Genealogy Chat

Oh my apologies. The Oscar slater from the Glasgow trial was born in 1870 in Germany. His trial for murder was 1909 . He did live in London at one point and in 1901 married an English woman but the marriage didn't last.

There was an infamous murder case in Glasgow involving an Oscar Slater a German Jew born 1909. His trial is famous as a terrible miscarriage of justice. Could this be your Oscar Slater? This Oscar Slater was born Oscar Joseph Leschnizer in Oppeln around 1870. He emigrated to Uk and was in London for a bit before settling in Glasgow around the early 1900s.

There was an infamous murder case in Glasgow involving an Oscar Slater a German Jew born 1909. His trial is famous as a terrible miscarriage of justice. Could this be your Oscar Slater?

Minnie / Minna Slater was at 149 High Street, Poplar in 1909, 1914 and 1915


Oscar Slater was renting 2 unfurnished rooms, 2nd floor, 149 High Street in 1904 and 1905 ................. no mention of anyone else, but this was probably when women were "none people"

The 3 of them are also at that address in 1921, 1922

In 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, and 1929, Mina, Richard and Minnie Slater were at that same address


then I lose them


Mina must have been Richard's wife ????



But at least this shows that William was at 149 High Street, Poplar from 1920 to 1922

from ancestry


London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 about Richard Slater

Name: Richard Slater
Year: 1920
County or Borough: Tower Hamlets
Ward or Division/Constituency: Poplar
Street Address: 149 High Street


William Slater and Mina Slater are also living there ...... and both must be over the age of 21

Is "Mina" the mother???

It would seem that the name change to Slater came between the 1891 Census, and about 1897

from the 1891 Census, it looks as if Oscar / Uskar and Minna / Miniie Schieffendesker / Schieffenderker moved to England between Constanze / Constance's birth in 1889 and Richard's birth in March 1891


............. the 1891 Census was taken on the night of 5 April 1891, and ti says on there that Richard was 1 month old.

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Deaths Jun 1894 (>99%)

Schiefferdecker Constanze 5 St. G. East 1c 225

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Richard Slater in 1891?????

1891 Census

Name: Richard Schiefferdesker
Age: 1/12
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1891
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Uskar Schiefferdesker
Mother's Name: Minnie Schiefferdesker
Gender: Male
Where born: Mile End Old Town, London, England

Civil Parish: Mile End Old Town
Ecclesiastical parish: Stepney St Augustine
Town: London
County/Island: London
Country: England

Registration District: Mile End Old Town
Sub-registration District: Mile End Old Town, Western
ED, institution, or vessel: 12

Uskar Schiefferdesker 37 b.ca 1854, Germany, Book Seller
Minnie Schiefferdesker 35 b.ca 1856, Germany
Constance Schiefferdesker 2 b.ca 1889, Germany
Richard Schiefferdesker 1/12
Jeremiah D Lane 35 Boarder
John Goarbe 40 Boarder
Christian Owradel 23 Boarder

Address:- 8 Union Row

Names are as on the image

Trying another tack ................

Eleanor Ethel Young was born June quarter 1892, Poplar, London


according to a Public Family tree on ancestry ......................

William Slater died Age: 86 12 Jan 1981, Southend on Sea, Essex

NOTE:- ........... this information might actually be from Christine's own tree


If accurate, this could be the death registration ................


England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2006 about William Slater

Name: William Slater
Birth Date: 1 May 1894
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1981
Age at Death: 86
Registration District: Southend on Sea
Inferred County: Essex
Volume: 9
Page: 2923


This then looks as if it could be his birth registration, albeit late ................

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 about William Slater

Name: William Slater
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1897
Registration District: Poplar
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1c
Page: 593


I would be tempted to buy this birth certificate, to see who is named as mother and father, occupation of the father, and address

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Richard and Willy in 1911???


1911 Census

Name: Richard Slater
Age in 1911: 19
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1892
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Stepney
Civil Parish: Poplar
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street Address: 149 High Street, Poplar E
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: SHORTHAND and SHIPPING CLERK
Registration District: Poplar
Registration District Number: 22
Sub-registration District: Poplar
ED, institution, or vessel: 14

Richard Slater 19
Willy Slater 16 b.ca 1895, Stepney, Shorthand &Shipping Clerk

There is a notation that both were Born in England of German Parents


It IS Willy on the image

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Minna Slater
Birth Date: abt 1857
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1931
Age at Death: 74
Registration District: Romford
Inferred County: Essex
Volume: 4a
Page: 446

That census record fits with the death records that patchem found ..............

from ancestry ...............

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915

Name: Oscar Slater
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1906
Age at Death: 50
Registration District: West Ham
Inferred County: Essex
Volume: 4a
Page: 70

Definitely a solicitor, not a dentist?

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occupation is wrong

I asked for Os?ar Slater


1901 Census

Name: Ostar Slater
Age: 47
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1854
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Minna Slater
Gender: Male
Where born: Germary German Subject

Civil Parish: Limehouse
Ecclesiastical parish: St Anne
County/Island: London
Country: England

Registration District: Stepney
Sub-registration District: Limehouse
ED, institution, or vessel: 11

Ostar Slater 47 Builder & Decorator
Minna Slater 46 b.ca 1855, Germany
Richard Slater 10 b.ca 1891, London
Wilby Slater 7 b.ca 1894, London
William Dahlke 34
John Smith 21
Herman Adolf 33

Address:- 729 Commercial Road


EDIT:-

It is Ostar, or possibly Oster, and Wilby on the image

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from ancestry ..................

All London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 results for Os?Ar Slater

Oscar Slater 1904 Tower Hamlets Poplar 149 Three
Oscar Slater 1905 Tower Hamlets Poplar 149 High-street
Oscar Slater 1930 Camden St Pancras 24 Mornington Crescent
Oscar Slater 1932 Camden St Pancras 24 Mornington Crescent
Oscar Slater 1933 Camden St Pancras 24 Mornington Crescent
Oscar Slater 1934 Camden St Pancras 24 Morninoton Crescent
Oscar Slater 1935 Camden St Pancras 24 Mornington
Oscar Slater 1936 Camden St Pancras 24 Mormgnton Crescent

always remember that people with Germanic names anglicised their names just before or just after the start of WW1 ..........

........... there was so much anti-German feeling at that time that it really was self-preservation.

Unfortunately, there is no need to go through any formal declarations to change your name, and it seems that most people do not use those legal channels, so there may be little evidence to find.

Possibly of use ................

Addresses given on the marriage certificate ....................

William:- 55 St Paul's Rd
William's occupation:- Shipping Broker

Eleanor:- Address:- 52 St Paul's Rd

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Deaths Mar 1906
Slater Oscar 50 W. Ham 4a 70