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Biography
Anne Jeanette MacIsaac was born November 17, 1921 in Dunmore, Antigonish County. She was the daughter of Dan Joseph MacIsaac and Margaret Boyd. MacIsaac graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Francis Xavier University in 1941.
MacIsaac enlisted June 9, 1944 with the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service ( WRSNS also known as the Wren service) in Ottawa, Ontario. MacIsaac became a Probationary Wren in the HMCS Carleton in Ottawa on June 6, 1944. She was then transferred to the HMCS Conestoga near Galt, Ontario for training on July 13, 1944. She was subsequently placed in the HMCS Bytown in Ottawa on August 8, 1944 where her roles thereafter were listed as classified. MacIsaac was promoted to Leading Wren of Special Duties while serving at the HMCS Bytown on October 12, 1944. This rank would be equal to Leading Seaman in the Royal Canadian Navy. On September 1, 1945, she sent to the HMCS Peregrill and was transferred to the HMCS Carleton on September 18, 1945. Much of MacIsaac’s role in the war was listed as classified. In later years, MacIsaac told her family that she had been working on the Enigma machine as part of military intelligence. MacIsaac was discharged due to demobilization on October 10, 1945.
After the war, MacIsaac married Daniel Phillip Brown, a veteran who served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. They were married in Montreal in 1948 and had five children; two sons and three daughters born between 1949 and 1955.
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