Ernest Slade1

b. 28 February 1889, d. 1968
Family Chart
     Ernest Slade was born on February 28, 1889 in Victoria Village, Conception Bay, Newfoundland.2,1 He was the son of John Martin Slade and Susanna Somers.2 Ernest Slade was baptized on April 7, 1889; Church of England.2
     Ernest married Margaret Clarke on March 28, 1908 in Victoria, Newfoundland.1,3 Ernest Slade immigrated from Victoria to North Sydney, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia, Canada, in May, 1911 aboard the Invermore. Earnest went to Nova Scotia to work in the mine. He took his family with him. Earnest, Margaret, Robert, Donald, & Alan could read and write English.4 He was Pentacostal.5 He died in 1968 in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia and was buried.6

His wife's obituary lists additional children: a son Jack, living in North Sydney and another son, Major, living in Sydney Mines. A daughter, Florence, (Mrs. Mark Cole ) living in Victoria, Effie (Mrs. Melvin Laffin ) living in Bras d'Or, Unetha (Mrs. Neil Dunn ) living in Bras d'Or.7 He was buried in Brookside Cemetery, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia, Canada.6

Census Records

CensusLocationHead of Household
1921Victoria, Newfoundland, next door Ernest & Margaret, John & Beatrice Slade family.
on same pg is Bertha Slade and Shenstone Slade families.		Ernest Slade8
1921Birch Grove, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia, CanadaErnest Slade9
1921Port Morien, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia, Canada,
a lodger in hh is Ernest H Slade 32 & George Slade 18		Arthur Shenstone Slade10
1935Victoria, Newfoundland, East side of main roadErnest Slade11
Charts
Descendants of William Slade b 1800 Marshal's Folly, NFLD to Nova Scotia

Children of Ernest Slade and Margaret Clarke

Citations

  1. [S3066] Newfoundland 1921 Census, Victoria Villlage, section 1, Victoria Village, Section 1, page 14, Dwelling 79, family 97
    Census shows the next door neighbor the John & Beatrice Slade family. On the same census page as the Bertha Slade and Shenstone Slade families.
  2. [S2494] Newfoundland Vital Statistics, 1753-1893, FamilySearch.org, Carbonear (Church of England), Births 1860-1890, vol 46, img 65/69 , Victoria Village, Ernest Slade, b Feb 28, 1889, Apr 7, 1889, s/o John & Susanna Slade.
  3. [S2494] Newfoundland Vital Statistics, 1753-1893, FamilySearch.org.
  4. [S2312] Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935, Ancestry.com, unknown publish date, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2QSL-LGJ Ernest Slade, May 1911.
  5. [S2693] 1935 Canada Census of Newfoundland, FamilySearch.org.
  6. [S9] Find a Grave website,, Ernest Slade, Brookside Cemetery, Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  7. [S9] Find a Grave website.
  8. [S3066] Newfoundland 1921 Census, Victoria Villlage, section 1, Victoria Village, Section 1, page 14, Dwelling 78, family 96.
  9. [S2337] 1921 Census of Nova Scotia Province, Canada, ED 66, distr. 53, pg., 11, lines 3-10, dwl 94, fam 101.
  10. [S2337] 1921 Census of Nova Scotia Province, Canada, ED. 66, dist. 53, page 12, dwell. 112, fam. 120, lines 43-46.
  11. [S2693] 1935 Canada Census of Newfoundland, FamilySearch.org, Carboneare & Bay de Verdi dist, S Victoria, Ancestry img 321/466, p9 [304], lines 18-29, dwl 54, fam 49, Ernest Slade family.
  12. [S2215] Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/, 1933 Marriage Registration Bk 69, p389, Apr 12, 1933 in Rectory, Sydney Mines, John Charles Slade, s/o Margaret Clrke & Ernest Slade married Violet Patey, d/o Mary Hillier & Robert Patey.
  13. [S9] Find a Grave website, MEMORIAL ID     188648806.
  14. [S8] Obituary, , Major E Slade https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/sydney-mines-ns/…