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Robert and Rachel McAllister

Robert and Rachel McAllister

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 3:17PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 30 Mar 2011 1:38PM GMT
Surnames: McAllister, McMurtry, Starret, Hanson
Robert Starret McAllister and wife Rachel Hanson McMurtry
Were born St. John, New Brunswick. Robert was born Jan. 1846. Rachel was born May 1852. They immigrated to U.S. from Canada in 1872. They were in Brooklyn NY in 1883 as evidenced by my grandfather's (G.W.McAllister)birth record. Both Robert and Rachel indicate on 1900 census that their parents were born in Ireland. If anyone has any information pertaining to Robert and Rachel please contact me.

Re: Robert and Rachel McAllister

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 11:06AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: McMurtry
I am not a member on Ancestry so please e-mail me directly at mcwallace01@yahoo.ca.

I just found your query this morning. I can tell you that Rachel's parents were John and Ann (Dinsmore) McMurtry who are buried here in Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.

I have a copy of a letter from your grandfather, George Washington McAllister, dated April 10, 1944 in New Providence, to my wife's great grandfather and your grandfather's first cousin, John James McMurtry. In it he indicates having received a letter from John. Any chance you have seen that letter?

Interested in filling out the McMurtry family tree.
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