Martin Slack Sr

Brief Life History of Martin

When Martin Slack Sr was born on 13 December 1825, in Pilsley, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Slack, was 39 and his mother, Elizabeth Greasby Lynam, was 38. He married Eliza Ann Jeffries on 3 December 1851, in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Toquerville, Kane, Utah, United States in 1870 and Springdale, Kane, Utah, United States in 1880. In 1910, at the age of 85, his occupation is listed as own income in Washington, Utah, United States. He died on 30 March 1917, in Toquerville, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Toquerville, Washington, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Martin Slack Sr
1825–1917
Eliza Ann Jeffries
1832–1919
Marriage: 3 December 1851
Samuel Slack
1853–1853
Augustus Martin Slack
1854–1892
Lorenzo Jeffries Slack
1856–1937
Martin Slack Jr
1858–1922
Oliver Alonzo Slack
1860–1940
Eliza Ann Slack
1862–1945
Horace Lynam Slack
1865–1945
Elizabeth Greasby Slack
1867–1867
Walter Herbert Slack
1868–1950
Vernon Franklin Slack Sr.
1870–1937
Isabel Slack
1875–1882

Sources (84)

  • Martin Slack, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Derbyshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1916
  • Martin Slack, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"

World Events (8)

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

1842 · Mines and Collieries Act of 1842

The Parliment of the United Kingdom passed the Mines and Collieries Act of 1842, mostly commonly known as the Mines Act of 1842. This act made it so that nobody under the age of ten could work in the mines and also females in general could not be employed.

1851

Historical Boundaries: 1851: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Iron, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Iron, Utah, United States

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.

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Martin Slack Sr. History

Martin Slack was born in Pilsley, Derbyshire, England, the 13 of December 1825. He was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Greasley Lynam Slack. His mother was the second wife of his father. The first wif …

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