Christina M. McAllister

1840 - 1929  (88 years)

• Name	Christina M. McAllister
  Born	18 May 1840	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209878701
  Name	Christina M. Heritage
  Residence	1864	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-220668
  Died	26 Mar 1929	Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States   [1]
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I220668	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	John McAllister,   b. 1799, of, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Nov 1843, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Christina Ramsay,   b. 1812, , Argyleshire, Scotland ,   d. 26 Jan 1904, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)
  Married	1 Mar 1832	Campbelltown, , Nairn, Scotland
  Family ID	F60093	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Captain George Thomas Heritage,   b. 26 Sep 1834, , Oxfordshire, England ,   d. 5 Apr 1900, Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States  (Age 65 years)
  Married	23 Feb 1864	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Children	1. Susan B. Heritage,   b. 25 Oct 1867, , Illinois, USA ,   d. 2 Aug 1950, Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States  (Age 82 years)   2. George Heritage,   b. 1873, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Mar 1938, Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States  (Age 65 years)   3. Christina R. Heritage,   b. 1 Mar 1879, Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States ,   d. 22 May 1964, High Springs, Alachua, Florida, United States  (Age 85 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F60092	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  HERITAGE, CHRISTINA (Nee McAllister) On Tuesday, March 26, 1929 at 8 a. m., at her home in Bloomington, llinois, in her 89th year. Relict of Captain George Heritage. Mrs. Heritage was a native of this district, having been born in Puslinch Township and residing in that section until her marriage. Despite her very advanced age, Mrs. Heritage enjoyed excellent health all her life, retained all her faculties and every summer returned to this district to visit with relatives and friends. She was a staunch Presbyterian and proudly boasted that she had never missed a Sunday School service in her life, attending every Sunday until illness, a month or so ago, confined her to her home. She leaves four children, John of Victoria, BC; George, Christina and Mrs. Catterlin of Bloomington. Funeral on Friday at 3, from the residence of A. McLellan, 186(?) Wellington St. in Galt to Hespeler Cemetery. - Information from the Galt Reporter. Their daughter, Christina Heritage, of High Springs, FL, died on Wednesday morning, July 22, 1964, in her 86th year. Funeral service at the Stager-Nelson Funeral Home in Hespeler on Fri., July 24 at 3: 30. Interment Hespeler Cemetery. She had resided in Florida for many years and previously in Bloomington, Illinois, where she was born. Miss Heritage was a high school teacher, a member of the American Teachers' Association and of the Presbyterian Church. The last member of her family, survived by a niece, Mrs. Elsie Dolan of High Springs, FL, besides relatives in the Crieff area. Predeceased by brothers, John of Victoria, BC; George of Bloomington; and Mrs. Susan Catterlin. A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark _____________ Pioneer Dies Mrs. G. T. Heritage, 89, Resident of City for 65 Years, Dies Mrs. George T. Heritage, 89, died at 8 a. m. Tuesday at her home, 512 East Mulberry street, from a general breakdown in health. Mrs Heritage was born May 18, 1840 at Green Hill farm near Hespeler, Ontario, where she lived until her marriage, Feb 22, 1854, to Capt George T. Heritage of the Thirty- ninth infantry, Company B. Illinois Volunteers Inmediately after the wedding Mr. and Mrs. Heritage came to Bloomington to live. Mrs. Heritage was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs John McAlister, Scotch pioneers who settled in Ontario in 1828. Surviving are four children, Mrs. Susan Catterlin, George T. and Christina R at home and a son, John of Victoria. B. C. who is the chief engineer of the S. S. Princess Marguerite between Seattle and Detroit. One sister, Mrs. William Maude, lives at Fergus, Ont. There are also four grandchildren, Mrs. Ned Dolan, Bloomington: Mrs. Olive and Marion Heritage, Victoria and George Wilfred, Port Alice, B. C. Mrs. Heritage was the oldest member of the First Presbyterian church of Bloomington, having been affiliated there for 65 years. She was also a member of the Relief Corps and the W. C. T. U. Burial will be in Galt, Ont, where Mr. Heritage be buried. Plans for services in Bloomington are not yet completed The Pantagraph Bloomington, Illinois Tuesday, March 26, 1929

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209878701/christina-heritage. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Name: Geo Thos Heritage Age: 29 Birth Year (Estimated): 1835 Birthplace: England Res: Puslinch Father's Name: Thos Heritage Mother's Name: Susann Cross Spouse's Name: Christine Mcalister Spouse's Age: 23 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1841 Spouse's Birthplace: Canada West Res: Puslinch Spouse's Father's Name: John Mcalister Spouse's Mother's Name: Christian Ramsey Marriage Date: 23 Feb 1864 Marriage Place: Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 18 May 1840 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - 1864 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 23 Feb 1864 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 26 Mar 1929 - Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth