Slaven Thomas Family
James Slaven,
son of Thomas Slavin and Anne Moran,
was born in
1823 in
Killucan,
Westmeath, Ireland and
died
July 17, 1905 in
Dodgeville, Des Moines, Iowa.
He married
Hannah Thomas on
August 13, 1857 in
Des Moines County, Iowa.
(See
family photograph)
Other Events in the Life of James Slaven
Occupations : Farmer,
gold miner and saloon keeper in Petaluma, Sonoma County,
California (1870 census).
Residences: He was born in Ireland and list both parents as
Irish in census records. He lived most of his adult life
in
Des Moines County, Iowa.
Ambrose Slaven and his father, James, stopped in Decatur County,
Kansas after their experiences gold mining in
California. Ambrose Slaven's sister, Sarah 'Elizabeth'
Slaven, married Timothy Corcoran.
Hannah Thomas, daughter of
John Thomas and
Ellen
Elizabeth Titterington,
was born
January 27, 1822 in Green Township, Ross County, Ohio and died
June 11, 1898 in
Dodgeville, Des Moines, Iowa. (See
photograph)
Other events in the life of Hannah Thomas
Occupation:
House and farm wife, owner of
family circus. Hannah
Thomas
and her husband Patrick Plunkett's children had a family circus.
Whenever they came to Decatur County, Kansas, relatives would go
to see them perform.
Other
spouses: Patrick
Plunkett
Children of James Slaven and Hannah Thomas
James Monroe Slaven
was born
on
August 3, 1858 in Dodgeville, Des Moines, Iowa and died on
February 24, 1934 in Sperry, Iowa.
 Ambrose Slaven
was born
on
March 15, 1861 in
Dodgeville, Des Moines, Iowa and died on
February 11, 1937. He married Elizabeth D
Borthwick of Rensselaerville,
Albany,
New York on January 26, 1890 in
Kansas. See
newspaper article regarding her death.
 Sarah Elizabeth Slaven
was born
March 28, 1863 in
Dodgeville, Des Moines,
Iowa
and died
August 13, 1932 in Oberlin, Decatur County, Kansas.
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