Thomas SLATER [3632] ²³⁸⁴

   WikiTree ID: Slater-2052.

  General Notes:

Arrived at Port Phillip on the "Frances" on 28th November 1841. Aboard the ship were Thomas Slater Carpenter 32, Sarah Slater housekeeper 33, John 11, Joseph 3, Thomas 1 and Betty 9

Thomas and Ellen were married at the Albert Street Baptist Church in Melbourne. Thomas's parents are given as Thomas and Sarah nee Shannon. Thomas's snr's occupation is given as farm labourer. Ellens parents are given as Peter Cunningham and Mary Reynolds and Peter's occupation is given as hand loom weaver. Both Thomas and Ellen were said to have been born in Manchester England and witnesses to the marriage were Samuel Slater and Lucy Slater.

I have found no trace of this Thomas Slater and his Wife Ellen after they got married in 1861. Did they emigrate

There is the death of a Thomas Slater in 1901 at Hawrthorn, but this death seems to be the incorrect person as it has Thomas marrying at the age of 19 in Lancashire and then remarrying when he arrives in Australia, but as Thomas was only 1 year old when he emigrated this cannot be correct. The Thomas mentioned in the 1901 death is married to an Ann and has a number of children mentioned on the death certificate.

Thomas married Ellen CUNNINGHAM [9588] [MRIN: 1110], daughter of Peter CUNNINGHAM [9589] and Mary REYNOLDS [9590], on 21 Oct 1861 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.⁴⁰⁶⁵ (Ellen CUNNINGHAM [9588] was born about 1839 in Manchester, Lancashire, England ⁴⁰⁶⁷.)