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Annabel Catherine MacLean MacDonald
1925–1954
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Annabel Catherine MacLean MacDonald is commemorated at R3-001 in the Pioneer Cemetery. The stone records Annabel C. MacLean, 1925–1954, as the beloved wife of Frank MacDonald, 1924–1988. This explicit inscription establishes their memorial spouse relationship; it does not establish the date or circumstances of their marriage. Annabell MacDonald's 1954 death return records her as born and resident on Pictou Island and names William MacLean and Cora MacCallum as her parents. It identifies Frank Wallace MacDonald as her husband and informant. She died on 3 June 1954 at Pictou. Her earlier 1945 marriage under the name Annabell Catherine MacLean to William Miles MacKinnon is a separate documented event. The sources establish the recorded family identities without explaining how that marriage ended or how her surname changed.
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- Pioneer Cemetery R3-001 / NovaStory 3407 photograph: ANNABEL C. MacLEAN / 1925–1954 / BELOVED WIFE OF / FRANK MacDONALD / 1924–1988. https://cdm22029.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/piccems/id/3407/rec/1
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- William MacLean ↔ spouse of Cora Jane MacCallum MacLean
- William MacLean → parent of Annabel Catherine MacLean MacDonald
- Cora Jane MacCallum MacLean → parent of Annabel Catherine MacLean MacDonald
- Annabel Catherine MacLean MacDonald ↔ spouse of Frank MacDonald · Recorded as husband and wife in the 1954 death return and memorial. Marriage date and intervening marital history are not established.