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Alexander "Sandy" Slater 1841 – 1879 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 May 1841

Birth Location: Tradeston, Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Death Date: 25 Apr 1879

Death Location: Clermont, Queensland, Australia

Father: Robert Slater

Mother: Isabella Morrison

Spouse(s): Sarah Stewart

Children(s): James Slater, Robert Slater, George Slater, John Slater, Isabella Slater, Sarah Slater

Alexander "Sandy" Slater was born in 1841 in Tradeston, Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland, the child of Robert Slater and Isabella Morrison. In 1841, Alexander "Sandy" Slater resided in Gorbals, Lanarkshire, Scotland. In 1851, Alexander "Sandy" Slater resided in Gorbals, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Alexander "Sandy" Slater married Sarah Jane Stewart, and had children including James Alexander (Jim) Slater, Robert Andrew Slater, George Stewart Slater, John Samuel Slater, Isabella Margaret Slater, Sarah Jane Slater. Alexander "Sandy" Slater passed away in 1879 in Clermont, Queensland, Australia.

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Biography

  • Alexander "Sandy" Slater was born in 1841 in Tradeston, Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland, the child of Robert Slater and Isabella Morrison.
  • In 1841, Alexander "Sandy" Slater resided in Gorbals, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
  • In 1851, Alexander "Sandy" Slater resided in Gorbals, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
  • Alexander "Sandy" Slater married Sarah Jane Stewart, and had children including James Alexander (Jim) Slater, Robert Andrew Slater, George Stewart Slater, John Samuel Slater, Isabella Margaret Slater, Sarah Jane Slater.
  • Alexander "Sandy" Slater passed away in 1879 in Clermont, Queensland, Australia.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Slater
1812 – 1881
Birth Location: Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland
RS
Isabella Morrison
1814 – 1877
Birth Location: Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
IM

Spouses(s)

Sarah Stewart
1846 – 1878
Birth Location: Stewartstown Farm, Dergalt, Camus, Co Tyrone, Ireland
SS

Children(s)

James Slater
1868 – 1952
Birth Location: Banana, , Queensland, Australia,
JS
Robert Slater
1870 – 1940
Birth Location: Banana, Queensland, Australia
RS
George Slater
1872 – 1905
Birth Location: Banana, , Queensland, Australia
GS
John Slater
1874 – 1966
Birth Location: Banana, Banana Shire, Queensland, Australia
JS
Isabella Slater
1876 – 1954
Birth Location: Lilyvale Queensland
IS
Sarah Slater
1878 – 1956
Birth Location: Lilly Vale (Clermont), Queensland, Australia
SS

Alexander Slater's Ancestors

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Alexander Slater
1841 – 1879
Birth Place: Tradeston, Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Parents
Robert Slater
1812 – 1881
Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Isabella Morrison
1814 – 1877
Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Alexander Slater
1788 – 1841
Kilmalcolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Jean Holm
1791 – 1873
Kilmalcolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland
James Morrison
1775 – 1860
Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Isabell Condie
1770 – 1877
Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Allexander Sclatter
1763 –
Agness Holm
1760 –
Alexander Holm
1746 –
Margaret Lang
1758 –
William Morrison
1726 – 1772
Christian Demperstone
1738 –
John Condie
1738 – 1783
Margaret Malcom
1733 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Holm
1731 – 1793
William Morison
1692 – 1762
Helen Harrower
1693 –
William Demperston
1713 – 1762
Margaret Donaldson
1720 – 1785
John Condie
1711 – 1796
Janet Spowart
1697 – 1740

