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Arnold S. MacMillan
1923–2000
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Arnold MacMillan grew up in the Donald William and Anna Jane MacMillan family on Pictou Island and spent most of his working life in the lobster fishery. Later oral-history evidence describes him as fishing from the Island for about sixty years. He married Helen Lorraine MacDonald, whose own family was closely connected to lighthouse and Island community life, and their son Billy continued the fishing tradition. Together, Arnold and Lorraine represent the continuity of the Island fishery across generations—from family knowledge and small-boat work to the later twentieth century. They are commemorated together in the Church Cemetery at C-007.
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- 1931 census: MacMillan household
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Daniel MacCallum & Susanna Robertson MacCallum
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Charles Elwood MacMillan
Charles Elwood MacMillan
Child of Donald William “Billy” MacMillan Sr.. Child of Anna/Annie Jane MacLean MacMillan. This family entry preserves the relationships reported by the sources below; further life details have not been established.
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- Donald William “Billy” MacMillan Sr. ↔ spouse of Anna/Annie Jane MacLean MacMillan
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- Donald William “Billy” MacMillan Sr. → parent of Arnold S. MacMillan
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- Anna/Annie Jane MacLean MacMillan → parent of Arnold S. MacMillan
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- Donald William “Billy” MacMillan Sr. → parent of Charles Elwood MacMillan
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- Anna/Annie Jane MacLean MacMillan → parent of Charles Elwood MacMillan
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- Donald William “Billy” MacMillan Sr. → parent of Lorne Ballem MacMillan
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- Anna/Annie Jane MacLean MacMillan → parent of Lorne Ballem MacMillan
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- Donald William “Billy” MacMillan Sr. → parent of Ethel Dophney MacMillan
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- Anna/Annie Jane MacLean MacMillan → parent of Ethel Dophney MacMillan
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- Helen Lorraine MacDonald MacMillan ↔ spouse of Arnold S. MacMillan
- Arnold S. MacMillan ↔ sibling of Charles Elwood MacMillan
- Arnold S. MacMillan ↔ sibling of Lorne Ballem MacMillan
- Arnold S. MacMillan ↔ sibling of Ethel Dophney MacMillan
- Charles Elwood MacMillan ↔ sibling of Lorne Ballem MacMillan
- Charles Elwood MacMillan ↔ sibling of Ethel Dophney MacMillan
- Lorne Ballem MacMillan ↔ sibling of Ethel Dophney MacMillan