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John MacInnis

Also Known As: "Eoin Gobha "Jonathan the Blacksmith" MacInnis", "John McInnis"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Shenacadie, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death: February 14, 1920 (77)
Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Immediate Family:

Son of Stephen MacInnis of Shenacadie and Mary MacInnis (MacPhee)
Husband of Margaret Ann MacInnis (MacDonald)
Father of Kate MacNeil (MacInnis); Elizabeth Mary "Liza" MacInnis; Margaret Mary MacInnis; Sarah M MacInnis; Sarah C MacInnis and 3 others
Brother of Elizabeth MacKinnon (MacInnis); Annie Elizabeth Bryden (McInnis); Catherine Bristo MacKinnon (MacInnis); Michael Laughlin MacInnis; Mary McKinnon (McInnis) and 5 others
Half brother of Ambrose James McInnis and Sarah Farrell (MacInnis)

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About John MacInnis

"History of Christmas Island Parish" - page #44-45:

Stephen McInnis (Michael) was a blacksmith and farmer. He settled at Shenacadie and became the first post-master of that place. He married Mary, daughter of Jonathan McPhee (Tailor), Issue: — Ann, Catherine, John, Michael, Mary, Lucy, Elizabeth, Ambrose, and Sarah.

John settled at Shenacadie and married Margaret McDonald (Ealasaid Thearlaich), of McKinnon’s Harbour. Issue: — Liza, Mary Ann, Sarah, Stephen Alex, Mary M., Sarah M., and Christie. A number of these were schoolteachers, and Stephen Alex is a telegraph operator in Alberta.


"History of Christmas Island Parish" - page #118:

John D. is trackman on the C.N.R. He married Kate, daughter of John McInnis (Stephen), of Shenacadie.

Issue: —one son and three daughters. After the death of their mother, the son and one of the daughters were drowned in Big Pond where they had gone with a little sleigh to coast one Sunday while their father was from home.

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John MacInnis's Timeline

1842
May 14, 1842
Shenacadie, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
1877
May 16, 1877
Grand Narrows, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
1878
September 22, 1878
Shenacadie, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
1883
July 28, 1883
Grand Narrows, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
1885
May 1, 1885
Grand Narrows, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
1886
July 28, 1886
Grand Narrows, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
1888
August 3, 1888
Grand Narrows, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
1891
December 9, 1891
Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
1901
1901
Age 58
Nova Scotia, Canada
1920
February 14, 1920
Age 77
Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada