Slade in Newfoundland & Nova ScotiaJohn Slade1 
b. 1819, d. 9 January 1847
John Slade was born in 1819 in Wareham Parish, Dorset, England.1 He was the son of Robert Slade and Elizabeth Leer.1
He was the manager of his great-uncle, John Slade's prime Newfoundland operation in Twillingate. Although he was only 24, that same year he was elected the Newfoundland House Assembly representing Twillingate and Fogo. He was the youngest representative ever elected.1
John started his own trading companies at Fogo and Twillingate in 1845.1 Residing in Twillingate, Newfoundland, he registered a Schooner that he built in 1840 and owned, with access to all ports in Newfoundland.2 He was a liberal benefactor of the Church of England and the Methodist Church being built in Twillingate. He secured chandelliers and gas lights from St. James' Church in Poole to used in the new St. Peter's Churcin in Twillingate.1 The local newspaper ran letters to & from John Slade on it's front page Nov 11, 1846.3
John Slade died on January 9, 1847 in Poole, Dorset, England, at age 28.1 He was buried in St. Andrew's Anglican Church Yard, Fogo, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland
, Memorial plaque at church in Fogo, however it is believed that John is buried in Poole.1
He was the manager of his great-uncle, John Slade's prime Newfoundland operation in Twillingate. Although he was only 24, that same year he was elected the Newfoundland House Assembly representing Twillingate and Fogo. He was the youngest representative ever elected.1
John started his own trading companies at Fogo and Twillingate in 1845.1 Residing in Twillingate, Newfoundland, he registered a Schooner that he built in 1840 and owned, with access to all ports in Newfoundland.2 He was a liberal benefactor of the Church of England and the Methodist Church being built in Twillingate. He secured chandelliers and gas lights from St. James' Church in Poole to used in the new St. Peter's Churcin in Twillingate.1 The local newspaper ran letters to & from John Slade on it's front page Nov 11, 1846.3
John Slade died on January 9, 1847 in Poole, Dorset, England, at age 28.1 He was buried in St. Andrew's Anglican Church Yard, Fogo, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, Memorial plaque at church in Fogo, however it is believed that John is buried in Poole.1Citations
- [S3057] Trinity Historical Society Slade Biographical Sketch http://www.trinitymerchants.com/biographical_sketch.htm.
- [S3069] Canada, Seafarers of the Atlantic Provinces, 1789-1935, Ancestry.com.
- [S3179] University of Newfoundland Digital Archives http://collections.mun.ca/, unknown publish date, The Weekly Herald And Conception-Bay General Advertiser, Wed, Nov 11, 1846, vol 5, #210, p1.
