John William SLAUENWHITE

1826 - 1898  (71 years)

• Name	John William SLAUENWHITE
  Birth	30 Jul 1826	Hubbard's Cove, Halifax, NS   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	19 Jun 1828	Chester, Lunenburg, NS   [2]
  Baptism (Cond)	29 May 1850	Terence Bay, Halifax, NS   [3]
  Death	13 Mar 1898	Terence Bay, Halifax, NS   [4, 5]
  Burial	Star of the Sea Cemetery, Terence Bay, NS
  Person ID	I1530	A Few Relatives of Bob and Mary Hegerich
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2008

  
  

  Father	Johann Martin SLAUENWHITE,   b. 15 Nov 1779, North West, Lunenburg, NS d. Halifax County, NS
  Mother	Mary Ann GARRISON,   b. 31 Aug 1789, St. Margaret's Bay, NS d. Aft 1881, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS (Age > 93 years)
  Marriage	5 Nov 1805	St. Margaret's Bay, NS   [6]
  Family ID	F745	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susanna SLAUENWHITE,   b. 12 Oct 1822, St. Margaret's Bay, Halifax, NS d. 17 Sep 1913, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	5 Dec 1846	Halifax, Halifax, NS   [7]
  Children	1. Bridget Jane SLAUENWHITE,   b. 14 Apr 1847, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS d. Yes, date unknown   2. Alfred SLAUENWHITE,   b. Feb 1849, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS d. Bef 1880, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS (Age ~ 30 years)   3. Samuel F. SLAUENWHITE,   b. 2 Mar 1851, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS d. 24 Jul 1932, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS (Age 81 years)   4. Margaret Maria SLAUENWHITE,   b. 1853, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS d. 4 Feb 1896, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS (Age 43 years)   5. Peter SLAUENWHITE,   b. 4 May 1857, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS d. 28 Apr 1946, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS (Age 88 years)   6. Mary Charity SLAUENWHITE,   b. 1859, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS d. 5 Jul 1895, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS (Age 36 years)   7. Alice Maud SLAUENWHITE,   b. 1 Nov 1863, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS d. 1 Feb 1949, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS (Age 85 years)   8. John William SLAUENWHITE,   b. 27 May 1868, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS d. 10 Mar 1869, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F860	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2024

  
  

• Notes

  One of the Great Unsolved SLAUENWHITE Mysteries (GUSM) is the true identity of the husbands of Susanna SLAUNWHITE, b. 12 Oct 1822 and Susan Grono, b. 23 Feb 1823. After ruling out other possible candidates, the most likely candidates seem to be John Frederick s/o of John Jacob and Maria (Allen), and John William s/o John Martin and Mary Ann (Garrison). One of the reasons for homing in on these two is that the records point to 1826/1827 as the year of both their births and this matches the records for John Hooper SLAUNWHITE. We know that the real John HOOPER lived (at least from 1881 on) and died as an Anglican, whereas the husband of Susanna lived (at least from 1881 on) and died as a Catholic, although both were born Anglican. So at some point, the husband of Susanna may have formally converted to Catholicism. Also, we know that John HOOPER's age at death matches that of both John Fred and John William. The husband of Susan Grono was known as John Frederick SLAUNWHITE, John Cooper SLAUNWHITE, John Hooper SLAUNWHITE, and finally, John HOOPER. This seems to be a part of the tradition whereby a number of Terence Bay residents adopted their father's nickname as an alias, mainly in a (not always successful) attempt to avoid confusion since the majority of Terence Bay residents were, at one point in the 19th Century, named SLAUNWHITE. The usual aliases seen are MARTIN, for the descendants of John Martin SLAUNWHITE, and HARRIE, for the descendants of John Henry Matthew (Harry) SLAUNWHITE. But there is also HOOPER. Now we also know that the children of John Martin SLAUNWHITE who adopted an alias (not all did), adopted the surname MARTIN. Given that these aliases traced back to their father's nickname, it seems unlikely that John the husband of Susan Grono would have adopted the HOOPER alias if he were a “Martin” SLAUNWHITE. On the other hand, the descendants of John Frederick SLAUNWHITE, the third of the SLAUNWHITE brothers whose descendants settled in Terence Bay, have no associated alias unless it is HOOPER. And we also know that on 29 May 1850, one William SLAWNWHITE is conditionally baptised at OLMC “in the presence of John Martin Slawnwhite and Mrs. Martin Slawnwhite”. This can only be John William, so now we know that John William is Catholic, which seems to argue against him being John HOOPER. Finally, in the 1881 Census, the husband of Susan Grono is listed as John F. (not John W.) SLAUNWHITE. However, both in the Terence Bay Deaths manuscript and on his headstone, the husband of Susanna SLAUNWHITE is given as John F. (not John W.). It is also possible that there existed another “John F. SLAUNWHITE” born 1826 or 1827 who is otherwise unknown; but this seems unlikely. So, in the end, although we have only circumstantial evidence which sometimes points in either direction, that which points in a specific direction all seems to point towards John Frederick and away from John William as being the “real” John HOOPER. So, pending discovery of further evidence, John Hooper will be he identified as John Frederick s/o John Jacob, and the husband of Susanna will be identified as John William, s/o John Martin. [Bob H]

  
  

• Sources

  [S9289] Parish Register, St. Paul's Anglican Church--Halifax, Cited by Iris Shea. [S9299] Parish Register, St. Stephen's Anglican Church--Chester. [S9219] Parish Register, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel--Prospect, 1850, page 104. [S1605] Inscription Survey, Star of the Sea Cemetery--Tere. [S9608] Terence Bay Deaths (1871-2001), P. 2, #43. [S9263] Parish Register, St. John's Anglican Church--Lunenburg. [S9289] Parish Register, St. Paul's Anglican Church--Halifax.