The Macalister Family History

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The Macalister Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Macalister
1841 Census 2
1851 Census 7
1861 Census 26
1871 Census 22
1891 Census 23

Most Frequent Forenames for the Macalister Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census Total
AGNES Macalister 0 0 0 0 1
ALAN DUMBAR Macalister 0 0 0 0 1
BLANCHE Macalister 0 0 0 0 1
DINOLD SEMPILE Macalister 0 0 0 0 1
DORTHY ALISON Macalister 0 0 0 0 1
ELLEN LOUIS Macalister 0 0 0 0 1
JAMES Macalister 0 1 1 1 1
JAMES A Macalister 0 0 0 0 2
JANE Macalister 0 1 2 1 2
JANET Macalister 0 0 0 0 1
JOHN Macalister 0 0 1 1 2
KATHRINE Macalister 0 0 0 0 1
LILIAN Macalister 0 0 0 0 1
MABEL EDITH Macalister 0 0 0 0 1
ROBERT Macalister 0 0 0 1 2
SARAH Macalister 0 0 0 0 1
WILLIAM Macalister 0 1 2 2 1
WILLIAM W Macalister 0 0 0 0 1
WILLIAM WILSON Macalister 0 0 0 0 1
ANN Macalister 1 0 0 0 0

Etmology and History of the Surname: Macalister

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Your Family History Search

You can use the forms below to do automatic searches for the Macalister family online amongst birth, marriage and death records from 1837, plus census transcripts for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891 and 1901


 


Reading Old Handwriting
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Women allowed to enter the Medical Profession from 1876
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Naval Service
Navy Lists contains additional information beyond naval officers and the dates of their seniority, which takes the careers of some back into the late eighteenth century.

 

Who was W.P. Phillimore?
Phillimore has played a huge part in the transcription and printing of marriage register, and by the time he died he had covered over 1200 parishes.