Also recorded as Laughlin “Lauchie D.” MacCallum · Laughlin “Lauchie D.” McCallum · Lauchlin “Lauchie D.” MacCallum · Lachie Dan · Lauchie Dan · Lauchie D.
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Island story
Laughlin “Lauchie D.” MacCallum was a Pictou Island farmer and head of a well-documented MacCallum household. The 1931 census records Lauchie, age forty-nine, as a farmer operating a general farm; his household included children John, Ralph and Helen after the death of his wife Sophie Phillips MacCallum. Their Pioneer Cemetery memorial at R2-009 records Lauchie and Sophie together, with nearby memorials and footstones extending the family group. Surviving PIHS hearse-fundraising papers also name Lauchie D. MacCallum among Islanders contributing to the community effort to provide a vehicle for conveying the dead, adding a documented community role beyond his farm and household.
Family connections
- Child of: Daniel “Big Dan” MacCallum
- Spouse of: Sophie Phillips MacCallum
- Parent of: Ralph C. MacCallum
- Parent of: Helen Erma MacCallum
- Sibling of: Duncan MacCallum (shared parentage)
- Sibling of: Hector MacCallum (shared parentage)
Places & memorials
- Pictou Island
- general farm
Pioneer Cemetery memorial
The memorial establishes a family or commemorative relationship. It does not by itself prove burial or interment at this location.
Open memorial and photographsMemorial record details
R2-009 · NovaStory 3403
Record reference: R2-009 · NovaStory 3403
Related PIHS history
Sources and photo credits
- 1931 census Unit 30
- PIHS Agriculture and Farm Economy research
- NovaStory R2-009
- Pioneer Cemetery completion matrix
- PIHS hearse petition and contribution papers
Image: Pictou–Antigonish Regional Library, NovaStory · Public domain.