John Francis Slater

Born: 14 December 1816, St Matthew Bethnal Green, London, England
Christened: 26 January 1817, St Matthew Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex, England
Parents: Thomas Slater and Sophia Slater (nee Hall)
Siblings: Sarah Slater, 18 September 1794, South Kensington, London, England
Charles Slater, 28 November 1796, London, England
Matthew Slater, 9 January 1799, London, England
Juliana Slater (also known as Julia Ann or Hannah), 7 July 1804, London, England
Elizabeth Slater, 26 February 1806, London, England
George Slater, 23 April 1808, London, England
Henry Twelves Slater, 16 July 1810, London, England
Thomas Slater, 1811, London, England
Edward Slater, 1813, London, England
John Francis Slater, 14 December 1816, London, England
Married: Sarah Ann Bland, 30 October 1844, Salem
(Sarah was born 14 August 1826, Cape of Good Hope; daughter of Richard and Caroline Bland; Sarah died 31 August 1912)

Children: John Edward Slater, 24 July 1845, Cape
Samuel Carey Slater, August 1846 or 21 November 1846, Cape (married Alicia Wilmot, 6 November 1872; child was Francis Carey Slater)
(Samuel died 25 July 1902; Alicia died January 1930)
Thomas George Slater, 22 March 1849, Somerset East District (married Daisy; had one child Arthur who died in France)
Caroline Bland Slater, 30 December 1850, Somerset East District (died 12 March 1932)
(3 children born at Camdeboo Ruggens, Somerset East District)
Emma Sophia Slater, 16 February 1853, Somerset East District (died 1933)
Sarah Ann Slater, 26 December 1854, Salem (died 30 October 1872, Queenstown)
Richard Slater, 1857, Cape of Good Hope
Elizabeth (Lilly) Rachel Slater, 16 February 1859, Bushmans River (died 1945)
Susannah (Susie) Hobson Slater, 1860/1, Cape of Good Hope (died 1952)
Frances Charlotte Slater, 27 August 1862 (wrote under name of 'Francis Bancroft')
Arthur William Slater, 1865, Cape (died 6 June 1907, Grahamstown)
(married Eliza Jane Lindsay Chalmers, 28 July 1891, Grahamstown; she was born 1867, died 21 November 1905)
(she was the daughter of John Aitken Chalmers, minister of the Trinity Presbyterian Church, and Margaret Ann Tudhope)
Charles Guybon Slater, 24 July 1867
Alice Mary Bright Slater, 1870, Cape of Good Hope (married Harry Barnett)
Died: 4 August 1876 (aged 59 years and 8 months), His own farm, Bushmans River, Division of Albany, Cape Colony, South Africa
Buried: Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Coordinates: 33°28'18.82"S and 26°29'06.16"E, elevation 241m

Christening of John Francis Slater
FamilySearch.org: England Births and Christenings 1538-1975, Image 667 of 836 (entry 414)

Death Notice for John Francis Slater
South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989

John Francis Slater purchased the farm 'Stilgenoeg' in 1857, and renamed it 'Carnarvondale'. It is situated in the Paterson District. The original homestead was burnt down by Xhosa during the Frontier War of 1846-1847. The farm was later owned by his grandson Guybon.

John Francis Slater

1820 Settler, part of Hezekiah Sephton's party in the ship Aurora (344 passengers).
Departed from London on 15 February 1820. Arrived at Simon's Bay 1 May 1820.
Arrived at final destination of Algoa Bay, Cape Colony on 15 May 1820.