[Index]
John William "Jumbo" MCALISTER (1873 - 1927)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Edith Catherine "Kitty" MCALISTER (1901 - 1955)
Stanley James MCALISTER (1903 - 1981)
Thomas Charles MCALISTER (1905 - 1986)
John William "Jumbo" MCALISTER (1873 - 1927)

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Edith Ann MOORE (1876 - 1942)
Thomas MCALISTER (1845 - 1922) John Alexander MCALISTER (1802 - 1876) Hugh MCALISTER
Margaret WILSON
Sarah PRICE (1806 - 1855)



Catherine SINCLAIR (1843 - 1927) William SINCLAIR



Flora MCRAE



John William "Jumbo" MCALISTER

John William "Jumbo" MCALISTER
John William "Jumbo" MCALISTER John William "Jumbo" MCALISTER
b. 27 Nov 1873 at Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia
m. 17 Apr 1900 Edith Ann MOORE (1876 - 1942) at Balmain, New South Wales, Australia
d. 21 Mar 1927 at Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia aged 53
Parents:
Thomas MCALISTER (1845 - 1922)
Catherine SINCLAIR (1843 - 1927)
Siblings (8):
Florence SINCLAIR-MCALISTER (1865 - 1930)
Margaret (Cissie) MCALISTER (1875 - 1955)
Thomas MCALISTER (1876 - 1919)
Duncan Peter Sinclair MCALISTER (1878 - 1955)
Hugh Christopher MCALISTER (1879 - 1961)
Christina MCALISTER (1881 - 1952)
Colin Herbert MCALISTER (1884 - 1951)
David Lindsay MCALISTER (1885 - 1917)
Children (3):
Edith Catherine "Kitty" MCALISTER (1901 - 1955)
Stanley James MCALISTER (1903 - 1981)
Thomas Charles MCALISTER (1905 - 1986)
Events in John William "Jumbo" MCALISTER (1873 - 1927)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
27 Nov 1873 John William "Jumbo" MCALISTER was born Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia 71
17 Apr 1900 26 Married Edith Ann MOORE (aged 24) Balmain, New South Wales, Australia 71
1901 28 Birth of daughter Edith Catherine "Kitty" MCALISTER Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia
1903 30 Birth of son Stanley James MCALISTER Nowra Hill, New South Wales, Australia
1905 32 Birth of son Thomas Charles MCALISTER Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia
11 Oct 1922 48 Death of father Thomas MCALISTER (aged 77) Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia 71
15 Feb 1927 53 Death of mother Catherine SINCLAIR (aged 84) Spring Flat, New South Wales, Australia 71
21 Mar 1927 53 John William "Jumbo" MCALISTER died Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia 71
Personal Notes:
The Tumut and Adelong Times 29 Mar 1927
MR. JOHN ("JUMBO") McALISTER The death occurred at St. Vincent's Hospice for the Dying last Tuesday of Mr. John ("Jumbo") McAlister, eldest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McAlister, his mother having predeceased him by only six weeks. A few months ago deceased underwent a serious operation at the Coast Hospital for an internal stomach trouble, and it was then found that the possibilities of a permanent cure was hopeless. Deceased was a native of Gundagai and was in his 55th year: Thirty years ago "Jumbo," as he was familiarly called, was a prominent Rugby Union footballer ; he was the "Sandy Pearce of the south" — a great "hook" and a prolific scorer from the ruck near the line, while his endurance and even temper in hard games made him one of the most remarkable and popular figures in the sport of his day. He was a man of many parts, being able to turn his hand to almost any class of work, his services being regularly availed of in important works by the late Mr. J. M. Dodd. But his chief hobby was his lure for gold, and he had extensively prospected in this and other gold-bearing districts without any marked success for his work and enterprise. After removing to Sydney with his family he was employed in timber yards there for many years. With his two brothers, Tom and Dave, deceased "did his bit" in the Great War of 1914-19. Deceased married Miss Edie Moore, and is survived by his widow, a married daughter (Kitty) and two sons (Stan and Tom), the two latter for some time being prominent members of the East Sydney A.A.C. Messrs. Duncan, Hughie and Col. McAlister are brothers, and Mrs. John Bevan and Mrs. A. Vaughan sisters.
Source References:
63. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Trove, Title: Trove National Library of Australia, Locn: http://trove.nla.gov.au/
- Reference = The Tumut and Adelong Times 29 Mar 1927 (Name, Notes)
71. Type: Book, Abbr: Wagga Pioneers, Title: Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District, Auth: Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society Inc, Publ: Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society Inc, Date: 2004, Locn: http://www.waggafamilyhistory.org.au/
- Reference = 243 (Death)
- Reference = 243 (Birth)
- Reference = 243 (Marriage)
- Reference = 243 (Name, Notes)

This public tree has about 60,100 people. Every person in the tree is related by birth or marriage to at least one other person in the tree - no strays. The people in the tree come mainly from four projects.
  1. My family tree. The original project begun about 1998. ID numbers less than about 6,000
  2. Canberra and Queanbeyan Pioneers. The next 30,000 begun about 2004. Sourced almost entirely from HAGSOC's excellent 'Biographical Register of Canberra and Queanbeyan'. The project began when I decided to add siblings, spouses and parents for a relation with an entry in the Register. 12 years work.
  3. Wagga Pioneers. I moved to Wagga and thought I would extend the Queanbeyan project by adding people from Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society's 'Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District'. About 10,300 people added over about a year.
  4. Tumut Valley Pioneers. During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, I decided to extend the above projects by adding pioneers of the Tumut Valley. Initial sources were Snowden's 'Pioneers of the Tumut Valley' and 'Relict of ... Lives of Pioneering Women of Tumut and District'. Excellent references published by Tumut Family History Group. I've also added material from newspapers of the time - especially, death records, obituaries and weddings from 'Tumut and Adelong Times'. This project is in its early stage and might take a few years. I plan to extend to the upper Monaro (Adaminaby, Kiandra, Cooma, Jindabyne).
I upload new information to this website about every 3 months. My motivation for these projects is to provide public information for people seeking to trace ancestors and what became of them. Much of the information I provide can be difficult to find.
If you find errors - anything incorrect (dates, places, wrong parents, wrong children), and you have evidence, I would love to fix them. Or, if you have information that would extend my projects, do not hestiate to contact me on the email link below. I do not publish information on living people - which means I'm not much interested in people born after about 1920, and I usually distrust material from before about 1770 without extremely good sources.
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