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John W. MacDonald
1883–1942
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John W. MacDonald is commemorated at Pioneer Cemetery memorial R4-001, which records 1883–1942. His accepted family reconstruction connects him with Hughena MacDonald: their original marriage registration records a Presbyterian marriage at Pictou on 20 July 1907. John W., a twenty-four-year-old bachelor farmer, and Hughena, seventeen, were both born and resident on Pictou Island. The registration names his parents as John C. and Maggie and hers as Angus and Adelina, without supplying the mothers’ maiden surnames. The 1921 and 1931 census records follow John W. and Hughena as a married couple; in 1931 he was forty-eight and a fisherman. Catherine Adeline’s delayed birth application names John William MacDonald and Hughena MacDonald as her parents, and a certified census extract connects Catherine with husband A. Roy MacCallum. Robertena’s contemporary 1909 birth and Hector Dan’s later birth and baptism records name the same parent pair. These records support the existing family connection without establishing John’s exact birthday or an exact burial location.
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- Nova Scotia Archives marriage registration, ID 125526: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/marriage/?ID=125526
- Nova Scotia Archives birth registration, ID 270915: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/birth/?ID=270915
- Nova Scotia Archives birth registration, ID 232201: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/birth/?ID=232201
- Nova Scotia Archives birth registration, ID 300046: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/birth/?ID=300046
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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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Hughena MacDonald
Hughena MacDonald
Hughena MacDonald married John W. MacDonald at Pictou on 20 July 1907. The original registration records her as seventeen and him as twenty-four, both born and residing on Pictou Island. Her parents are recorded as Angus and Adelina; his as John C. and Maggie. No maternal maiden surname is supplied by this record. Catherine Adeline’s delayed birth record independently names John William MacDonald and Hughena MacDonald as her parents. A 1943 marriage names a widow Hughena Mae MacDonald, but its age differs from the earlier records; that later identification remains qualified.
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- John W. MacDonald and Hughena MacDonald, original marriage registration, 1907 ↗
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- John W. MacDonald ↔ spouse of Hughena MacDonald
- John W. MacDonald → parent of Catherine A. MacDonald MacCallum
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- Hughena MacDonald → parent of Catherine A. MacDonald MacCallum
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