When Jane Callister was born on 25 February 1817, in Peel, Isle of Man, her father, John Callister, was 23 and her mother, Ann Shimmin, was 27. She married John Boyd on 6 May 1838, in German, Isle of Man. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She immigrated to New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States in 1852 and lived in Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States in 1860 and Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States in 1870. She died on 16 July 1874, in Washington, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in United States.
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Manx: shortened form of Manx Mac Alister ‘son of Alexander’. See McAllister .
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