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Charles Creighton MacCallum
1873–1940
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Charles Creighton MacCallum is commemorated with Christy Ann MacDonald MacCallum at Pioneer Cemetery memorial R7-001. The 1931 census records him as a general farmer, aged 58, with Christy and their son Roy, connecting the family with Arthur Roy MacCallum’s later Island story. The original marriage registration records Charles C. McCallum and Christie A. McDonald marrying at Pictou on 31 October 1900; both were Island-born and resident there. It names his parents as Daniel and Susan and hers as Archibald and Jessie. Charles’s death certificate records his death on Pictou Island on 16 December 1940, describes him as a lifelong resident and farmer, and names Dan MacCallum and Susan Robertson as his parents. This supports his connection to the existing Daniel/Susanna family at R9-011. His 1873 birth is recorded under Charles Martin Crichton McCallum; the maternal surname in that entry remains uncertain and is not silently rewritten as Robertson. The contemporary birth records 25 April 1873, while the death certificate reports 24 April 1872; the day and year conflict remains explicit. Margaret J. MacDonald is identified as his daughter on the death certificate, but her adult canonical identity remains unresolved. Island burial is recorded without an exact plot.
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- 1931 census Page 5 Unit 29
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- Nova Scotia Archives birth index ID 86385
- PIHS Roy MacCallum biography research
- Nova Scotia Archives birth registration, ID 86385: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/birth/?ID=86385
- Nova Scotia Archives marriage registration, ID 104325: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/marriage/?ID=104325
- Nova Scotia Archives death registration, ID 305353: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/death/?ID=305353
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Daniel MacCallum & Susanna Robertson MacCallum
Selected person’s details ↑Family around Charles Creighton MacCallum · 5 generations · 9 of 154 people
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Daniel Kenzie McCallum
Daniel Kenzie McCallum
A FamilySearch family tree names Daniel Kenzie McCallum among the children of Charles Martin Creighton McCallum and Christie Ann MacDonald, alongside Howard, Arthur Roy and Duncan W. McCallum. The original marriage registration of 3 July 1943 at New Glasgow records Daniel Kenzie MacCallum as a thirty-nine-year-old bachelor and fisherman, born and residing on Pictou Island, with parents Charles MacCallum and Christy Ann MacDonald. His bride is recorded as Hughena Mae MacDonald, a forty-eight-year-old widow, also Island-born and resident. Her connection to the Hughena who married John William in 1907 remains qualified because the recorded ages differ. The fuller paternal name is retained as family-tree evidence.
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- Daniel Kenzie MacCallum and Hughena Mae MacDonald, original marriage registration, 1943 ↗
Duncan W. McCallum
Duncan W. McCallum
Duncan W. McCallum is preserved among the children of Charles Martin Creighton McCallum and Christie Ann MacDonald in the family-created genealogy. His 25 April 1939 marriage at St Andrew’s manse, Pictou, records him as Duncan Willie MacCallum, a thirty-one-year-old fisherman born and resident on Pictou Island. It names father Charles MacCallum and mother Christie Ann MacDonald, corroborating that existing parental household. His bride Annie Jane Ferguson, twenty, was resident on the Island and born at White Sands, Prince Edward Island, with father Arthur Ferguson and mother Minnie Catherine MacCallum. Arthur and Minnie’s 17 December 1913 marriage separately names Minnie’s parents Hugh and Flora. These are source-supported ordinary family comparisons; no exact birth date, death date or new spouse identity is inferred from the marriage alone.
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- Daniel MacCallum ↔ spouse of Susanna Robertson MacCallum
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- Daniel MacCallum → parent of Annie Wilkins MacCallum MacFarlane
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- Susanna Robertson MacCallum → parent of Annie Wilkins MacCallum MacFarlane
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- Charles Creighton MacCallum ↔ spouse of Christy Ann MacDonald MacCallum
- Charles Creighton MacCallum → parent of Arthur Roy MacCallum
- Christy Ann MacDonald MacCallum → parent of Arthur Roy MacCallum
- Charles Creighton MacCallum → parent of Howard E. MacCallum
- Christy Ann MacDonald MacCallum → parent of Howard E. MacCallum
- Charles Creighton MacCallum → parent of Daniel Kenzie McCallum
- Christy Ann MacDonald MacCallum → parent of Daniel Kenzie McCallum
- Charles Creighton MacCallum → parent of Duncan W. McCallum
- Christy Ann MacDonald MacCallum → parent of Duncan W. McCallum
- Arthur Roy MacCallum ↔ sibling of Howard E. MacCallum
- Arthur Roy MacCallum ↔ sibling of Daniel Kenzie McCallum
- Arthur Roy MacCallum ↔ sibling of Duncan W. McCallum
- Howard E. MacCallum ↔ sibling of Daniel Kenzie McCallum
- Howard E. MacCallum ↔ sibling of Duncan W. McCallum
- Daniel Kenzie McCallum ↔ sibling of Duncan W. McCallum
- Daniel MacCallum → parent of Charles Creighton MacCallum
- Susanna Robertson MacCallum → parent of Charles Creighton MacCallum
- Annie Wilkins MacCallum MacFarlane ↔ sibling of Charles Creighton MacCallum