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Jessie MacDonald
1880–1910
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Jessie MacDonald (1880–1910) is commemorated at Pioneer Cemetery memorial R4-010 as Duncan MacDonald’s wife. Their original marriage registration records Jessie P. McDonald, aged 21, marrying Duncan at Pictou on 13 November 1901. It names her parents as John and Maggie and records Island residence and birthplace, matching the younger Jessie P. in John C. and Margaret’s 1901 household. She is distinct from the older unmarried Jessie in Mary McDonald’s household and from Duncan’s elderly mother Jessie. Alexander’s 1932 death registration names Duncan MacDonald and maiden mother Jessie MacDonald, supporting her maternity for Alexander. Duncan was widowed in 1911 and later married Charlotte Ellen / Lottie Bishop. Elsie and Melvin were born after Jessie’s death and cannot be her children. The shared memorial alone does not establish the mother of every named child.
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Daniel MacCallum & Susanna Robertson MacCallum
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- John C. MacDonald ↔ spouse of Margaret C. MacDonald
- Duncan MacDonald ↔ spouse of Jessie MacDonald
- Duncan MacDonald → parent of Alexander MacDonald
- John C. MacDonald → parent of Jessie MacDonald
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- Margaret C. MacDonald → parent of Jessie MacDonald
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- Jessie MacDonald → parent of Alexander MacDonald
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