John William SLAUENWHITE

1897 - 1913  (16 years)

• Name	John William SLAUENWHITE
  Birth	31 Jul 1897	Terence Bay, Halifax, NS   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	13 Aug 1897	Terence Bay, Halifax, NS   [1]
  Birth	Terence Bay, Halifax, NS
  Death	13 Oct 1913	Terence Bay, Halifax, NS   [2]
  Burial	Star of the Sea Cemetery, Terence Bay, NS
  Person ID	I16146	A Few Relatives of Bob and Mary Hegerich
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2008

  
  

  Father	James Arthur SLAUENWHITE,   b. 17 Dec 1862, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS d. 19 Nov 1952, Kline Heights, Halifax, NS (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Isabella M. SLAUENWHITE,   b. 1 Sep 1880, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS d. 28 Mar 1936, Kline Heights, Halifax, NS (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	9 Jan 1897	Terence Bay, Halifax, NS   [3, 4]
  Notes	According to the OLMC parish register, the marriage was re-validated on 12 Jun 1903 at OLMC. This means that James probably converted about this time since Isabella was already RC. [Bob H]
  Family ID	F6177	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  What is known for certain is that a William James SLAUNWHITE married a Margaret Mary Slaunwhite in 1943. The Parish Register of Brunswick UCC gives his age as 44, his parents as James SLAUNWHITE and Isabel MARTIN, and his place of birth as Terence Bay. However, in the 1901 Census of Terence Bay there are two sons listed--John (baptised as John William) and Wilfred (who gives his name as Wilfred Michael on his C.E.F. enlistment papers). John and Wilfred are b. 1897 and 1898, respectively, while (if the Brunswick Parish Register date is taken at face value) William James is b. 1898 or 1899. Although William James could be an otherwise unknown son born after 1901, Nova Scotians are famous for interchanging the order of given names, and John is often seen for James and vice versa. Finally, when Nova Scotians lie about there age at marriage (which they often do), they usually make themselves younger, not older. So, it seems most likely that William James and John William are the same person. [Bob H]

  
  

• Sources

  [S9219] Parish Register, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel--Prospect, 1897, page 200. [S12554] !NS Historical Vital Statistics, 1913, book 9, page 409, #2449. [S9219] Parish Register, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel--Prospect, 1903, page 136. [S12554] !NS Historical Vital Statistics, 1897, p. 116, #17.