John Slack

1784–29 November 1865 (Age 81)
Pilsley, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of John

When John Slack was born in 1784, in Pilsley, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Slack, was 23 and his mother, Ann Holland, was 23. He married Mary Greene on 9 February 1811, in Alfreton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. He died on 29 November 1865, in his hometown, at the age of 81.

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John Slack
1784–1865
Mary Ann Sandys
–
Marriage: 24 March 1826

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    24 March 1826Dronfield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    World Events (7)

    1787 · English Convicts Sail to Australia
    Age 3
    The first fleet of convicts sailed from England to Australia on May 13, 1787. By 1868, over 150,000 felons had been exiled to New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Western Australia.
    1789 · The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
    Age 5
    "Former slave Olaudah Equiano settled in London and published his autobiography titled ""The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano."" Equiano learned to read and write and converted to Christianity. His autobiography is one of the oldest published works by an African-American writer."
    1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
    Age 24
    The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

    Name Meaning

    English and Dutch: nickname for an idle person, from Middle Dutch slac, Middle English slak ‘lazy, careless, slow’ (Old English slæc).English: from Middle English slak ‘small shallow valley, hollow in the ground’ (Old Norse slakki). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived in or by a shallow valley or hollow, or habitational, for someone from any of numerous minor places so named, principally in Derbyshire, Yorkshire, and Lancashire.Americanized form of Slovenian Slak 1 and perhaps also of Czech Šlak (see Slak 2).

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

    Possible Related Names

    Slak

    Sources (6)

    • John Black, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
    • John Slack, "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918"
    • John Slack, "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918"

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