Nellie C. Slack

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In the 1871 census, he is probably the Gilbert Slack age 21 b. Mansfield, who is in the 7th dragoons at Walmer, Kent, England.

He may also be the Gilbert Slack age 29 b. Mansfield who is lodging at Radford in 1881; occupation frame work knitter.

In the 1891 census this family is living at 23 Rookery, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. Gilbert & Hannah have four children. He is a hosiery factory hand.

In 1901 they are at 17 Mount Pleasant, and have three more children. Gilbert is a self-employed window cleaner. (Ancestry has the family incorrectly indexed under the name Stack.)

The two sons John & Gilbert may very will be the two by those names who arrived in America (Ellis Island) on 17 Apr 1907 on the ship Oceanic from Liverpool. They were from Mansfield; John was 24 and Gilbert was 22. I haven't been able to locate either of them in any US census.

Gilbert married Hannah Colley 19 Aug 1882, Hyson Green, Nottinghamshire, England. Hannah was born Abt 1860, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England; died Aft Apr 1901. [Group Sheet]

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In the 1851 census, Samuel and Eliza, ages 30 and 28, are living at 10 Bancroft Lane, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. They have four children: Harriett 9, Elizabeth 7, James 5, and Gilbert 2 wks. Samuel is a cotton stockinger and Eliza is a seamer.

Samuel married Eliza Elizabeth Unknown Abt 1841. Eliza was born Abt 1823; died Aft Apr 1851. [Group Sheet]

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According to the church record, Gilbert was born on Tuesday, 8th Apr 1777, and baptized on aThursday, 11th July 1777.

(Note from Alan Battams: For all their children christened up to 1817, father Gilbert was a stockinger, mother Elizabeth, of Stockwell Gate. For children after 1817, father Gilbert was a stockinger, mother Elizabeth, of Bancroft Lane.)

In the 1841 census, Gilbert & Elizabeth are living at 10 Bancroft Lane. Also in the household are sons Robert & Samuel, as well as Robert's wife Ann and their five children: George, Robert, Harriet, Edward, & Charles. Nearby, at 11 & 12 Bancroft, are living two other sons, John & Gilbert, and their families.

In 1851, Gilbert is not there but Elizabeth Slack is age 73, still on Bancroft Lane, a pauper/winder.

In the 1813 Rate Book for Mansfield, p. 62, a Gilbert Slack living in Ratcliffe Gate paid 1/10 - 1/2 pence (one shilling ten and a half pence). The reference could refer to this particular Gilbert, our ancestor.

Gilbert married Elizabeth BLEAR 20 Apr 1797, St. Peter's, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. Elizabeth was born Abt 1776, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England; died Aft Apr 1851. [Group Sheet]

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In the 1851 census, Elizabeth Slack is age 73, still on Bancroft Lane, a pauper/winder. With her is son William Slack and his wife Ann and family.

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Gilbert Slack (signed) of this parish aged 20 bach and Elizabeth Blear (made mark) aged 20 spinster married in this church by banns on 20th April 1797 by John Durham Vicar in the presence of Richard Endersby and Josh Lockwood (he was probably the parish clerk).