The slater Surname

slater Name Meaning and History

English and Scottish: occupational name for a slater, from an agent derivative of Middle English s(c)late ‘slate’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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slater Family Facts

Distribution of slater Families in the US in 1920

Number of slater families

360-717

121-359

1-120

Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 744 - Messages: 1691

Thread	Author	Replies
Milton Albert "Bert" Slater, b. 1887, Nebraska	Bob Bellamy	0
SLATER Valerie Kay 1971-1981	t42Moore	0
Slater-Kanawha, W.VA	Carol Hicks Akikta	3
Peter Slater - Orkney to Dakota?	Tammienorrie2	0
Robert Slater and Kathleen Smith	slatergirl	2
Slater families in Kent County Ontario Canada	hacademy	0
Slater;Staffordshire/Worcestershire	alangateley	35
Katherine Harrison	VictoriaLinder	0
Sara Brandon	VictoriaLinder	0
Henry Morgan	VictoriaLinder	0

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