Willena “Lena Bill” MacCallum MacDonald

Island story

Willena “Lena Bill” MacCallum was the daughter of Hugh “Little Hughie” MacCallum and Flora MacCallum. Census evidence follows her from the MacCallum household in 1921 into her married life with William C. “Bill Cole” MacDonald in 1931. Their children included Cameron, Janet and Lorraine. Through William’s East Lighthouse service, Willena’s family became part of the working lighthouse community as well as the wider MacCallum family network. Later church remembrance preserved the couple’s connection to the Island. Willena and William are commemorated together in the Church Cemetery at C-006. Their marriage registration records a wedding at First Church manse in Pictou on 27 July 1922. William Creighton McDonald, twenty-six, was an Island-born and resident fisherman, with father Hector McDonald and mother Janet McCallum. Willena Belle McCallum, nineteen, was an Island-born and resident housekeeper, with father Hugh McCallum and mother Flora McSwain. The marriage supplies these parental names directly; it does not itself establish exact birth dates or additional military service.