Ernest Slack

Notes:

In 1901, Willie & Emma are living at 4 Stanhope St., Mansfield. With them are their four children, as well as Willie's brother, Gilbert, age 49.

Willie married Emma Unknown Abt 1878. Emma was born Abt 1857, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England; died Aft Apr 1901. [Group Sheet]

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In the 1841 census, John & Mary, ages given as 30 for both of them, are at Bancroft Lane, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. They have three children: Ann 4, Martha 2, & John 1. (In the 1841 census ages above 15 were rounded down to the nearest 5 years.)

In 1851, John & Mary are both age 38, still living on Bancroft Lane (number 23 or 123). John is a cotton stockinger and Mary is a seamer. They have five children: Ann 14 (twist factory hand), John 10 (scholar), Sarah 7 (seamer), Thomas 5 (scholar), and Edwin 2.

In 1861 the family is at 34 Bancroft Lane, next to Joshua & Ann and family. They have seven children.

In the 1871 census, John and Mary Slack, both age 59, are living at 34 Bancroft Lane, Mansfield, England. Three of their sons are in the household; Edwin and his wife Lavina (?), Gilbert, & Willie. Other Slack families are nearby on the street: John & Ann, Charles & Mary, Frederick & Mary Ann.

In 1881 John & Mary, their ages given as 67, are living at 34 Botany Lane (this must be Bancroft Lane). Gilbert, 29, is with them. Next door at #35 are John & Ann and their two children, Emma & Edward. Also nearby on the same street, #38, are Frederick & Mary Ann and their children; and at #36, Charles & Mary and their children.

John married Mary Unknown Abt 1835. Mary was born Abt 1812, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England; died Aft Apr 1881. [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.

Notes:

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).