Alexander Slater's Descendants

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Alexander ("Sandy") Slater (31 May 1841 – 25 Apr 1879) m. Sarah (Jane) Stewart (26 Dec 1846 – 3 Nov 1878)
  1. 1. James (Alexander (Jim)) Slater (24 Jun 1868 – 19 Sep 1952) m. Mary (Annie) Burten (1870 – 1943)
    1. 1. George (Reginald) Slater (26 Mar 1891 – 31 Jan 1902)
    2. 2. James (Leslie "Les") Slater (14 Feb 1893 – 12 Oct 1934)
    3. 3. Harold (Robert) Slater (6 Mar 1895 – 10 May 1964) m. Edith (Elma) Twine (1905 – 30 Aug 2000) m. Dorthey L
      1. 1. Donald (Alexander Craigie) Slater (26 June 1931 – 18 May 2016) m. Marion Freshwater ( – 3 Oct 2004)
      2. 2. Harold Slater
    4. 4. Winifred (Beatrice) Slater (6 May 1898 – ) m. Mark (Bonshire) Cook (9 Feb 1891 – 9 August 1949)
      1. 1. Mark (Bonshire) Cook (1920 – )
      2. 2. Bruce (Bonshire) Cook (30 Jul 1922 – 13 June 1998)
      3. 3. James (Alexander) Cook (4 Jan 1927 – 1996) m. Shirley (Olive) Pritchard
    5. 5. Doris (Victoria Spiro) Slater (21 Jun 1900 – 21 Jan 1988)
    6. 6. Mabel (Annie Alexandra) Slater (13 Aug 1905 – 21 Jul 1993) m. Edric (Marshall) Wood (12 Dec 1903 – 24 Jul 1999)
      1. 1. Wendy Wood (1932 – 20 May 1985) m. Alexander (Bevan "Sandy") Foote (07 Nov 1931 – 21 Nov 2005)
      2. 2. Anthony (Crawford) Wood ( – 2019)
    7. 7. Vera (Isabell) Slater (23 Dec 1907 – 8 Mar 1986) m. Charles
      1. 1. Kath (Lynn) Wendy
      2. 2. Gail
  2. 2. Robert (Andrew) Slater (17 Mar 1870 – 29 Jul 1940) m. Elizabeth (Anne) Moffitt (29 Jun 1877 – 3 Oct 1951)
    1. 1. Robert (George) Slater (5 May 1898 – 21 Jun 1918) m. Gladys Harvey
    2. 2. Leslie (William "Les") Slater (20 Aug 1900 – 19 January 1981) m. Ellen Hayes (23 Aug 1904 – 7 Jan 1969)
      1. 1. Leslie (Robert Anthony) Slater (1928 – ) m. Coral
      2. 2. Leslie (Robert Anthony) Slater (1928 – )
      3. 3. Elizabeth (Mary) Slater (1931 – )
      4. 4. Carmel (Mary) Slater (26 Jan 1937 – 10 Oct 2020) m. John Maxwell (26 Dec 1936 – 9 Sept 1997)
        1. 1. Louise (Ellen) Maxwell (25 Jul 1960 – 26 Mar 2020)
        2. 2. John (Graham) Maxwell (7 Oct 1961 – 10 March 2015)
        3. 3. Leslie (David) Maxwell (28 Jul 1963 – )
        4. 4. Baby Maxwell (21 apr 1969 – 21/04/1969)
        5. 5. Micheal (Anthony) Maxwell (6 Mar 1973 – )
    3. 3. Edith (Maude) Slater (5 Mar 1902 – 22 Oct 1962) m. Michael Farley (14 Jan 1892 – 14 Jul 1956)
      1. 1. Patricia (May) Farley (18 Sep 1925 – 15 Dec 1998)
      2. 2. Yvonne (Therese) Farley (2 Oct 1938 – 30 Jul 2016)
      3. 3. Alma (Dorothy) Farley
    4. 4. Catherine (Dorothy Margaret "Dolly") Slater (1 Dec 1903 – 30 May 1926)
    5. 5. Violet (May) Slater (27 Dec 1904 – 3 Jan 1905)
    6. 6. Annie Slater (6 Oct 1905 – 6 Oct 1905)
    7. 7. James (Alexander (Alex)) Slater (19 May 1907 – 14 Apr 1984) m. Florence (Emily Elizabeth) Walsh (12 Apr 1909 – 20 Oct 1990)
    8. 8. Unnamed (Twin Boys) Slater (1908 – 1908)
    9. 9. unnamed (twin son 2) SLATER (1908 – 1908)
    10. 10. Henry Slater (18 Aug 1909 – 18 Aug 1909)
    11. 11. Stewart (Sidney) Slater (27 Jun 1910 – 5 Jul 1910)
    12. 12. Myrle (Florence) Slater (30 May 1911 – 22 Apr 2002) m. William (James) Attwood (24 Nov 1913 – 20 May 1994)
      1. 1. Unknown Attwood
    13. 13. Allen (Edwin) Slater (27 Aug 1912 – 17 Jun 1979) m. Joyce (Winifred) Beutel (18 Jul 1916 – 7 Feb 1990)
    14. 14. George (Stewart) Slater (17 Jul 1913 – 7 Feb 1914)
    15. 15. Beryl (Elizabeth) Slater (7 Aug 1914 – 13 Aug 2001) m. Alfred (James) Yeats (23 Dec 1911 – 04 Dec 1982)
    16. 16. Stuart (Andrew "Jock") Slater (21 Jun 1917 – 17 Mar 2011) m. Beatrice (Maud) Weckes (25 JAN 1918 – 21 Apr 2005)
    17. 17. Nestor (Gladys) Slater (2 Nov 1918 – 4 Dec 2008) m. Mervyn (Thomas) Turner (5 Nov 1914 – 1 Jul 1986) m. William (Carl Henry) Bowyer (28 Jun 1912 – 24 Feb 1998)
  3. 3. George (Stewart) Slater (4 Apr 1872 – 12 Sep 1905)
