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Mary Elizabeth Slater was born in Tynemouth, Northumberland, between January 1873 and March 1873.¹
The siblings Mary, George, Thomas and Margaret were listed in the 1881 census at Blake Town in Seghill, Northumberland, with their parents, Hugh Slater and Ann Paul.²

Rhoda Emily Slater was born in Seaton Delaval, Northumberland, between April 1906 and June 1906.^1,2
The siblings Martha and Rhoda were listed in the 1911 census at 7 Hartley St in Seaton Delaval, Northumberland, with their parents, Thomas Slater and Alice Elizabeth Wright.¹

Thomas's birth was registered between July 1877 and September 1877 in Seghill, Northumberland.^2,1
The siblings Mary, George, Thomas and Margaret were listed in the 1881 census at Blake Town in Seghill, Northumberland, with their parents, Hugh Slater and Ann Paul.³
The siblings George, Thomas, Margaret and Georgina were listed in the 1891 census at Blake Town in Seghill, Northumberland, with their parents, Hugh Slater and Ann Paul.²

He married Alice Elizabeth Wright in Tynemouth, Northumberland, between July 1900 and September 1900.⁴

He was listed in the 1901 census at 74 Melton Terrace in Seaton Delaval, Northumberland; he was a coal-miner (hewer). The Head of the house was his wife's father Charles WRIGHT (also a coal-miner) and the household included her younger sister Emily.⁵

He was listed in the 1911 census as Head of Family at 7 Hartley St in Seaton Delaval, Northumberland, with his wife Alice; he was still working as a coal-miner (hewer). Their children Martha and Rhoda were listed as living with them.⁶

Thomas died between July 1911 and September 1911 in Tynemouth, Northumberland.⁷

Mary Wilson Sloan was born in Blythswood, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, in 1876.²

She married William Wallace Dickie, son of Matthew Dickie and Agnes Hood Adam, in Blythswood, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, in 1906.¹

Lena (Eileen) Smart was born in Queensland on 10 October 1896. She was the daughter of Peter SMART and Selina McALISTER.²

She married Richard Frederick Cumming, son of Richard James Cumming and Mary Ann Flood, in Brisbane, Queensland, on 29 October 1914.^3,4

They lived at Strath St in Sth Brisbane, Queensland, in 1925, where Richard is a fireman.⁵

She was widowed at age 60 on the death of her husband Richard on 7 September 1957.⁶

Lena died on 19 June 1974 in Queensland at age 77.⁷ She was buried on 20 June 1974 at the Sth Brisbane Cemetery, 181 Annerley Rd, Dutton Park.⁸

Alexander L Smith was born in Ohio circa 1856.¹
The siblings Josiah, Ralph, Alexander and Annie were listed in the 1860 US census in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, in the household of their parents, Josiah D Smith and Ann E Osborn.²
The siblings Ralph, Alexander and Annie were listed in the 1870 US census in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, in the household of their mother Ann E Osborn.³
The siblings Alexander and Annie were listed in the 1880 US census at 466 East Rich St in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, with their mother Ann E Osborn. Alexander was working as a teacher.¹

Alexander McDougall Smith was born at 28 Factory St in Pollockshaw, Eastwood, Renfrewshire, on 4 September 1904. He was the son of Peter SMITH (colliery engine fitter) & Janet Hunter Holmes McDOUGALL (deceased at time of his marriage).²

He married Christina Marion McInnes Edwards, daughter of Joseph Edwards and Jane Isa McInnes, at 261 Kennedy St in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, on 9 May 1941. At the time of their marriage he was a coal-miner, she a machinist.³

From related family marriage/birth records it is known he worked as a coalminer until 1942; at one time was an Irvine Town Councillor, but by 1944 was a political organiser (possibly the Communist party), which is also stated on his death certificate.¹

Alexander died on 21 October 1952 at The Infirmary in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, at age 48 of chronic nephritis (10 years) and coronary thrombosis.¹

Alfred's marriage to Betty Vivien Haggis, daughter of Laurence Forsaith Haggis and Geraldine Marion Nicoll, was registered between January 1942 and March 1942 in Watford, Hertfordshire.¹

Annie B Smith was born in Ohio circa 1859.¹
The siblings Josiah, Ralph, Alexander and Annie were listed in the 1860 US census in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, in the household of their parents, Josiah D Smith and Ann E Osborn.²
The siblings Ralph, Alexander and Annie were listed in the 1870 US census in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, in the household of their mother Ann E Osborn.³
The siblings Alexander and Annie were listed in the 1880 US census at 466 East Rich St in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, with their mother Ann E Osborn.¹

Blanche May Smith was born in New Zealand on 10 December 1921.²

She married Allan Bruce Anderson, son of Sydney Herbert Anderson and Sadie Alexander Macdonald, in New Zealand in 1949.^1,3

Blanche died in 2008 in New Zealand.⁴