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Helen Erma MacCallum
1921–1939
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Helen Erma MacCallum appears in the 1931 Pictou Island census at age nine as a daughter of Lauchie D. MacCallum. Her Pioneer Cemetery memorial at R2-008 records Helen Erma MacCallum, 1921–1939, and explicitly identifies her as a daughter of Laughlin and Sophie MacCallum. A nearby footstone at R3-008 reads “HELEN.” PIHS has reconciled the monument, footstone and census record as the same person. Her short life is currently documented primarily through family and cemetery evidence, so the Person record remains intentionally concise.
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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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Selected person’s details ↑Family around Helen Erma MacCallum · 5 generations · 4 of 12 people
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- Laughlin “Lauchie D.” MacCallum ↔ spouse of Sophia Jessie Clover Phillips MacCallum
- Laughlin “Lauchie D.” MacCallum → parent of Ralph C. MacCallum
- Sophia Jessie Clover Phillips MacCallum → parent of Ralph C. MacCallum
- Laughlin “Lauchie D.” MacCallum → parent of Helen Erma MacCallum
- Sophia Jessie Clover Phillips MacCallum → parent of Helen Erma MacCallum
- Ralph C. MacCallum ↔ sibling of Helen Erma MacCallum