Also recorded as Robert G. Rankin
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Island story
Robert George Rankin was raised on Pictou Island, a son of Ernest and Janet MacDonald Rankin and brother of Elwood Cameron Rankin. His obituary records five years of Army service with Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry and about thirty years fishing lobster, herring, scallops and mackerel with Elwood. It also records a period of work in western Canada and his interest in gardening. Robert is commemorated at Church Cemetery memorial C-021; the later Island burial mentioned in his obituary is not assigned an exact burial date by PIHS.
Family connections
- Child of: Ellwood Rankin
- Child of: Florence Janet “Janet” Rankin
- Sibling of: Elwood Cameron Rankin (shared parentage)
Places & memorials
- Pictou Island
- western Canada
- fishing grounds
Church Cemetery memorial
Physical memorial; obituary supports Island burial but exact burial date is open
Open memorial and photographsMemorial record details
Church Cemetery · C-021
Record reference: C-021 · 1000011302
Related PIHS history
Sources and photo credits
- Full supplied obituary
- Church memorial
- family reconciliation
Image: PIHS.