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Henry MacDonald
27 Oct 1923–1 Jun 1988
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Henry MacDonald is commemorated at Church Cemetery memorial C-001. The raw PIHS field photograph 1000011279.jpg records 27 October 1923–1 June 1988 and is inscribed “their son.” The 1931 census records a seven-year-old Henry in the Pictou Island household of Archibald T. “Archie” MacDonald and Charlotte MacLean. Together, the name, age and family context strongly support his identification as their son. Kenneth MacCallum’s printed p.60 also records “Henry MacDonald — C.C.A.A.” among the Island’s Second World War honour-roll entries. PIHS has not yet established what C.C.A.A. means, so the abbreviation is retained without expansion while the official service file is sought.
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- 1931 census transcription, page 6, lines 26–31
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- Kenneth MacCallum, printed p.60 — C.C.A.A. unexpanded
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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 Henry MacDonald · 5 generations · 4 of 154 people
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- Charlotte Margaret MacLean MacDonald ↔ spouse of Archibald Thatcher MacDonald
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- Archibald Thatcher MacDonald → parent of Henry MacDonald
- Charlotte Margaret MacLean MacDonald → parent of Henry MacDonald
- Archibald Thatcher MacDonald → parent of Frank MacDonald
- Charlotte Margaret MacLean MacDonald → parent of Frank MacDonald
- Frank MacDonald ↔ sibling of Henry MacDonald