William Slinn (1836 - 1883)

Born 1836 in Glossop, Derbyshire, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 30 Apr 1883 at about age 47 in Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States

Biography

William was born in Glossop, Derbyshire, about 1836.^[1]

He passed died on 30 April 1883, in Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States, aged 47. ^[2]

Residence

Residence:

Date: 1841

Place: Glossop, Derbyshire, England^[3]

Residence:

Date: 1851

Place: Glossop, Derbyshire, England^[4]

Residence:

Date: 1861

Place: Whitfield, Derbyshire, England^[5]

Residence:

Date: 1871

Place: Bowling, Bradford, Yorkshire, England^[6]

Residence:

Date: 1880

Place: Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States^[7]

Burial

Burial:

Place: Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, USA^[8]

History of Slinn Name Variations

This interesting and unusual name is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a topographical surname denoting someone who lived on or by a slope or the side of a hill. The derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th Century word 'Slinn', slope, related to the Olde Swedish word 'Slind' and the Norwegian 'Slein'. The surname is first recorded in the Olde Swedish form of 'de Slinde' in the Sussex Subsidy Rolls of 1332. The name development has included Elizabeth Sline (1731, Lancashire), Jonathan Slenn (Hants 1776) and Thomas Slyne (1858, ibid.). The name is well recorded in Yorkshire in the 18th Century and 19th Century, as in Ann Slinn, married to Mathew Hydes in 1784 in Sheffield. Isabell Slinn married Thomas Chester in London in 1639. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Agnes Slinn, daughter of Umphrey, christened, which was dated 9th June 1596, St. Antholin's, Budge Row, London, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Good Queen Bess, 1558 - 1603. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N18H-P2Q : 9 March 2018, William Slinn, ); citing item 7 P140 #157, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,786,041.
2. ↑ Author: Ancestry.com Title: Web: Illinois, Find A Grave Index, 1809-2012 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7S5-9P1 : 8 April 2019), Lavina Slinn and Wm Ratcliffe and William Slinn and John Slinn and John Slinn and Nancy Ratcliffe and Maria Slinn, Glossop, Derbyshire, England; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGDX-D6M : 21 October 2017), William Slinn in household of John Slinn, Glossop, Derbyshire, England; citing Glossop, Derbyshire, England, p. 53, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
5. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7NP-JKD : 9 December 2017), William Slinn, Whitfield, Derbyshire, England; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
6. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBZ3-RQ4 : 11 December 2017), William Slinn, 1871.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXK3-967 : 20 August 2017), William Slinn, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 206, sheet 89B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0240; FHL microfilm 1,254,240.
8. ↑ Author: Ancestry.com Title: Web: Illinois, Find A Grave Index, 1809-2012 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012
9. ↑ http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Slinn#ixzz2ufSVrUXO

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Darrell Abbey for creating WikiTree profile Slinn-35 through the import of Generations of Abbe_Abbey 2013-07-28.ged on Jul 28, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Darrell and others.