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Samuel Slater and Daniel Rowland Family, 1823-

  • PA 39
  • Family
  • 1823-

Samuel Slater was born in 1823 in Derbyshire, England. He married Alice Rowley in 1850. They had eleven children, including a son, John, born in 1854.

Daniel and Sarah (Sharp) Rowland of Deptford, Kent, England had ten children, including Anne "Annie" Elizabeth, born in 1853.

John Slater and Annie Rowland were married in England in 1877. They had ten children: Albert; Samuel; Edward "Ted"; William "Will"; Ernest "Art"; Walter; Joseph; Florence; Ellen and Vernon. The Slater family emigrated from Derbyshire, England to the United States around 1883 and settled in South Dakota. In 1906, the family moved to the Weyburn, Saskatchewan district. Annie and John Slater both died at their farm in the Weyburn district, in 1924 and 1929 respectively.

Joseph Alec Slater, son of John and Annie Slater, was born on February 28, 1892 at Onida, South Dakota. He married Matilda "Tillie" Gertrude Blackwell in 1921. They had six children: Dorothy; Leonard; Norman; Irene; Melvin and Albert. Joseph Slater homesteaded on SW 14-6-17-W2 and continued to farm in the Weyburn district until his retirement in 1962. Matilda Slater died in 1950. Joseph Slater died in Weyburn in 1977.

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