Jane Elizabeth SLAUENWHITE

Female 1835 - 1881  (37 years)


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  • Name Jane Elizabeth SLAUENWHITE 
    Birth 19 Mar 1835  Terence Bay, Halifax, NS Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Baptism 13 Jul 1835  Halifax County, NS Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Death Between 1873 and 1881  Halifax, Halifax, NS Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I24840  A Few Relatives of Bob and Mary Hegerich
    Last Modified 20 Apr 2008 

    Father John George SLAUENWHITE,   b. Abt 1810, St. Margaret's Bay, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Feb 1897, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 87 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann SLAUENWHITE,   b. Abt 1809, St. Margaret's Bay, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Mar 1898, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 89 years) 
    Marriage 11 Sep 1832  Halifax, Halifax, NS Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F3379  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John HARTLEN,   b. Terence Bay, Halifax, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1867 and 1871, Halifax, Halifax, NS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 5 Aug 1855  Halifax, Halifax, NS Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 
    • A marriage date of 10 Nov 1856 is given in the civil birth register record [Halifax County, 1868, page 157, #228] for their daughter Anna Ellen. However such dates are notoriously unreliable. [Bob H]
    Children 
     1. Mary Agnes HARTLEN,   b. 9 Sep 1856, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1870, Halifax, Halifax, NS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 14 years)
     2. John William HARTLEN,   b. Mar 1857, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1860, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 2 years)
     3. George Angus HARTLEN,   b. Feb 1858, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jun 1900, Halifax, Halifax, NS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 42 years)
     4. John HARTLEN,   b. 1860, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. Henry Burdell HARTLEN,   b. 7 Jan 1863, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     6. Florence HARTLEN,   b. 14 Aug 1866, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     7. Anna Ellen HARTLEN,   b. 15 Feb 1868, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F6123  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2024 

  • Notes 
    • The identity of the person who married John HARTLEN and is the mother of at least five children is not known for certain. The facts are these:

      a. A John HARTLEN marries an Elizabeth SLAUNWITE in 1855 at St. Paul's, Halifax.

      b. Elizabeth is found in the Halifax City Directory from 1870-1871 through 1873-1874, but her children are seen living with their oldest brother in the 1881 Census of Halifax.

      c. She is shown in the city directories as the widow of John or John George HARTLEN.

      d. She is listed as Sarah HARTLEN, age 35, widow, Roman Catholic, in the 1871 Census.

      There seem to be three and only three candidates who fit this description:

      a. Sarah Jane, bp. 2 Jan 1835 at OLMC, d/o John Fred and Catherine (Glover) SLAUNWHITE. Although she is RC, she does not bear the name Elizabeth, which is consistently used by the wife of John HARTLEN.

      b. Jane Elizabeth, b. 19 Mar 1935, bp. 19 Mar 1935 at St. Paul's, Hfx, d/o John George and Mary Ann (Slaunwhite) SLAUNWHITE. Although she is b. CofE, her father is known to convert to RC in 1851, two of her sisters are known to convert in 1854, and other siblings are buried in RC cemeteries; so she fits very nicely into the picture of someone who is married CofE in 1856, has children baptised in both faiths, and later gives her religion as RC. Further, her sister, Caroline Margaret, marries William HARTLEN (who is CofE), s/o Hannah JOLLIMORE, in a RC ceremony. To my mind, this adds weight not only to her case but to the notion that her husband was also her brother-in-law.

      c. Mary Elizabeth, b. 25 Jan 1836, bp. 25 Mar 1836 at St. Paul's, Hfx, d/o John Jacob and Anna Catherina (Slaunwhite) SLAUNWHITE. She is born CofE E and there is no indication that she or any member of her family later became RC

      So, although this is still just a (possibly educated) guess, Jane Elizabeth is carried here as the wife of this John HARTLEN. [Bob H]

  • Sources 
    1. [S9289] Parish Register, St. Paul's Anglican Church--Halifax, Cited by Iris Shea.

    2. [S67] 1881 Census of *NS*.

    3. [S9453] Religious Marriages in Halifax, 1768-1841, P. 104, #M-169.

    4. [S9289] Parish Register, St. Paul's Anglican Church--Halifax, Abstracted by Joe Whitby.