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Catherine Munro McCallum
1837–1927
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Catherine Munro McCallum is commemorated at R6-016 with Daniel L. McCallum and their son Laughlin. The memorial explicitly identifies Catherine as Daniel’s wife and Laughlin as their son, establishing these family relationships through the inscription. Her marriage to Daniel is recorded at Pictou on 18 November 1873. The bride, Catherine Munro, is recorded as 35, resident at Caribo, with parents John and Mary; her birthplace and her mother’s maiden surname are not supplied. Their son Duncan’s 1874 birth registration names Catherine Munro, and his 1958 death registration names Catherine Munroe and reports her birthplace as Cariboo, Nova Scotia. The family bridge is supported by the couple, locality and chronology, while the reported marriage location remains conflicted: Pictou in the marriage entry, St John in Duncan’s birth entry.
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- Nova Scotia Archives marriage registration, ID 38292: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/marriage/?ID=38292
- Nova Scotia Archives birth registration, ID 87564: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/birth/?ID=87564
- Nova Scotia Archives death registration, ID 410668: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/death/?ID=410668
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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 Catherine Munro McCallum · 5 generations · 4 of 154 people
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- Daniel L. McCallum ↔ spouse of Catherine Munro McCallum
- Daniel L. McCallum → parent of Laughlin McCallum
- Catherine Munro McCallum → parent of Laughlin McCallum
- Daniel L. McCallum → parent of Duncan M. MacCallum
- Catherine Munro McCallum → parent of Duncan M. MacCallum
- Duncan M. MacCallum ↔ sibling of Laughlin McCallum