Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
MacKinnon, Annabelle
Parallel form(s) of name
- Annabelle Gillis
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1878 - 1980
History
Annabelle MacKinnon (née Gillis) was born and raised in Gillis Lake, Cape Breton County, N.S. She married Archibald MacKinnon of Boulardrie and they settled in Frenchvale. She eventually moved into the Prime Brook (Alexandra St.) area of Sydney, N.S. Annabelle was extremely knowledgeable of the genealogy and history of the Gillis Lake, and surrounding areas. She was a native speaker and maintained that she was much more proficient in her native tongue than her learned English. She had a formidable memory stretching back to the Old Country through stories told be her Grandmother, an emigrant from Uist, Scotland.
Places
Gillis Lake, N.S
Frenchvale, N.S
Northside East Bay, N.S