These Callisters seem to have had a casual attitude to the use of their christian names. Isn’t it odd that James Edward Callister’s 1911 census entry is clearly written (in a shaky hand) as John Callister both on the entry itself and on the signature at the bottom of the page. It’s definitely the right household. He’s described as a widower, paviour’s labourer b Laxey IOM. Perhaps someone else filled it in on his behalf.

1911
Back Spencer St, Royton

Ancestry’s transcription:

Name Age
John Collester 44
Alfred Collester 17
Flarence Collester 12
Annie Collester 8
Nillis Collester 3
Mary Fielding 37

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Then when his son Alfred Callister b 1893 married Rosie Lowcock in Oldham in 1918, he stated that his father was James Henry Callister, paviour.

Jean C