  4. 4. John (Samuel) Slater (1 Jun 1874 – 18 July 1966) m. Sarah-Jane Lee (27 Dec 1869 – 30 Jul 1946)
    1. 1. Ruby (Annie) Slater (8 Jun 1897 – 8 Sep 1925) m. Charles (George Gordon) Demuth (28 August 1895 – 31 March 1964)
      1. 1. Percival (George Charles) Demuth (1924 – 17 May 1998) m. Helen (Mary) Hicks (1922 – 15 Sep 2011)
        1. 1. Andrew (Hicks) Demuth (26 Jul 1961 – 2 Oct 1961)
        2. 2. Shelley (Robyn) Demuth
      2. 2. Isabel (jean) Demuth (7 Sep 1917 – )
    2. 2. Isabella (Maud) Slater (22 Sep 1898 – 29 Aug 1969) m. Leslie (Henry) Smith (17 April 1903 – 24 November 1970)
      1. 1. Robert (George) Smith (05 Apr 1933 – 09 Dec 2002) m. Mary (Patricia) Hagenbach (5 October 1930 – 9 May 2016)
    3. 3. Albert (Victor) Slater (4 Mar 1900 – abt 1 Jan 1987) m. Alice (Priscilla) Martin (2 Feb 1900 – 3 Mar 1999)
      1. 1. Robert (George Terrence) Slater (3 Jan 1921 – 15 Sep 1985) m. JOYCE MOSES (7 Aug 1922 – 23 Aug 2001)
        1. 1. Jeanette (Alice) Slater (22 May 1948 – 6 Jan 2007)
        2. 2. Joyce Slater (15 Oct 1950 – )
        3. 3. Helen (Denice) Slater (4 Dec 1956 – 20 Feb 2010)
      2. 2. Darrell Slater (29 Apr 1923 – 24 Apr 2018) m. Mavis (Ethel) Wilson (14 June 1927 – 27 June 2007)
      3. 3. Trevlyn Slater (7 Apr 1926 – 19 May 2018) m. Ruth MacDonald (22 Aug 1930 – 31 Oct 2005)
      4. 4. Ian Slater (02 Oct 1931 – 02 Apr 1984) m. Phyllis (Merle) Buchbach (01 Nov 1932 – 16 Jan 2006)
      5. 5. Jean Slater (26 Feb 1939 – 3 Sep 2008) m. Wesley (Barry "Rusty") McDermott (1938 – 31 July 1989)
    4. 4. John (Henry) Slater (2 Aug 1901 – 13 Dec 1945) m. Mary (Jane Bowman) Freshwater (17 May 1907 – 1 June 1995)
    5. 5. Jessie (Marjorie) Slater (29 Sep 1904 – 23 Apr 1992) m. Eric (Charles) Smith (13 Sep 1904 – 10 Nov 1961)
      1. 1. Kenneth (John) Smith (26 Mar 1929 – )
      2. 2. Valerie (Elinor) Smith (26 Jul 1933 – )
      3. 3. Desmond (Barry) Smith (23 Jan 1941 – 18 May 2012) m. Gloria (June) Smith
    6. 6. William (Alexander) Slater (13 April 1907 – 20 Jun 1988) m. Myrtle (Annie) Smith (15 November 1906 – 16 May 2002)
    7. 7. Robert (Douglas) Slater (21 Apr 1909 – 21 Aug 1910)
    8. 8. Gladys (Eveleen) Slater (18 Jan 1912 – 01 Jun 1934)
    9. 9. Dorothy (May) Slater (21 Jan 1914 – 13 Oct 1996)
  5. 5. Isabella (Margaret) Slater (15 Aug 1876 – 31 Aug 1954) m. Malcolm Redmond (27 Feb 1870 – Feb 05, 1953)
    1. 1. Malcolm Redmond (Sep 20, 1899 – Sep 21, 1899)
    2. 2. Gladys (Vera) Redman (Mar 13, 1902 – Jun 01, 1991)
    3. 3. Pearl (Mildred) Redmond (Jul 05, 1904 – 10 December 1998) m. Alexander (William) Cossart (13 Sep 1903 – 18 Jul 1955)
      1. 1. Peggy Lowe (1936 – 23 September 2008) m. Errol (Bertram) Lowe (1931 – 11/05/2018)
        1. 1. David (Malcolm) Lowe (25/02/1959 – 30 Mar 2020)
      2. 2. Ian (Alexander) Cossart (12 August 1942 – 6 April 1983)
    4. 4. Edward Redmond (Jan 20, 1906 – Jan 20, 1906)
    5. 5. Malcolm (Stewart) Redmond (Aug 18, 1910 – Jul 21, 2005) m. Alice (Ionie) Gill (02 May 1917 – 27Jun 2017)
    6. 6. Leonard Redmond (1912 – )
    7. 7. Margaret Redmond (1913 – Oct 13, 1913) m. Mfchall Reiman
    8. 8. Margaret Slater (20 Oct 1894 – ) m. Dennis Casey
  6. 6. Sarah (Jane) Slater (29 October 1878 – 30 Jun 1956) m. Henry (Ambrose) Wassmuth (9 Oct 1874 – 12 Dec 1916) m. Edward (Percival) Wright (24 May 1875 – 19 Aug 1920)
    1. 1. Alice (Louisa) Wright (25 Mar 1901 – 17 Oct 1987) m. Maurice (Antliffe) Rix (30 Aug 1892 – 16 Oct 1976)
      1. 1. Joan Rix (10 Apr 1924 – 23 Mar 2014) m. Grantley Griffin (Abt 1922 – Abt March 1987)
      2. 2. Alfred (Owen) Rix (21 May 1926 – 23 Apr 1988) m. Dorothy Beatrice
    2. 2. Robert (Peter) Wright (21 Apr 1902 – 10 Nov 1976) m. Julia (Irene Theresa) O'Connor (1905 – Abt 1984) m. Winifred (Marion Ellen) Acreman (8 Jan 1910 – 21 Feb 1972)
    3. 3. Edward (Alexander) Wright (22 Jul 1920 – 11 Apr 2008) m. Renee Regnart (abt 1920 – )

