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     Mary Elizabeth Slade was born on February 11, 1822 in Colchester, Nova Scotia.¹ She was the daughter of Thomas Slade and Janet Campbell.¹²
     Mary married John Hayman on February 11, 1840 in Tatamagouche, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada.² Mary died on January 6, 1890 in Balfron, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada, at age 67.²

     Mary Jane Slade was born in 1825 in Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada.¹ She was the daughter of Thomas Slade and Janet Campbell.¹²
     Mary married Peter Mattatall circa 1846 in Colchester, Nova Scotia.² Mary died on September 15, 1876.¹

     Mary Ann Slade was born in 1838 in Tatamagouche, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada.¹ She was the daughter of Thomas Slade and Margaret Tattrie.¹²²
     Mary married Thomas Mattatall circa 1859 in Tatamagouche, Colchester, Nova Scotia.²

     John Hayman was born on May 15, 1819 in Tatamagouche, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada.¹
     John married Mary Elizabeth Slade, daughter of Thomas Slade and Janet Campbell, on February 11, 1840 in Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia.¹ John died on January 4, 1910 in Waugh's River, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada, at age 90.¹

     Sheldon Bryan Rice was born on August 16, 1855 in Northumberland, Saratoga, New York, USA.¹
     Sheldon married Margaret Slade, daughter of Thomas Ephraim Slade and Ellen Dunphy, on September 17, 1882 in Columbus, Platte, Nebraska.¹ Sheldon died on February 25, 1938 in Techumseh, Johnson, Nebraska, USA, at age 82.¹

     Dora Slade was born on September 25, 1881 in Tatamagouche, Colchester, Nova Scotia.¹ She was the daughter of Charles Alfred Slade.¹ Dora lived with her grandparents, Ephraim and Ellen. Her cousin Alexander Clark remembers "When she grew up, she would go out working; worked at John Benyman's (Millbrook) and Herbert Drysdale's (French River) and at our place, Henry Clark's (Millbrook). In fact, she left our place to go out to North Dakota or Montana. She went out to where Aunt Belle* and Uncle Seaman* were living. That was about the year 1917 of 1918, I believe. Married Walter White there and had a family of four. Two boys and two girls. Walter Willis, Lester and Florence (twins), then Ruth. They lived near Baker, Montana. Then fhe finally moved into Baker later on. Have had no word from she[sic] or the family since about 1954-1955. She never came back to Nova Scotia again."

*Seaman and Belle MacEachern were children of Mary Slade and Thomas MacEachern. Mary is the daughter of Ephraim's brother John and would be Dora's great-aunt.^2,3 Dora Slade was a Presbyterian, and working as a servant.⁴
She crossed the US border on February 24, 1918 at in Port Huron, Michigan, USA.⁵⁶
     Dora married Walter Samuel White on September 18, 1918 in Fallon, Montana.⁶ Dora and Walter were divorced on November 21, 1947 in Baker, Fallon, Montana.⁷ Dora died on February 13, 1963 in Baker, Montana, at age 81.^1,8 She was buried in Bonnievale Cemetery, Baker, Fallon, Montana.⁹