Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

William George Hector "George" McAlister[1]

Male 1858 - 1924  (65 years)


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  • Name William George Hector "George" McAlister 
    Born 13 Oct 1858  Kilbride, Nelson Twp., Halton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180506912 
    Name George McAlister 
    Eby ID Number 00023-1736.2 
    Died 28 May 1924  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I16948  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Father Rev. James McAlister,   b. 21 Jan 1828, Dunfierth Cross Roads, County Kildare, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jul 1902, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Martha Ann Jane Clemens,   b. 31 Aug 1836, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Mar 1919, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 1 Mar 1855  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4460  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Charlotte "Lottie" Plewes,   b. 22 Aug 1858, Burlington, Halton Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Dec 1936, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F299877  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    William George Hector McAlister - Find A Grave - Mary McAlister

  • Notes 
    • Rev. W. G. H. McAlister, Galt Minister, Dies

      GALT, Ont., May 28 Following a stroke which he suffered at night the Rev, W. G. H. McAlister. M. A., retired Methodist minister passed away this morning at his home, Preston road. He was 67 vears old and was born at Kilbride, Halton county, a son of the late Rev. James McAlister

      Deceased retired from the London conference of the Methodist church of which he was recently president one year ago. He had had charges at Watford, Alvinston, Aylmer, London, Ridgetown and Exeter, spending altogether 41 years in the ministry. There survive his widow, formerly Miss Lottie Plewes of Brantford, two sons, F. G. McAlister, London, and Dr. H. Clive McAlister, Winnipeg, and two sisters, Misses Nettie and Margaret of Toronto.

      The funeral will take place here Friday.

      The Expositor Wed, May 28, 1924 Page 8

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      DEATH OF REV. G. H.

      MCALLISTER IN 67th YEAR

      The death occurred last week of the Rev. G. H. McAllister, M.A., at his home, Park House, Preston road, in his 67th year. The end came very suddenly following stroke the evening before.

      Mr. McAlister was born at Kilbride, Halton county, and was a son of the late Rev. James McAllister. He came of one of the oldest families in the district on his mother's side, she having been before her marriage Miss Martha Clemens, daughter of George Clemens of the Clemens family so well known in the Hespeler, Preston and Galt districts. His father had retired from the Methodist ministry years ago and taken up his residence in Park House.

      The late Rev. McAlister retired one year ago from the London conference of the Methodist church, of which he was recently president.

      Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 5 Jun 1924, p. 2

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 414.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 28 May 1924 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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