John Pallister was the first child of John McCree Pallister & Barbara Hall born Oct-December 1874 at 66 Burdon St, Ryhope & christened January 10th, 1875 at St Paul’s, Ryhope.
In 1881 John was at home with the family at 14 Gibson Terrace, Ryhope. John had 2 younger brothers William (4), Ralph (2) & a sister Ellen (Helen in census) aged 5 months.
John was still living at home in 1891 at Gibson Terr & was working as an engineman. He now had 3 brothers & 3 sisters at home. In 1899 John was a witness at the marriage of Joseph Lister Ledger of 12 Gibson Terr & Sarah Bainbridge at St Paul’s, Ryhope.
John married Margaret Eleanor Gibson on January 31st, 1901 at St Paul’s, Ryhope. John was living at 14 Gibson Terr at the time of the marriage & Margaret was living at 33 Thomas St, Ryhope with her parents, sister & brother. Witnesses at the wedding were William Pallister, John’s brother, & Mary Hannah Gibson, Margaret's sister. Margaret was born Jan-March 1874 at Ryhope, the daughter of Martha & John Edward Gibson, an engineman. Margaret’s occupation was given as dressmaker in the 1891 census when she was living at home with her parents, Martha & John E Gibson, a colliery engineman, in Burdon St.
In 1901 John & Margaret were living at 14 St Pauls Terrace, Ryhope & John was working underground at the colliery as an engineman.
John died, aged 29,in Oct-December 1903, the death being registered at Sunderland.
In 1911 widowed Margaret was living with her widowed father, John Gibson, a retired engineman at 33 Thomas St, Ryhope. Also living there was her older sister, Mary Hannah Gibson (49).
Some time after 1911 Margaret went into partnership with her
older sister Mary Hannah Gibson as a grocer & draper. They traded from
33 Thomas St, Ryhope. The business must have fallen on hard times as according
to the London Gazette they filed for bankruptcy on August 3rd, 1922. Notice
of dividends to be paid to creditors on February 27th, 1925 were published
in the London Gazette of February 20th, 1925. A notice of release of trustees
relating to their business appeared in the London Gazette of November 6th,
1925.