Johannes SLAUENWHITE

1797 - 1881  (84 years)

• Name	Johannes SLAUENWHITE
  Nickname	John
  Birth	28 Mar 1797	North West, Lunenburg, NS   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	17 Apr 1797	Lunenburg County, NS   [2]
  Death	15 Jul 1881	North West, Lunenburg, NS   [3, 4]
  Burial	Bayview Cemetery, Mahone Bay, NS
  Person ID	I1467	A Few Relatives of Bob and Mary Hegerich
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2011

  
  

  Father	Johann Friedrich SCHLAGINTWEIT,   b. 28 Aug 1745, Durenzimmern, Wuerttemberg d. 1813, North West, Lunenburg, NS (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Catharina Elisabeth (--?--)   d. North West, Lunenburg, NS
  Marriage	Lunenburg County, NS   [5]
  Family ID	F685	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maria Magdalena HIRTLE,   b. Abt 1799, Lunenburg County, NS d. 26 Mar 1890, Lunenburg County, NS (Age ~ 91 years)
  Marriage	23 Nov 1819	Lunenburg County, NS   [6]
  Children	1. Daniel Isaac SLAUENWHITE,   b. 15 May 1820, North West, Lunenburg, NS d. 24 Aug 1855, LaHave, Lunenburg, NS (Age 35 years)   2. Sarah Sophia SLAUENWHITE,   b. 14 Oct 1821, North West, Lunenburg, NS d. 26 Feb 1891, Mahone Bay, Lunenburg, NS (Age 69 years)   3. Johann Wilhelm SLAUENWHITE,   b. 13 Jan 1824, North West, Lunenburg, NS d. 30 Dec 1857, LaHave, Lunenburg, NS (Age 33 years)   4. Nathaniel SLAUENWHITE,   b. 29 Jan 1826, North West, Lunenburg, NS d. 28 Jul 1855, LaHave, Lunenburg, NS (Age 29 years)   5. Jacob Edward SLAUENWHITE,   b. 24 Mar 1827, North West, Lunenburg, NS d. 4 Nov 1905, Conquerall Mills, Lunenburg, NS (Age 78 years)   6. Heinrich SLAUENWHITE,   b. 2 Mar 1829, North West, Lunenburg, NS d. 24 Oct 1895, Conquerall Bank, Lunenburg, NS (Age 66 years)   7. Louisa Magdalene SLAUENWHITE,   b. 17 Feb 1832, North West, Lunenburg, NS d. 27 Jun 1911, North West, Lunenburg, NS (Age 79 years)   8. Simon SLAUENWHITE,   b. 13 Oct 1834, North West, Lunenburg, NS d. 10 Jan 1900, Conquerall Bank, Lunenburg, NS (Age 65 years)   9. Sarah Catherine SLAUENWHITE,   b. 14 Oct 1837, North West, Lunenburg, NS d. 23 Jul 1921, North West, Lunenburg, NS (Age 83 years)   10. James Stephen SLAUENWHITE,   b. 25 Apr 1840, North West, Lunenburg, NS d. 16 Apr 1914, North West, Lunenburg, NS (Age 73 years)   11. James Alfred SLAUENWHITE,   b. 4 Oct 1842, North West, Lunenburg, NS d. 23 Mar 1927, North West, Lunenburg, NS (Age 84 years)   12. Lucinda Abigail SLAUENWHITE,   b. 26 Jan 1846, North West, Lunenburg, NS d. 1929, North West, Lunenburg, NS (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F800	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2025

  
  

• Notes

  It can be determined from other documents that John Slauenwhite, husband of Maria Magdalena, died in North West between March and August of 1881. Given that fact, and that all other Slauenwhite males named either John or Johann can be eliminated, there is little doubt that it is he who is buried in Bayview Cemetery and whose tombstone inscription states that he died 15 Jul 1881. But this poses a problem. It is generally thought that he was Johann John, born on 28 Mar 1797, based on a ZLL birth record for a Johann John of that date; however, the Bayview tombstone inscription gives his age at death as 91 years, 3 months, 15 days, which would place his birth on 31 Mar 1790.  I had thought that the marker  inscription might be worn so that “84” now looks like “91”, but am advised by Allan Baillie that his marker is made of zinc or "white bronze" and that these type headstones normally show little sign of weathering.  So, either Maria Magdalena married an otherwise unknown John SLAUENWHITE or the age at death on the marker is simply wrong.  Given that many markers for that time and place show the wrong age at death, I think the latter is the more likely solution to the problem. [Bob H]

  
  

• Sources

  [S9315] Parish Register, Zion Lutheran Church--Lunenburg, 1797, entry #19. [S9315] Parish Register, Zion Lutheran Church--Lunenburg. [S12553] 1871 Census of *NS*, Lunenburg County, Mahone Bay Sub-district (H2), Page 9. [S1325] Inscription Survey, Bayview Cemetery--Mahone Bay. [S9124] Observation--Youngest Child's DOB. [S9315] Parish Register, Zion Lutheran Church--Lunenburg, 1819, entry #12.