Individual Details
George Henry SLATER
(4 Sep 1904 - 11 Sep 1978)
Events
| Birth | 4 Sep 1904 | West Derby, Lancashire, England |  | ||
| Baptism | 21 Sep 1904 | Christ Church, Kensington, Lancashire, England | | ||
| Occupation | From Abt 1920 to 1927 | Steward or Waiter on ships, often landing in New York |  | ||
| Arrival | 5 Mar 1920 | working as a Steward's Boy - New York, New York, United States | | ||
| Arrival | 25 Jul 1920 | from Liverpool working as an Engineer's Steward - New York, New York, United States | | ||
| Arrival | 10 Dec 1920 | from Peru on the ship Orca - Astoria, Oregon, USA | | ||
| Arrival | 26 Aug 1923 | from Panama working as an Ass't Steward on the Albion Star - New York, New York, United States | | ||
| Immigration | 29 Aug 1923 | New York, New York, United States | | | |
| Naturalization | 20 Mar 1924 | New York, New York, United States | | ||
| Residence | 20 Mar 1924 | 322 W. 117th Street, New York, New York, United States | | ||
| Arrival | 1 Jun 1924 | working as a Bidman - New York, New York, United States | | ||
| Arrival | 10 May 1927 | Rouses Point, New York, Montréal, Québec, Canada | | | |
| Arrival | 27 Mar 1928 | Rouses Point, New York, Montréal, Québec, Canada | | ||
| Marriage | 30 Apr 1929 | Pointe-St-Charles, Montréal, Québec, Canada - Mary Bowie INNES | | | |
| Residence (family) | 1929 | Lajeuness St., Montréal, Québec, Canada - Mary Bowie INNES | | ||
| Occupation | Abt 1929 | Waiter on Canadian Pacific (CP) Railway - Montréal, Québec, Canada | | | |
| Education | Aft 1930 | | |||
| Occupation | From 1940 to 1945 | Shipyard worker - Toronto, Ontario, Canada | | ||
| Residence (family) | Est 1941 | 2457 Queen St. 2nd floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Mary Bowie INNES | | | |
| Departure | 21 Jul 1941 | on CPR as employee - Buffalo, New York, USA | | ||
| Residence (family) | Bef 1947 | in their first owned house - 32b Victoria Park Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Mary Bowie INNES | |||
| Residence (family) | Aft 1947 | 177 Hiawatha Rd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Mary Bowie INNES | | ||
| Occupation | a carpet cutter and then a vacuum cleaner salesman - T. Eaton Company, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | | |||
| Residence (family) | Bef 1968 | 257 Waverly Rd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Mary Bowie INNES | |||
| Residence | Aft 1968 | at his cottage with Adele Blanchford after Mary died. - South Bay, Ontario, Canada | | ||
| Death | 11 Sep 1978 | in the hospital - Belleville, Ontario, Canada | |||
| Cremation | an eastern Canada location after he donated his body to a teaching hospital, | ||||
| Residence | with Adele Blanchford and her husband at some time - United States |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Bowie INNES (1898 - 1968) |
| Child | Thirza Mary SLATER (1930 - 2003) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Thomas Andrew SLATER (1869 - ) |
| Mother | Margaret Ann LEWIS (1867 - ) |
| Sibling | Thirza Catherine Rolland SLATER (1891 - 1969) |
| Sibling | Lilian Jane SLATER (1893 - 1967) |
| Sibling | James Arthur Horace SLATER (1895 - 1916) |
| Sibling | Thomas George SLATER (1899 - 1899) |
| Sibling | Amy Elizabeth SLATER (1900 - 1993) |
| Sibling | Thomas Andrew SLATER (1903 - 1980) |
Notes
Occupation
He is listed as crew on many ship manifests.Immigration
He emigrated from Liverpool, England aboard the vessel Albion Star.Arrival
He was with his brother Thomas.Marriage
They met in Montreal.Occupation
He was on the train that carried the Royal Family about 1936. Little George can remember going down with his mom and Thirza to see his dad go by on the train. One time his dad threw them an orange from the train.Education
He returned to school.Occupation
During WWII he worked on a ship named "Mary Rose".Residence (family)
There was a Tailor/Cleaners downstairs, and Wendy's Bake Shop was next door.Residence (family)
George Henry used to make lawn ornaments and sell them on the street.Occupation
He retired in the mid 1960's.Residence
They would spend 6 months at the cottage, and 6 months (winter) in a trailer park in Nokomis, Florida.Endnotes
1. General Registrar Office, London, England, "England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index," database, Ancestry.ca (: accessed ), George Henry Slater, West Derby, Vol 8b Pg 556.
2. Church of England (Liverpool, Lancashire, England), , Ref Num: 283 KEN/2/7, George Henry Slater b 4 Sep 1904, bap 21 Sep 1904 to Thomas and Margaret Slater, Kensington, Christ Church, Lancashire; database and images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed ).
3. Church of England (Liverpool, Lancashire, England), , Ref Num: 283 KEN/2/7, George Henry Slater b 4 Sep 1904, bap 21 Sep 1904 to Thomas and Margaret Slater, Kensington, Christ Church, Lancashire; database and images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed ).
4. Ancestry.com, New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1920; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 2736; Line: 24; Page Number: 228.
5. Ancestry.com, New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1920; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 2803; Line: 2; Page Number: 258.
6. Ancestry.com, Oregon, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1888-1963 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving At Astoria, Portland, and Other Oregon Ports, Apr. 1888-Oct. 1956, and Passenger Lists of Airplanes Arriving At Portland, Oregon, Nov. 1948-Oct. 1952, Portland and Astoria; NAI: 4497940; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: 85.
7. Ancestry.com, New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1923; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 3356; Line: 9; Page Number: 126.
8. George Henry Slater, NAI Number: 5700802, Declaration Num: 128163, , New York, New York; National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, DC; National Archives at New York City, New York, New York., Ancestry.com.
9. George Henry Slater, NAI Number: 5700802, Declaration Num: 128163, , New York, New York; National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, DC; National Archives at New York City, New York, New York., Ancestry.com.
10. George Henry Slater, NAI Number: 5700802, Declaration Num: 128163, , New York, New York; National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, DC; National Archives at New York City, New York, New York., Ancestry.com.
11. Ancestry.com, New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1924; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 3493; Line: 62; Page Number: 114.
12. "Border Crossings: From U.S. to Canada 1908-1935," database and images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed ), Thomas Andrew and George Henry Slater, through Rouses Point, NY; citing Library and Archives Canada; 1908-1935 Border Entries; Roll: T-15354..
13. "Border Crossings: From U.S. to Canada 1908-1935," database and images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed ), Slater, George Henry arrival 1928 Mar 27 through NY.
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15. "Quebec, Vital & Church Records (Drouin collection) 1621-1967," , Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 16 February 2012), , "Marriage - Slater, George Henry & Mary Bowie Innes," p.15.
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19. Ancestry.com, U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1960 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Buffalo, Lewiston, Niagara Falls, and Rochester, New York, 1902-1954; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: M1480; Roll Number: 135.