Robert Slater was born about 1860, in Prestwich, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. He married Mary Ellen Hilton Greaves on 8 August 1880, in Prestwich, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
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.
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