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Lauchlin Rankin
1877–1945
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Lauchlin Rankin was a Pictou Island lighthouse keeper. In the 1911 census he appears at page 3, line 18, family 20 as a thirty-three-year-old household head, single and born in April 1877. By 1931 he headed a household with his wife Katherine, their son Edward and Katherine’s aunt Ellen MacKenzie. Lighthouse research strongly links Lauchlin, also written Laughlin, Rankin with service as keeper of the South/Wharf light in two periods: first around 1910 until the December 1911 appointment of J. McLean, and again from about 1936 until his death in 1945. Local historical accounts also link him with farming and sawmill work. His Pioneer Cemetery memorial at R1-012 records 1877–1945 beside Katherine. He has not been identified in the 1921 Island census; his whereabouts at that time remain uncertain.
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- 1911 census P3 L18 family20
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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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Ann Rankin — 1901 family 9 head
Ann Rankin — 1901 family 9 head
The 1901 Pictou Island census identifies Ann Rankin as head of family 9. The census identifies Neil Rankin as her son, while his father's identity remains unresolved.
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Catherine Kate Ann Rankin
Catherine Kate Ann Rankin
Child of Duncan Rankin. Child of Ann Rankin — 1901 family 9 head. This family entry preserves the relationships reported by the sources below; further life details have not been established.
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George Duncan Rankin — Duncan/Annie son
George Duncan Rankin — Duncan/Annie son
Child of Duncan Rankin. Child of Ann Rankin — 1901 family 9 head. This family entry preserves the relationships reported by the sources below; further life details have not been established.
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- Lauchlin Rankin ↔ spouse of Katherine MacKenzie Rankin
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- Ann Rankin — 1901 family 9 head → parent of Neil Rankin
- Duncan Rankin ↔ spouse of Ann Rankin — 1901 family 9 head
- Duncan Rankin → parent of Lauchlin Rankin
- Ann Rankin — 1901 family 9 head → parent of Lauchlin Rankin
- Duncan Rankin → parent of Neil Rankin
- Duncan Rankin → parent of Jack Rankin
- Ann Rankin — 1901 family 9 head → parent of Jack Rankin
- Duncan Rankin → parent of Catherine Kate Ann Rankin
- Ann Rankin — 1901 family 9 head → parent of Catherine Kate Ann Rankin
- Duncan Rankin → parent of George Duncan Rankin — Duncan/Annie son
- Ann Rankin — 1901 family 9 head → parent of George Duncan Rankin — Duncan/Annie son
- George Duncan Rankin — Duncan/Annie son ↔ sibling of Catherine Kate Ann Rankin
- George Duncan Rankin — Duncan/Annie son ↔ sibling of Lauchlin Rankin
- George Duncan Rankin — Duncan/Annie son ↔ sibling of Neil Rankin
- George Duncan Rankin — Duncan/Annie son ↔ sibling of Jack Rankin
- Catherine Kate Ann Rankin ↔ sibling of Lauchlin Rankin
- Catherine Kate Ann Rankin ↔ sibling of Neil Rankin
- Catherine Kate Ann Rankin ↔ sibling of Jack Rankin
- Lauchlin Rankin ↔ sibling of Neil Rankin
- Lauchlin Rankin ↔ sibling of Jack Rankin
- Neil Rankin ↔ sibling of Jack Rankin