Thorburn (N.S.)

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45.564696, -62.547188 Map of Thorburn (N.S.)

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Photograph of Cecilia McDonald

Item is a portrait photograph Cecilia McDonald, bust. Address: 26 Thorburn. McDonald was born circa 1908, daughter of John B. and Mary McDonald. She had three siblings: Dnaiel, Christene, and John A. McDonald.

Photograph of Florence Isobel McDonald

Item is a photograph of Florence McDonald, bust. McDonald was born in 1904, the daughter of Duncan C. McDonald and Jessie Holmes McDonald. She never married, had no children, worked for most of her life in Boston, and died in 1995. Print from Nitrate Negative: 27-312

Photograph of Irene Abegail, the baby of Mr. Henry H. Cameron

Item is a portrait photograph of the oldest child of Mr. Henry Hugh Havelock Cameron and Anna Elizabeth Fraser seated looking over the arm of a carved chair, full pose. Irene Abegail was born March 1901 in Thorburn, Pictou County and died April 5, 1969. Irene had two living siblings: sister Alvera Sophia born in 1908, and brother Giles Grant born in 1911. Giles' twin Douglas Fraser died as a baby.

Photograph of Miss. Jessie Bell McDonald

Item is a portrait photograph of Miss. Jessie Bell McDonald, wearing glasses, a high-necked blouse and jacket with double lapels which stands up behind her neck, bust. Miss McDonald (1866-1928) married Daniel Duncan McDonald (1867-1939) in 1904. They had no children.

Photograph of Miss L. Bain & friend

Item is a photograph of Miss Lecettia Dora Bain and friend. Miss Bain was born on June 6, 1882 in Thorburn, Pictou County, and was married to James Emerson MacKay (1883-1964). The couple had 8 children, and Lecettia died on January 29, 1958 in Thorburn.

Photograph of Mr. & Mrs. A.W. McDonald

Item is a wedding portrait of Mr. & Mrs. A.W. McDonald, the bride is seated with her husband seated on the edge of the chair; full pose. Alexander William "Sandy" McDonald (1861-1916) married Kate Willima Ross (1881-1938). Kate was from Blue Mountain. The couple never had children.

Photograph of Mr. & Mrs. Neil McDonald

Item is a portrait photograph of Mr. & Mrs. Neil McDonald. Mrs. Neil McDonald seated on a wicker chair with Mr. Neil McDonald seated on its arm, 3/4 pose. Neil was born on July 12, 1853 in Wycocomagh, Cape Breton. He was married first to Mary Ann McDonald (1856-1894), and later to Mary Fraser (1853-1942), the latter of whom is pictured here. Neil died on May 29, 1931 in Thorburn.

Photograph of Mrs. Arthur McNaughton & friend

Item is a portrait photograph of Mrs. Arthur McNaughton and a friend. One young woman seated in wicker chair and one young woman seated on its arm, both looking to the side, bust. Mary "Minnie" Guthro married Arthur Grover McNaughton of Thorburn, and they had one child, Muriel Lovett McNaughton, who may be pictured here.

Photograph of Mrs. Howard McKinnon's daughter

Item is a photograph of two poses of Mrs. Howard McKinnon's daughter; Jean Isabel McKinnon, full pose. In one she is seated with her hands clasped around her crossed knees, beside a small table on which a photographic booklet is lying open; in the other he is standing on a wall, with hands on an open photographic booklet which is lying on the attached pillar.

Photograph of Rev. James Alexander Stead Burns

File contains a photograph of Reverand James Alexander Stead Burns who was born in Montreal in 1871. He had one brother, C.B. Burns, living in Ottawa, and three sisters: Mrs. Arthur G. Troop also lived in Ottawa, Mrs. MacKathy in Oban Scotland, and an unnamed sister in London, England. He was predeceased by his wife and died childless in New Glasgow in 1926. His latest pastorate was in Thorburn, Pictou County. Print from Nitrate Negative: 25-27
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