Tree, Family
Chestico Museum
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| Object Name: | Tree, Family |
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| Category: | Graphic Documents |
| Material: | paper ink wood glass |
| Accession Number: | CMP 20-26 |
| Earliest Production Date: | 1905-01-01 |
| Latest Production Date: | 1905-12-31 |
| Description: | Picture of a family record for the MacKinnon family with dates between1905 and1972. It has cameo shaped floral decorations all around the sides of the pictures. Each cameo has flowers of all colors, in the center is an opened book with the birth dates of the MacKinnon family. There is a print of a family at the bottom of the picture. Also "God Bless Our Family" on a garland. There are two scrolls on either side of the book. The family tree is in a wooden frame. |
| Narrative: | The family tree is for John A. Jack MacKinnon (1882-1937) born in Glencoe to Anne (Beaton) & Duncan MacKinnon and Isabel MacDonald (1880-1972) born in Glencoe to Isabel (Beaton) & Robert MacDonald. The couple raised their family on the Shore Road in Harbourview. Thirteen of their fourteen children are listed the youngest Bernie is not on the scroll. Jack and Isabels deaths are noted. Annie Bell MacKinnon married Ben Hawley and lived in the house where the family tree was found. |
| History of Use: | The family tree was likely a wedding gift to the MacKinnons and passed on to their daughter Annie Bell. |
| Length: | 59.5 cm |
| Width: | 39.5 cm |
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| Institution City: | Chestico |
| Institution Province: | Nova Scotia |