Margaret Slater1

ID#31659, (14 October 1866 - after 1881)
Margaret Slater|b. 14 Oct 1866\nd. aft. 1881|p31659.htm|Peter Slater|b. cir. 1847\nd. 3 Jul 1870|p18293.htm|Catherine Ross|b. cir. 1834\nd. 3 Mar 1876|p31656.htm|Robert Slater|b. cir. 1813\nd. 31 May 1879||Elspeth Sinton|b. cir. 1817\nd. 29 Mar 1880||Angus Ross|b. bef. 1814\nd. aft. 1866||Margaret McDonald|b. bef. 1827\nd. aft. 1866||
FatherPeter Slater1,2 (cir. 1847 - Jul 1870)
MotherCatherine Ross1,2 (cir. 1834 - Mar 1876)
ChartsSINTON
Relationship2nd cousin 2 times removed of Lorna Henderson.
     
     Margaret Slater was born on 14 Oct 1866 at 10 Crawford St, Tradeston, Glasgow, LKS, SCT, (father Peter described as a journeyman tailor).1,2
     Margaret died aft. 1881 possibly in ?Melrose, ROX, SCT.3
     
     Margaret appeared on the census of 3 Apr 1881 in High St, Melrose, ROX, SCT, enumerated as Margaret Slater servant (nursery maid) , unm, 14, b Glasgow, LKS, in household of Thomas and Agness Scott. Thomas, 55, b Melrose, hatter empl 3 men. In same household was a Margaret Turnbull general dom. serv. un, 28 b Whilton (sic) ROX and a James Elliott, vanman, 17, b Chesterhouse, ROX. (This assumes correct id).4
Last Edited28 Jul 2006

Citations

  1. Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Batch C119331 extracted Sep 2002.
  2. GRO, SCT, BDM searches at GRO SCT: Birth cert. 1866 Margaret SLATER Glasgow #1665 trans. Stuart H Oct 2002.
  3. GRO, SCT, BDM searches at GRO SCT: Searched NRH Jul 2006.
  4. Census, 1881 UK census CD-ROM, FHL Film 0224042 GRO Ref Volume 799 EnumDist 2 Page 11.

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