Also recorded as Lauchlan Rankin · Laughlin Rankin · Lauchie Rankin · Lauchlan “Lauchie” Rankin
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Island story
Lauchlin Rankin was a Pictou Island lighthouse keeper. In the 1911 census he appears at page 3, line 18, family 20 as a thirty-three-year-old household head, single and born in April 1877. By 1931 he headed a household with his wife Katherine, their son Edward and Katherine’s aunt Ellen MacKenzie. Lighthouse research strongly links Lauchlin, also written Laughlin, Rankin with service as keeper of the South/Wharf light in two periods: first around 1910 until the December 1911 appointment of J. McLean, and again from about 1936 until his death in 1945. Local historical accounts also link him with farming and sawmill work. His Pioneer Cemetery memorial at R1-012 records 1877–1945 beside Katherine. He has not been identified in the 1921 Island census; his whereabouts at that time remain uncertain.
Family connections
- Spouse of: Katherine MacKenzie Rankin
- Child of: Duncan Rankin
- Child of: Ann Rankin — 1901 family 9 head
- Sibling of: George Duncan Rankin — Duncan/Annie son (shared parentage)
- Sibling of: Catherine Kate Ann Rankin (shared parentage)
- Sibling of: Neil Rankin (shared parentage)
- Sibling of: Jack Rankin (shared parentage)
Places & memorials
- Pictou Island
- South/Wharf Lighthouse
Pioneer Cemetery memorial
Physical shared memorial
Open memorial and photographsMemorial record details
R1-012 · NovaStory 3395
Record reference: R1-012 · NovaStory 3395
Related PIHS history
Sources and photo credits
- 1931 census Unit 8
- NovaStory R1-012
- Pioneer Cemetery register
- PIHS lighthouse history
- 1911 census P3 L18 family20
- complete 1921 negative Island roster
- 1931 Unit 8
- PIHS/federal lighthouse controls
- R1-012 memorial
Image: PIHS South Lighthouse panel.