Charles McAlister 3rd
Charles McAlister Campbell Shannon 3 rd 1864-1951 Facebook Post Charles McAlister Campbell Shannon was born on 17 February 1864 in Nymboida (at that time the name of a station, not a town) to Marieanne Jackson, 28, and Charles McAlister Shannon, 34. Unfortunately his mother had TB and died just after his 4 th birthday. He was given to his mother’s parents, John Alexander and Marie Ann Jackson for them to bring him up. At 17 years old, his father died. He was living in London with his grandparents and working as a bank clerk. At 31 he married Ada Haywood, 27 and they had their first son Royce (Charles Royce McAlister Shannon) 4 years later. Another 6 years and Mac (McAlister Campbell Erskine Shannon) was born. Unfortunately, like his mother Ada also got TB and they came out to Australia so she could get better, but she died in 1918. He became General Manager of the Australian Bank of Commerce in 1914 and remained there until his retirement in 1932, in the middle of the d