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Howard E. MacCallum
1902–1980
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Howard E. MacCallum is commemorated with Jessie M. MacCallum at Church Cemetery memorial C-003. Family evidence, including Beatrice Ann Bennett’s obituary, identifies Howard and Jessie as her parents. Ruth Munro’s family material also places Howard among the children of Charles C. and Christy Ann MacCallum, while the 1931 census provides a strong age and family match. His fuller work history remains to be developed.
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Daniel MacCallum & Susanna Robertson MacCallum
Selected person’s details ↑Family around Howard E. MacCallum · 5 generations · 8 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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- Nova Scotia Archives civil registration ↗
- Nova Scotia Archives civil registration ↗
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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
- Howard E. MacCallum ↔ spouse of Jessie M. MacDonald MacCallum
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- Howard E. MacCallum → parent of Beatrice Ann MacCallum Bennett
- Jessie M. MacDonald MacCallum → parent of Beatrice Ann MacCallum Bennett
- 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