When Margaret McAllister was born in 1849, in Carlisle, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas McAllister, was 29 and her mother, Sarah Stubbs, was 27. She lived in Botchergate, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom in 1861. She died before 1949, in Cumberland, England, United Kingdom.
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The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
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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