When Eliza Slater was born on 28 July 1847, in Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Slater, was 24 and her mother, Jane Booth, was 26. She married Richard Moyes on 11 October 1868, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Walmersley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Beaver Election Precinct, Beaver, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 7 March 1901, in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States.
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When the Industrial Revolution hit Lancashire, cotton mills started spring up everywhere. This helped the cotton industry to start booming even moreso in Lancashire.
Historical Boundaries: 1856: Iron, Utah Territory, United States 1856: Beaver, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Beaver, Utah, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English:
occupational name for someone who lays slates on roofs, from Middle English sclat(t)er, occasionally slater ‘slater’ (a derivative of Old French esclate ‘slate’ + the Middle English agent suffix -er). See also Slate .
in Sussex and adjacent counties, Slater and Slatter are probably post-medieval pronunciations of Slaughter ; there seems to be no medieval evidence in the southern coast counties for the occupational name Slater in 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesThe Slater family received financial assistance from the Perpetual Emigrating Fund. Although not directly listed in the memorandum book, John (Eliza's father) purchased enough food rations for seven p …
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