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Jim Turple
25 Jul 1951–31 Jan 2025
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James Daniel ‘Jim’ Turple, born in 1951, spent his childhood on Pictou Island until he left for high school. His later working life included thirty-four years with Michelin, but he remained deeply engaged with local history and community life. His obituary records twelve years of municipal council service, involvement with the Northumberland Fisheries Museum, the Lobster Carnival and church activities, as well as a lifelong attachment to boating and Pictou Island. PIHS preserves his 2004 memories as an important first-person source for everyday Island life, winter travel, school, fishing and community history.
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- 2025 obituary; PIHS source registers citing My Memories of Pictou Island (2004); thematic research researchs using Turple recollections
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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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Selected person’s details ↑Family around Jim Turple · 3 generations · 2 of 5 people
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