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Katherine MacKenzie Rankin is commemorated with her husband Lauchlin at Pioneer Cemetery memorial R1-012, which records her years as 1881–1968. The 1931 census records Katherine, age forty-nine, with Lauchlin, their young son Edward and her aunt Ellen MacKenzie. The household connects two generations of the Rankin family with Katherine’s MacKenzie relatives. Further details of her own life and work have not yet been established. The original death registration independently confirms the 1968 death year.
Family connections
- Spouse of: Lauchlin Rankin
- Has aunt: Ellen MacKenzie · PIHS family history identifies the aunt connection; the 1931 census records Ellen as Aunt in the household without specifying the blood or affinal path.
Places & memorials
- Pictou Island
Pioneer Cemetery memorial
The memorial establishes a family or commemorative relationship. It does not by itself prove burial or interment at this location.
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R1-012 · NovaStory 3395
Record reference: R1-012 · NovaStory 3395
Related PIHS history
Sources and photo credits
- 1931 census Unit 8
- NovaStory R1-012
- R1-012 NovaStory memorial
- PIHS Lauchlin Rankin family and lighthouse research
- Original death registration, Katharin Rankin,14October1968,NS Archives ID478785; corroborates corrected memorial year: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/death/?ID=478785