MacLean family group with a car
Pictou Island Heritage Society

Pictou Island Heritage Society

Angus Hector “Happy Angus” MacDonald

1866–1938

Also recorded as Angus H. MacDonald · Happy Angus

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Pioneer Cemetery memorial · R9-006Enlarge & zoom
Pioneer Cemetery memorial · R9-006 · Pictou–Antigonish Regional Library, NovaStory · Public domain

Island story

Angus Hector “Happy Angus” MacDonald was born at Little Sands, Prince Edward Island, and became the head of a large Pictou Island family with Adeline “Dollie” MacFarlane. Their children included figures central to later Island history, including John Alexander “Jack Happy” MacDonald and Andrew “Happy” MacDonald. The family is closely connected with fishing, lighthouse life and the Island’s oral-history tradition. Angus is commemorated with Adeline at R9-006.

Family connections

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Places & memorials

  • Little Sands, PEI
  • Pictou Island

Pioneer Cemetery memorial

Physical shared memorial

Open memorial and photographs
Memorial record details

R9-006 · NovaStory 3455

Record reference: R9-006 · NovaStory 3455

Interviews and oral histories

  • Jack Happy family and working-life recollections

Related PIHS history

Photographs from Chris Stafford’s collection

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Sources and photo credits
  • NovaStory R9-006
  • Ruth Munro/Jack Happy family source
  • PIHS census and family research

Image: Pictou–Antigonish Regional Library, NovaStory · Public domain.