Tjitze (van der Leij) Slater (1830 - 1914)

Born 23 Jul 1830 in Gorredijk, Friesland, Netherlands

Ancestors

Husband of Eliza (Richmond) Slater — married 5 Sep 1854 in Crafers, South Australia

Husband of Mary Ann (Hines) Slater — married 15 Feb 1873 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Descendants

Died 14 Sep 1914 at age 84 in Belair, South Australia, Australia

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John (van der Leij) Slater is geboren in Friesland na 1811

Biography

John (van der Leij) Slater came free to the Colony of South Australia (1836-1900)

John SLATER 1830-1914.^[1]

John was born 23rd July 1830 in Opsterland. His parents were Rense Tjitse van der Leij [1809-1889]and Grietje Bonnes Brandsma [1807-1831]. From a Yahoo/Friesland website the first van der Leij ancestor recorded is Tjisse Dircks van der Leij married Toonka Jans 28th December 1623, Vrouwesparochie, Friesland. The list then carries through to Rense, who married twice and was a barge master, his son Tjitse was a barge hand.^[2]

John Slater married twice, with his first marriage being to Eliza Richmond 5/8/1854, Eliza died 15/6/1872, at Crafers. Their first son Charles was born 2/6/1855. Their other children were Renzer born 1863, Grace born 1860, an un-named born 1863, Eliza born 1865, Willam born 1868 and Albert Herman born 1870.

John was a Dutch sailor who jumped ship at Port Adelaide c.1847, changed name to John Slater prior to his marriage. (Van der leij in dutch means "of the slate" - thus "Slater"). He remarried Mary Ann Bradley (nee Hines) on 15/02/1873.^{[3] [4][5]}

He remained a Dutch citizen in Australia. John had 6 other children with Mary Ann.

He lost a leg in a horse and cart accident and made a replacement wooden leg for himself. His family bible still exists with his Dutch name and date of birth and birthplace as well as his English name on the opening page.

John died at Belair in South Australia on 10 September 1914, His daughter to Eliza Richmond, Eliza Foster, was the relative noted on his death Registration. ^[6] John was buried at Stirling on 14 September 1914.

Birth

Geboorteakte Aktedatum: 24-07-1830
Zoon Tjitze van der Ley geboren op 23-07-1830
Vader Rinze Tjitzes van der Ley, Moeder Grietje Bonnes Brandsma ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Veronica Williams created WikiTree profile Slater-816 through the import of BRADLEY_2013-08-13_2013-08-27.ged on Aug 26, 2013.
2. ↑ Genes Reunited contacts, www.genesreunited.com, B Dearing, 2008.
3. ↑ BDM - SA, Digger index, BRADLEY Mary Ann to Slater marriage - 94/394.
4. ↑ Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data - Compiled from publicly available sources.Original data: Compiled from publicly available sources.), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, Database online
5. ↑ IGI Pedigree file, HINES to SLATER marriage, Disc #119, Pin #859907.
6. ↑ SA BDM Digger 387/64
7. ↑ Alle Friezen Birth 23 July 1830 Bronvermelding Geboorteregister 1830, archiefnummer 30-28, Burgerlijke Stand Opsterland - Tresoar, inventarisnummer 1013, blad 087 Gemeente: Opsterland Periode: 1830

See also:

• Genealogy reports, Various, HINES - Descendants of John and Hannah - L Noble, 2008.

• BDM - SA, Digger index, BRADLEY Amelia to Slater marriage - 132/368.

• Research of J Lane, Email, Conversation with Ian Coats, 1998.

• Wikitree contacts, HEYER F - 28 Dec 2013.