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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
McWhinnie, John R.
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Description area
Dates of existence
1835 - 1920
History
John R. McWinnie was born in Annapolis County in 1835 to John and Sophia McWhinnie. He was a master mariner, serving as captain on ships including the brigantine Glenafton, which sailed to Cuba under his command. He later worked as a farmer and died in Port Wade, Nova Scotia, in 1920.