I have his in-laws as Clarence Archibald Lamb and Sarah Alma "Sadie" McPhee
from Diligent River.
>From info on the reel, Eileen Delilah Lamb died 1989.
As he has a surviving step-daughter, Mrs. Marg MacKinnon, did Eileen have a
previous relationship before marrying him?
Dave
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Cape Breton Post, 20 June 1981:
John MacDonald
NEW WATERFORD - John A. MacDonald, 72, of 3414 Wood Avenue, New Waterford,
died June 18, 1981, at the New Waterford Consolidated Hospital. A native of
Bridgeport, he was the son of the late Angus L. MacDonald and the former
Frances Quinn of Reserve Mines. He was employed with the Dominion Coal
Company until injuries which he sustained forced him to retire in 1965 from
No. 12 Colliery. He was a member of Local 4527 of the United Mine Workers of
America. Mr. MacDonald was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion and also
belonged to the Pensioners Club. He coached football at one time and over
the years he was active in various sports. He was a member of Saint Agnes
parish. Mr. MacDonald is survived by his wife, the former Eileen Lambe of
Parrsboro; a son, Gus, New Waterford; daughters, Mrs. Sadie Chambers, Mrs.
Theresa Perfect, Mrs. Dorothy Parr, New Waterford, Vera, Toronto, a
step-daughter, Mrs. Marg MacKinnon, Toronto; brothers, Lester, New
Waterford, Alphonse, Reserve Mines, Gerald, Ottawa; a sister, Mrs. Dorothy
Graham, R.N. of Moncton, New Brunswick. A son, Raymond predeceased him and
he was also predeceased by a brother and a sister. Mr. MacDonald is also
survived by 21 grandchildren and by four great-grandchildren. The body rests
this evening after seven o'clock at the V.J. MacGillivray Funeral Home, 380
Smith Street and the funeral will be held Monday with mass at 10 a.m. at St.
Agnes Church. Interment will be made in Forest Haven Memorial Gardens,
Sydney-Glace Bay Highway.