When Joseph Slater was born on 18 September 1862, in Bury, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Slater, was 39 and his mother, Jane Booth, was 42. He married Edith Martha Clark on 14 January 1886, in Uintah, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Chadkirk, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom in 1872 and Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1881. He died on 29 May 1928, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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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 NamesJOSEPH SLATER Born: September 18, 1862 Married: January 14, 1886 Died: May 29, 1928 EDITH MARTHA CLARK SLATER Born: July 7, 1869 …
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