Rebecca Slick

Brief Life History of Rebecca

When Rebecca Slick was born on 13 November 1805, in St. Clair Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, William Slick, was 51 and her mother, Rebecca Mettler, was 33. She died on 21 April 1901, in St. Clair Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Osterburg, East Saint Clair Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Slick
1754–1844
Rebecca Mettler
1772–1842
William Slick
1789–1879
John Sleek
1794–1800
Thomas Slick
1798–
Jacob Slick
1799–
Isaac M Slick
1811–1893
Mary Polly Slick
1791–1885
Philip Slick
1797–1872
David Slick
1798–1858
Rebecca Slick
1805–1901
Samuel Mettler Sleek
1807–1873
Jesse Slick
1808–1893
James Mettler Sleek
1815–1884
Catherine Slick
1816–
Sarah Slick
1820–1892
Mary Anna Slick
1826–1909

Sources (6)

  • Rebecca Slick, "United States, Census, 1850"
  • Rebecca Slick, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
  • Rebecca Slick, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Deaths and Burials, 1856-1971"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

Possibly an Americanized form of German Schlick .

English: nickname from Middle English slik, sliche, sleke (Old English slice) ‘sleek, plump, fat’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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