Slaney Robert 1795

Slaney, Robert 1795 – 1876				Father:	Slaney,	Samuel		1750-1835
				Mother:	Cope,	Lydia		1744-1834

Birth date	Birth place	Registered	County	District	Sub-district	GRO ref.	Christening	Place	County
1795	Alton		Staffs			n/a	15 Feb 1795	Alton	Staffs
Death date	Death place	Registered	County	District	Sub-district	GRO ref.	Cause
Apr-Jun 1876		Apr-Jun 1876	Staffs	Cheadle		Vol 6b, p 199

Wetton, Ann Alton 1797-1858	Marriage
	Date	10 Apr 1817
	Place	Cubley
	District
	County	Derbyshire
	GRO ref.	n/a

Children		Birth date	Birth place	Death date	Death Place	Marriage date	Marriage place	Spouse	Notes
Sarah		about 1819	Alton	Jan-Mar 1853	Cheadle, Staffs	13 Sep 1847	Alton, Staffs	John Burton
Charles		about 1823	Alveton (Alton)	Oct-Dec 1887	Cheadle, Staffs	20 Dec 1847	Rocester, Staffs	Mary Ann Lovatt
Mary Hannah		about 1825	Alveton (Alton)	Jan-Mar 1867	Cheadle, Staffs	26 Jun 1853	Alton, Staffs	Henry Goldstraw
Frances (Fanny)		about 1827	Alton	Jan-Mar 1890	Burton upon Trent	29 Dec 1851	Alton, Staffs	Charles Bennett
George		about 1829	Alveton (Alton)	Nov 1848	Alton, Staffs	n/a
Charlotte		about 1831	Alton	Apr-Jun 1900	Cheadle, Staffs	Oct-Dec 1853	West Bromwich	Thomas Gaunt
Harriet		about 1833	Alton	Jan-Mar 1907	Cheadle, Staffs	22 Oct 1853	Alton, Staffs	Eli Rushton
Jane		about 1835	Alton	Oct-Dec 1912	Leek, Staffs	11 Dec 1875	Denstone, Staffs	Theodore Flower
John		about 1837	Alton	Jan-Mar 1902	Lichfield, Staffs	unknown
Robert		about 1839	Alton	28 Mar1912	Denstone, Staffs	23 Jun 1873	Stramshall, Staffs	Alice Hurst
Walter		Oct-Nov 1841	Alton	21 Nov 1908	Stramshall, Staffs	3 Jan 1878	Doberidge, Derby	Maria Beels

Records
Date	Source		Residence		Occupation
1 Jun 1823	Charles’ baptism record		Ridding, Alton		farmer
7 Jun 1829	George’s baptism record		Smalley, Alton (1881 OS map)		farmer
18 Sep 1831	Charlotte’s baptism record		Denstone, Alton		farmer
30 Jun 1833	Harriet’s baptism record		Smallhay (Smalley), Alton		farmer
16 Aug 1835	Jane’s baptism record		Smallhay (Smalley), Alton		farmer
16 Jul 1837	John’s baptism record		Smallhay (Smalley), Alton		farmer
22 Dec 1839	Robert’s baptism record		Smallhay (Smalley), Alton		farmer
6 Jun 1841	England census		Smallhay (Smalley), Alton		farmer
21 Nov 1841	Walter’s baptism record		Smallhay (Smalley), Alton
30 Mar 1851	England census		Smalley, Denstone, Alton		farmer of 26 acres
26 Jun 1853	Mary’s marriage		Smalley, Alton		farmer
7 Apr 1861	England census		Little-worth, Denstone, Alton		farmer of 12 acres
2 Apr 1871	England census		Denstone, Alton		farmer of 12 acres

Additional Information
Robert and Ann’s daughters between them produced at least 7 illegitimate children. This was extraordinary for that society. It is not clear whether this transpired because of lack of restraint on the part of the children, or whether they were victims of systematic abuse. Sarah was unmarried when she gave birth to a daughter, Susannah, in Feb 1841. Susannah is included with Robert and Ann’s family in the 1841 census return, and with Sarah and her husband John Burton in 1851. Susannah’s birth certificate and baptism record show her father as being Charles Slaney, possibly Sarah’s own brother. Sarah and Charles are recorded as being spinster and bachelor on their respective marriage certificates in 1847. Mary was unmarried when she gave birth to a daughter, Lydia Sarah, in 1846, and when she gave birth to a daughter, Ann, in 1851. No father was named on the baptism records. Mary proceeded to marry Henry Goldstraw in 1853. Ann is recorded as Henry’s stepdaughter in the 1861 census return. Lydia Sarah is very likely the grand-daughter, Sarah, listed on Robert’s and Ann’s 1851 census return. Fanny was unmarried when she gave birth to a son, Samuel Walter, in 1849. No father was named on the baptism record. Later she married Charles Bennett in 1851. Samuel Walter was listed as Charles’ son, with the name Walter, in the 1861 census return. On his marriage certificate, in 1871, he used the name Samuel Walter Slaney, and entered Charles Bennett, labourer, as his father. This probably meant step-father, not natural father, particularly since Samuel Walter consistently used the surname Slaney. Charlotte was unmarried when she gave birth to a son, Samuel, in 1851. No father was named on the baptism record. Samuel died in 1852, age six months. Charlotte married Thomas Gaunt in 1853. Jane was unmarried when she gave birth to a son, Thomas, in 1860 and when she gave birth to a daughter, Mary Anne, in 1869. No father was named on the baptism records. Jane, along with Thomas and Mary, are recorded as living with her father and her brother, John, in 1871.