When John Franklin McAllister was born on 15 May 1853, in Alexandria, Jefferson, New York, United States, his father, Alexander McAllister, was 49 and his mother, Isabelle Lindall, was 45. He married Harriet Louise "Hattie" Taylor about 1895, in Fair Haven, Rutland, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States in 1920 and Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States for about 10 years. He died on 11 June 1940, at the age of 87, and was buried in Schroon Lake Cemetery, Schroon Lake, Schroon, Essex, New York, United States.
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Scottish and northern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Alasdair ‘son of Alasdair’, the Gaelic form of the personal name Alexander .
History: MacAlister is the name of a Scottish Highland clan claiming descent from Alasdair Mòr Mac Dòmhnaill, a younger son of Domhnall mac Raghnaill, founder of Clan Donald (see McDonald ).
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