When Israelaus McMaster was born on 14 September 1852, in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Athol McMaster, was 35 and his mother, Margaret Drummond Ferguson, was 31. He died on 12 July 1854, at the age of 1.
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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.
Scottish and northern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Mháighistir ‘son of the master’, meaning ‘teacher’ or ‘cleric’. It could also be applied in the sense of ‘lord’ or ‘owner’. This name was sometimes Anglicized as Masterson .
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Possible Related NamesIsraelaus McMaster, born 14 September 1852 in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England; died 12 July 1854 at the Baptist Missionary station near the Kansas River. Remembered at the Pioneer Children’s Memorial, …
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