flora MacPherson MacFarlane. This family entry preserves the relationships reported by the sources below; further life details have not been established.
- PIHS family records and contributed genealogy
Annie M. MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora daughter
Annie M. MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora daughter
Child of Andrew MacFarlane. Child of Flora MacPherson MacFarlane. This family entry preserves the relationships reported by the sources below; further life details have not been established.
- PIHS family records and contributed genealogy
John Robert MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora son
John Robert MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora son
John Robert MacFarlane’s full delayed birth application, signed by himself on 9 December 1966, reports his birth on Pictou Island on 3 March 1900 and names Andrew MacFarlane and Flora MacPherson as his parents. It describes Andrew as a deceased fisherman born on the Island and places the applicant at White Sands/Murray River, Prince Edward Island. An attached census-search extract quotes John R., one, in 1901 and Robert, eleven, in 1911 in Andrew and Flora’s household; those extracts are later certified comparisons, not a new inspection of the original census pages. An attached church certificate instead names his mother Flora MacDonald and records baptism on 16 August 1900. That maternal-surname discrepancy remains explicit; the application’s MacPherson agrees with the independently documented Andrew–Flora marriage and Flora’s death record. The application and copied certificate are retrospective evidence, not a contemporary birth return.
- PIHS family records and contributed genealogy
- Nova Scotia Archives civil registration ↗
- Nova Scotia Archives civil registration ↗
- Nova Scotia Archives civil registration ↗
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- Andrew MacFarlane ↔ spouse of Flora MacPherson MacFarlane
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- Andrew MacFarlane → parent of Mary Catherine MacFarlane
- Flora MacPherson MacFarlane → parent of Mary Catherine MacFarlane
- Andrew MacFarlane → recorded family parent of Mae C.R.N. MacFarlane
Sources
- Flora MacPherson MacFarlane → recorded family parent of Mae C.R.N. MacFarlane
Sources
- Andrew MacFarlane → parent of Mae C.R.N. MacFarlane
- Flora MacPherson MacFarlane → parent of Mae C.R.N. MacFarlane
- Andrew MacFarlane → parent of Margaret MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora daughter
- Flora MacPherson MacFarlane → parent of Margaret MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora daughter
- Andrew MacFarlane → parent of Annie M. MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora daughter
- Flora MacPherson MacFarlane → parent of Annie M. MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora daughter
- Andrew MacFarlane → parent of John Robert MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora son
- Flora MacPherson MacFarlane → parent of John Robert MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora son
- Mary Catherine MacFarlane ↔ sibling of Annie M. MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora daughter
- Mary Catherine MacFarlane ↔ sibling of John Robert MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora son
- Mary Catherine MacFarlane ↔ sibling of Margaret MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora daughter
- Mae C.R.N. MacFarlane ↔ sibling of Annie M. MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora daughter
- Mae C.R.N. MacFarlane ↔ sibling of John Robert MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora son
- Mae C.R.N. MacFarlane ↔ sibling of Margaret MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora daughter
- Annie M. MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora daughter ↔ sibling of John Robert MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora son
- Annie M. MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora daughter ↔ sibling of Margaret MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora daughter
- John Robert MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora son ↔ sibling of Margaret MacFarlane — Andrew/Flora daughter
Recorded household connections
- Andrew MacFarlane was recorded in the same household as Mary Catherine MacFarlane.
- Flora MacPherson MacFarlane was recorded in the same household as Mary Catherine MacFarlane.