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Immigration

Name: immigration
Start: 1808
Location: "this Island" (ambiguous; likely Prince Edward Island or Cape Breton Island)

1808 • "this Island" (ambiguous; likely Prince Edward Island or Cape Breton Island)

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Event ID: event-immigration-john-mckinnon-isle-of-mull-1808
Date: 1808
Location: "this Island" (ambiguous; likely Prince Edward Island or Cape Breton Island)
Archive file: 03_events/event-immigration-john-mckinnon-isle-of-mull-1808.md

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principal: John McKinnon

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Accepted gravestone source states John McKinnon, native of the Isle of Mull, emigrated to "this Island" in 1808.
Because the stone is in mainland Nova Scotia, the destination phrase is ambiguous and likely refers to Prince Edward Island or Cape Breton Island; no destination is normalized until a direct migration, land, church, or census source is reviewed.

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Gravestone: John McKinnon, Native of Isle of Mull Scotland, Died Oct 9 1871

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9 October 1871

Gravestone at Campbell Cemetery, Seafoam, Pictou County, Nova Scotia for John McKinnon, born approximately 1790 on the Isle of Mull, Scotland, who emigrated to "this Island" in 1808 and died 9 October 1871 aged 81. He was among the early Scottish Hebridean settlers in Atlantic Canada. "This Island" likely refers to Prince Edward Island or Cape Breton Island, as the stone stands on mainland Nova Scotia.

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Campbell Cemetery, Seafoam, Nova Scotia — Context Photo

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Context/location photograph of Campbell Cemetery, Seafoam, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. Confirms the cemetery setting for both McKinnon gravestone leads (Isle of Mull and Argyle-shire stones). Photographed in summer (green grass, dandelions visible).

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