Biography

Richard (commonly called Dick) was born about 1894 in County Cavan, Northern Ireland.^[1][2][3] He was recorded in the 1911 census as living with his family in Ballymagauran, Cavan.^[1] Dick served in WWI and then immigrated to New Zealand in 1919, where he served as the mayor of the city of Upper Hutt between 1953 and 1959.^[3] He married Nellie Ottaway in 1929.^[4][5] He passed away in 1979.^[2][3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 1911 Census of Ireland, County Cavan, District Electoral Division (DED) Ballymagauran, Ballymagauran townland, no. 13, Randal J Slacke household; digital image, “Household Return (Form A),” The National Archives of Ireland (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ : accessed 18 December 2019).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, "Births, Deaths & Marriages Online," database, (https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz: accessed 18 December 2019), death registration of Richard Henry Ernest Slacke, date of birth 13 April 1894; citing registration no. 1979/31128.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} “Hapai Club birthday; Dick Slacke.” Upper Hutt City Library - Recollect. Accessed December 18, 2019. https://uhcl.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/16983.
4. ↑ Marriage Registration: "New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online", (digital index), New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs.; Reg No.1929/4315 Nellie Ottaway & Richard Henry Ernest Slacke
5. ↑ Marriage, Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 259, 29 July 1929, Page 1, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19290729.2.2.2

• Archives New Zealand: R22941317 SLACKE Richard Henry Ernest, probate record.