From: Early Highland Immigration to New York (CD 170) Immigrants to the new world.
Duncan Gillchrist and Florance McAllister his wife and Mary their daughter 1738
Charles Mc Alister and Catharine McInnish his wife; John and Margaret,
their children, 1739
Duncan McAlister and Effie Keith his wife, 1739.
Margaret McAllisther, 1740
1880 Census, Wayne Co MI, Detroit, ED 297, page 53, sheet 111, lines 7-10 (taken June 1880)
MCALLISTER, Robert, 27 iron moulder, Ireland, Ireland, Ireland
, Alice, 23, wife, keeping house, Canada, Canada, Canada
, Alice Vera, 2, daughter, Canada, Ireland,Canada
, Agnes L, 5/12 born January, Canada, Ireland,Canada
So what this tells us is that Robert was born about 1853 in Ireland,
moved to Canada sometime before 1878, married Alice, and then moved to
Detroit sometime between January 1880 and June 1880. Boy is this family
going to be hard to trace!!!!
From: ftp://ftp.genealogy.org/pub/genealogy/vendors/ajmorris/ireemgm.txt Irish Passenger Lists
Surname,Firstname,Age,Religion,Origin,Occupation,From,Year,Ship,Debarkation, Other,Source#
MCALISTER,Hugh,26,P.,Boghill,,Coleraine,1833-1834,#37,New York,Phila.,#1
MCALISTER,Wm.,20,,Ballycaste,Farmer,,1803/03/29,EAGLE,New York,,#1
MCALLISTED,Felix,,,,,,1811/05/19,ORLANDO,New York,,#1
MCALLISTED,James,,,,,,1811/05/19,ORLANDO,New York,,#1
MCALLISTER,Andrew,2,P.,Keely,,Aghadowey,1834,#25,Quebec,,#1
MCALLISTER,Andrew,40,P.,Keely,,Aghadowey,1834,#25,Quebec,,#1
MCALLISTER,Ann,38,P.,Keely,,Aghadowey,1834,#25,Quebec,,#1
MCALLISTER,Ann,16,P.,Keely,,Aghadowey,1834,#25,Quebec,,#1
MCALLISTER,James,12,P.,Keely,,Aghadowey,1834,#25,Quebec,,#1
MCALLISTER,Margt.,10,P.,Keely,,Aghadowey,1834,#25,Quebec,,#1
MCALLISTER,Martha,50,P.,Dirnagrove,,Aghadowey,1834,#25,Quebec,,#1
MCALLISTER,Mary,4,P.,Keely,,Aghadowey,1834,#25,Quebec,,#1
MCALLISTER,Olive,14,P.,Dirnagrove,,Aghadowey,1834,#25,Quebec,,#1
MCALLISTER,Rebecca,18,P.,Dirnagrove,,Aghadowey,1834,#25,Quebec,,#1
MCALLISTER,Robert,18,E.C.,Limavady,,Drumachose & Limavady,1833-1834,#36,New York,,#1
MCALLISTER,Robert,8,P.,Keely,,Aghadowey,1834,#25,Quebec,,#1
MCALLISTER,Susan,6,P.,Keely,,Aghadowey,1834,#25,Quebec,,#1
MCALLISTER,Thos.,14,P.,Keely,,Aghadowey,1834,#25,Quebec,,#1
From the olive tree http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/iriship.htm#nn2
Lists of Irish Immigrants arriving from Ireland in Boston, Mass
1768 (ship name unknown) Daniel McClester