Leander SLAUENWHITE

1872 - Abt 1932  (~ 59 years)

• Name	Leander SLAUENWHITE
  Nickname	Gabe
  Birth	May 1872	Slauenwhite's Cross [now Middlewood], Lunenburg, NS   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1912	ME   [4]
  Death	Abt 1932	Clinton, Kennebec, ME   [5]
  Person ID	I1329	A Few Relatives of Bob and Mary Hegerich
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	George Elkanah SLAUENWHITE,   b. 4 May 1833, Conquerall Bank, Lunenburg, NS d. 5 Feb 1896, New Road, Mill Village area, Queens, NS (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann HUBLEY,   b. 26 Apr 1835, Laconia [Lakeview], Lunenburg, NS d. 16 Sep 1909, Nictaux, Annapolis, NS (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	27 May 1858	Bridgewater, Lunenburg, NS   [6]
  Notes	There are two theories as to whom the Mary Ann HUBLEY b. 1835 married. The case for her as the wife of George Elkanah SLAUENWHITE rests on the following evidence: a. She is born in New Dublin Township and, after marriage, a Census places the family in the Dublin portion of that township. b. George Elkanah SLAUENWHITE was born and lived in an area near where this Mary Ann HUBLEY was born and lived. c. On 27 May 1858, a Mary Ann HUBLEY marries George Elkanah SLAUENWHITE at Bridgewater, which was originally a part of the New Dublin Township. d. The ages given for George Elkanah SLAUENWHITE's wife in the various censuses, together with her child-bearing years (1857-1879), all fit an 1835 birth. e. The case for her as the wife of Joseph SEILER, who married a Mary Ann HUBLEY(age unknown) at St. Stephen's Anglican, Chester, in 1853--seems to be based solely on the fact that were she born in 1835, that would make her 18 in 1853, a good age for a first marriage. But it would seem likely that the Mary Ann HUBLEY who marries in Chester would be from the Chester or St. Margaret's Bay area. It would also seem that she is of the wrong religion, as the Mary Ann HUBLEY of Dublin would most likely have been married at Chester Baptist, were she married at Chester. f. As George Elkanah and Mary (HUBLEY) SLAUENWHITE grew older, their oldest son, George, took over the family farm, which was just barely able to sustain the family. At that point, all of the children of George and Mary move to the Annapolis Valley. I believe the reason they did so is that this is where all of their HUBLEY aunts, uncles, and cousins are know to have moved to a bit earlier. After her husband's death, their mother joins them there. g. The age at death in her death register entry is 74 yrs, which exaclty matches an 1835 birth. So while there is no smoking gun to prove that the Mary HUBLEY who marries George Elkanah SLAUENWHITE is the daughter of Alexander HUBLEY 1809, I believe that the circumstantial evidence leaves almost no room for doubt. [Bob H]
  Family ID	F181	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Isabella WAMBOLDT,   b. 7 Jun 1868, Camperdown, Lunenburg, NS d. 7 Mar 1945, Lunenburg County, NS (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	20 Apr 1893	Bridgewater, Lunenburg, NS   [7]
  Children	1. Lottie Elizabeth SLAUENWHITE,   b. 20 Jul 1893, Lunenburg County, NS d. 27 Nov 1961, LaHave, Lunenburg, NS (Age 68 years)   2. William SLAUENWHITE,   b. Between 1893 and 1899, Lunenburg County, NS d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F700	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Oct 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Leander Slauenwhite deserted his wife between 1894-1900 [he has not been found in either the 1900 US or 1901 Canadian Census] and went to the US according to Conrad family tradition, "never to return". In 1900, his wife declared herself to be a widow and married the next-door neighbor, whom she had moved in with when Leander departed. However, he did apparently return as he next appears (as single) in the 1911 Census of Nictaux, Annapolis, NS as a domestic. In 1912, he moved to Maine and he appears in the 1920 Census as a boarder living with his sister--Nora (Slauenwhite) Dixon--in Clinton, ME. I have a photograph of him taken on her farm there, and have spoken to a grand-nephew in Clinton who remembers him as Gabe Slauenwhite. [Bob H]

  
  

• Sources

  [S67] 1881 Census of *NS*, Lunenburg County, New Dublin Township, Petit Riviere, H1, page 34. [S73] 1891 Census of *NS*, Lunenburg County, Petite Riviere District, J3, page 28. [S92] 1911 Census of *NS*, Annapolis County, Nictaux, family #14. [S12897] 1920 Census of ME. [S9892] Wendell Gibson. [S9179] Parish Register, St. Paul's Lutheran Church--Bridgewater, page 82, #41--Cited by Lana Veinot. [S2101] NS Marriage License [Jacket] Files (1892-1893)--Lu, 1893, #72.