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Robert Slater 1812 – 1881 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 Aug 1812

Birth Location: Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1 May 1881

Death Location: Tradeston, Glasgow, Scotland

Father: Alexander Slater

Mother: Jean Holm

Spouse(s): Isabella Morrison

Children(s): Alexander Slater, Robert Slater, Janice Slater, James Slater, Isabella Slater, Margaret Slater, Margaret Slater

In 1812, Robert Slater shipsmith entered the world in Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland, born to Alexander Slater and Jean Holm. In 1851, Robert Slater shipsmith resided in Gorbals, Lanarkshire, Scotland. In 1871, Robert Slater shipsmith resided in Glasgow Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Robert Slater shipsmith married Isabella Morrison, and had children including Alexander "Sandy" Slater, Robert Slater, Janice Morrison "Jane" Slater, James Slater, Isabella Slater, Margaret Morrison Slater, Margaret Lawson Slater. Robert Slater shipsmith passed away in 1881 in Tradeston, Glasgow, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1812, Robert Slater shipsmith entered the world in Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland, born to Alexander Slater and Jean Holm.
  • In 1851, Robert Slater shipsmith resided in Gorbals, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
  • In 1871, Robert Slater shipsmith resided in Glasgow Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
  • Robert Slater shipsmith married Isabella Morrison, and had children including Alexander "Sandy" Slater, Robert Slater, Janice Morrison "Jane" Slater, James Slater, Isabella Slater, Margaret Morrison Slater, Margaret Lawson Slater.
  • Robert Slater shipsmith passed away in 1881 in Tradeston, Glasgow, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Alexander Slater
1788 – 1841
Birth Location: Kilmalcolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Jean Holm
1791 – 1873
Birth Location: Kilmalcolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Isabella Morrison
1814 – 1877
Birth Location: Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Alexander Slater
1841 – 1879
Birth Location: Tradeston, Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Robert Slater
1844 – 1864
Birth Location: Tradeston, Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Janice Slater
1846 – 1874
Birth Location: Tradeston, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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James Slater
1849 – 1895
Birth Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Isabella Slater
1851 – 1872
Birth Location: Tradeston, Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Margaret Slater
1854 – 1855
Birth Location: Tradeston, Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Margaret Slater
1856 – 1861
Birth Location: Tradeston, Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Robert Slater's Ancestors

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Robert Slater
1812 – 1881
Birth Place: Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Parents
Alexander Slater
1788 – 1841
Kilmalcolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Jean Holm
1791 – 1873
Kilmalcolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Allexander Sclatter
1763 –
Kilmalcolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Agness Holm
1760 –
Kilmacolm Renfrewshire Scotland
Alexander Holm
1746 –
Kilmalcolm, Renfrewshire, , Scotland
Margaret Lang
1758 –
Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Robert Holm
1731 – 1793
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Robert Slater's Descendants

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Robert Slater (18 Aug 1812 – 1 May 1881) m. Isabella Morrison (1814 – 20 Jul 1877)
  1. 1. 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)
      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)
        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)
        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)
        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 – )
  2. 2. Robert Slater (abt 1844 – 26 Nov 1864)
  3. 3. Janice (Morrison "Jane") Slater (1846 – 4 Mar 1874) m. Robert McPherson (1842 – Aft Oct 1877)
    1. 1. Robert McPherson (1870 – 26 August 1946) m. Margaret (H "Maggie") Bennett (abt 1873 – 1955) m. Mary Macpherson (abt 1867 – )
      1. 1. Maggie McPherson (1893 – )
      2. 2. Jean ((Jeanie)) McPherson (18 Sep 1894 – )
      3. 3. Robertina McPherson (11 Mar 1895 – 25 December 1983)
      4. 4. John (Bennett) McPherson (29 Jan 1897 – 17 April 1963) m. Laura (Victoria) Claeys (28 Nov 1899 – 24 Mar 1996)
      5. 5. Jesse McPherson (1901 – ) m. Kingsbury
        1. 1. Kingsbury
  4. 4. James Slater (1849 – 20 Apr 1895) m. Elizabeth Thomson (1850 – 5 Jul 1918)
    1. 1. Isabella Slater (10 Jun 1875 – ) m. Alexander (Thomas Girdwood) Thomson (26 Jan 1876 – 11 Sep 1945)
      1. 1. Isabella Thomson (22 Sep 1905 – )
      2. 2. Nelson (6 Mar 1913 – )
    2. 2. Jessie Slater (23 May 1877 – )
    3. 3. Robert (Alexander) Slater (13 Oct 1879 – 12 Aug 1919)
    4. 4. James (Morrison) Slater (1881 – 19 Oct 1884)
    5. 5. Elizabeth Slater (29 Nov 1883 – ) m. William Kirwen (abt 1882 – )
  5. 5. Isabella Slater (1851 – 2 Aug 1872)
  6. 6. Margaret (Morrison) Slater (1854 – 1855)
  7. 7. Margaret (Lawson) Slater (22 Jun 1856 – 4 Mar 1861)

Robert Slater's Timeline

6 Records

1812
18 Aug 1812
Birth of Robert Slater shipsmith in Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland
1851
1851
Age 39
Robert Slater shipsmith resided here in Gorbals, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Gorbals, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1871
1871
Age 59
Robert Slater shipsmith resided here in Glasgow Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Glasgow Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1877
1877
Age 65
Robert Slater shipsmith resided here in Rock Cottage, Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Rock Cottage, Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, Scotland
1881
1881
Age 69
Robert Slater shipsmith resided here in Glasgow Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Glasgow Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1881
1 May 1881
Age 69
Death of Robert Slater shipsmith in Tradeston, Glasgow, Scotland
Tradeston, Glasgow, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 18 Aug 1812
    Event Place: Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] 1851 Scotland Census, Parish: Gorbals; ED: 14C; Page: 15; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1851_166; Year: 1851
    [2] 1871 Scotland Census, Parish: Glasgow Govan; ED: 50; Page: 13; Line: 10; Roll: CSSCT1871_139
    [3] 1881 Scotland Census, Parish: Glasgow Govan; ED: 18; Page: 9; Line: 7; Roll: cssct1881_249

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Gorbals, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1851 Scotland Census, Parish: Gorbals; ED: 14C; Page: 15; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1851_166; Year: 1851

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1871
    Event Place: Glasgow Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1871 Scotland Census, Parish: Glasgow Govan; ED: 50; Page: 13; Line: 10; Roll: CSSCT1871_139

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1877
    Event Place: Rock Cottage, Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1881
    Event Place: Glasgow Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1881 Scotland Census, Parish: Glasgow Govan; ED: 18; Page: 9; Line: 7; Roll: cssct1881_249

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 May 1881
    Event Place: Tradeston, Glasgow, Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936
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