William J Slater

[Jamjar]

They were online this morning when I posted my questions and yet they didn't comment on anything.

Jamjar

[mollipops1]

William J Slater arrived in New South Wales in 1849 aged 10 years.He arrived with his parents,John and Sarah.What I am trying to find out is what happened to this family and what happened to William and his siblings.Williams father was related to my g.g.grandmother.Any help with this much appreciated and thank you for your time,thank you in advance,tom

The original post stated that William J Slater arrived aged 10 in 1849.

The only match for this is the one posted by majm aboard the 'John Bright' with parents William and Margaret and sister Mary Ann.

It is possible that he has skipped a generation (maybe relying on memory) and that John and Sarah were actually Wm snr's parents.

I think the family aboard 'John Bright' are the ones he seeks and I don't think Josiah and Sarah are the right family. BUT until tom-dick returns to this thread I guess we will just be left wondering! 

[tom-dick]

Sorry Mollipops and everyone else.I made a mistake with the parents of William,they were William and Margaret.William seniors parents were John and Sarah.Molliepops has the correct family.thank you all for the information that you found.Once again,my apologies for the wrong information and for all your help and patience,tom

[Jamjar]

It's all very confusing.

Can you confirm that your William Snr the tinplate worker had the middle name Henry?

If so, then this is his death: 1781/1865 SLATER William H parent JOHN DIED REDFERN REDFERN

Jamjar

[mollipops1]

Thanks tom, good to know 

So to summarise, since it gets very confusing spread across a few pages...

The SLATER family arrived in NSW in 1849 aboard the 'John Bright' from London:
William Slater, 34, a tinplate worker
Margaret Slater, 42, his wife
William J Slater, 10, his son
Mary Ann Slater, 3, his daughter

http://indexes.records.nsw.gov.au/ebook/list.aspx?Page=NRS5316/4_4786/John Bright_8 Jun 1849/4

Margaret died in 1855 aged only 47: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/60178647

Sadly young Mary Ann died not long after, at age 10, on 23 Mar 1856. Death notice here, note same address as death notice for Margaret: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12980952

William remarried in 1859 as William H SLATER to widow Sarah DENNIS (nee WOODHATCH) in Sydney (reg 443). This marriage notice matches son's address in the Sands directory below: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13025563

Sands 1861 directory
W H SLATER, naptha factory, 10 Charles Street
W J J SLATER, dealer, 46 Market Street
Sands 1867
Mrs Sarah SLATER, oil and colour store, Botany St, Waterloo
William SLATER, tinsmith, Oxford St, Newtown

(http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/learn/search-our-collections/sands-directory)

William and Sarah had two children:
James Augustus b. 1860 Sydney (reg 580), m. Amelia M HORNE 1883 Newtown (reg 4812), d. 1938 Newtown (reg 18242)
Mary Ann b. 1862 Chippendale (reg 3115), m. Hy EZZY 1884 Waterloo (reg 3182), d. 31/12/1933 Redfern (reg 575, 1934)

Son Wm J married as Wm J J SLATER to Mary BROWN in 1858 in Sydney (reg 950).

William Henry SLATER, tinsmith, died in 1865, late of Botany St, Waterloo (son of John in BDM index). His death notice states he was aged 48 years, and the father of W. J. Slater, of Market-street. See http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13114857
and funeral notice http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13114682

Sarah remarried a third time to William THORN[E] in 1874 in Waterloo (reg 1464).
She died in 1892 in Waterloo, still living at Botany St (reg 13674).
See funeral notices: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13888303
and death notice: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/235961673

You can also find death notices for both James Augustus SLATER and Mary Ann EZZY (nee SLATER) at NLA Trove Newspapers site. BDMs at http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/Pages/family-history/family-history.aspx

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[tom-dick]

Sorry about the confusion jamjar.Mollipops has put it all together in her last post,thanks so much for sorting it out and for all your help,tom

[sparrett]

Another newspaper sighting for William J SLATER.

Infant death at 51 market street. 1867 October.Her name  Mary Ann Margaret Wales SLATER. Parents William and Mary
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13163060

Confusingly Another death earlier the same year (May 1867) for an older child at her parents residence in Oxford St Kingston. She is also named Mary Ann Margaret SLATER. Parents William and Mary
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13141365?

There are a couple more new mentions of William in 1868, but after that, it is hard to track him.
Sue