Rebecca Matilda SLAUENWHITE

1835 - 1860  (24 years)

• Name	Rebecca Matilda SLAUENWHITE
  Nickname	TIllia
  Birth	1 May 1835	Big Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	24 May 1836	Lunenburg County, NS   [1]
  Death	Apr 1860	Little Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS   [2]
  Person ID	I43480	A Few Relatives of Bob and Mary Hegerich
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Johann Friedrich SLAUENWHITE,   b. 26 Jul 1782, North West, Lunenburg, NS d. 15 May 1849, Big Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Anna Elizabeth DOREY,   b. 7 Feb 1792, Lunenburg County, NS d. 23 Jul 1867, Big Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	15 May 1810	Lunenburg County, NS   [1]
  Family ID	F765	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jacob LEVY,   b. 8 Sep 1829, Little Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS d. 9 Sep 1902, Little Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	22 Dec 1853	Tancook Islands, Lunenburg, NS   [3]
  Children	1. Edmund LEVY,   b. 1854, Little Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS d. 22 Sep 1873, Little Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS (Age 19 years)   2. Hannah Elizabeth LEVY,   b. 4 Aug 1856, Little Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS d. 24 May 1942, Wolfville, Kings, NS (Age 85 years)   3. Haliburton Roy LEVY,   b. 15 Sep 1858, Little Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS d. 23 Mar 1930, Little Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS (Age 71 years)   4. Austin LEVY,   b. Apr 1860, Little Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS d. 18 Dec 1943, Black Point, Halifax, NS (Age ~ 83 years)
  Family ID	F13356	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Rebecca Matilda SLAUNWHITE is something of an enigma. Certainly she was born and was a real person, but little is known of her after her birth. However, at least three of Jacob LEVY's children name a Matilda SLAUNWHITE as their mother on marriage and/or death certificates. No marriage records have been found for Jacob Levy's first two wives, but it is clear that he had three, the first of whom was named Matilda SLAUENWHITE. The first question is--who were her parents? And the answer seems relatively straightforward as there was only one Matilda SLAUENWHITE who was the right age and in the right place.

  
  

• Sources

  [S9263] Parish Register, St. John's Anglican Church--Lunenburg. [S12301] The Christian Messenger--Halifax, Article by Rev. Nelson Baker; 16 May 1860; page 155. [S12301] The Christian Messenger--Halifax, Marriage: Levey & Slawgenwite; 19 January 1854; [Christian Newspapaer Article List from Fran Levy].