Alexander Slater's Timeline

6 Records

1841
31 May 1841
Birth of Alexander "Sandy" Slater in Tradeston, Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Tradeston, Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland
1841
1841
Alexander "Sandy" Slater resided here in Gorbals, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Gorbals, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1851
1851
Age 10
Alexander "Sandy" Slater resided here in Gorbals, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Gorbals, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1867
1867
Age 26
Alexander "Sandy" Slater was married in Queensland, Australia
Queensland, Australia
1879
25 Apr 1879
Age 38
Death of Alexander "Sandy" Slater in Clermont, Queensland, Australia
Clermont, Queensland, Australia
1901
1901
Age 60
Alexander "Sandy" Slater resided here in Glasgow St George in the Fields, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Glasgow St George in the Fields, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 May 1841
    Event Place: Tradeston, Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] 1841 Scotland Census, Parish: Gorbals; ED: 13; Page: 7; Line: 1280; Year: 1841
    [2] 1851 Scotland Census, Parish: Gorbals; ED: 14C; Page: 15; Line: 3; Roll: CSSCT1851_166; Year: 1851
    [3] 1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Glasgow St George in the Fields; ED: Model Lodging House Burns Street; Page: 3; Line: 8; Roll: CSSCT1901_297
    [4] Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current
    [5] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1867
    Event Place: Queensland, Australia

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1841
    Event Place: Gorbals, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1841 Scotland Census, Parish: Gorbals; ED: 13; Page: 7; Line: 1280; Year: 1841

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Gorbals, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1851 Scotland Census, Parish: Gorbals; ED: 14C; Page: 15; Line: 3; Roll: CSSCT1851_166; Year: 1851

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1901
    Event Place: Glasgow St George in the Fields, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Glasgow St George in the Fields; ED: Model Lodging House Burns Street; Page: 3; Line: 8; Roll: CSSCT1901_297

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 Apr 1879
    Event Place: Clermont, Queensland, Australia
    Record Source: Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Clermont, Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia
    Record Source: Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current
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