Researching Harold Sloan
Dig into the past of Harold Sloan using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2820 people with the Sloan surname? In that year Sloan was ranked number 1412 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Harold means "army-power" and is of English origin.
Records of Harold Sloan on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Harold Sloan and the Sloan Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Sloan Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Sloan family tree.
Investigate Parish Records for Harold Sloan at Find My Past.
Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Harold Sloan using the FreeBMD database.
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Explore the LDS Database for records about Harold Sloan.
Research the Sloan surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Sloan Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 7299 people with the Sloan surname in the UK? Sloan is now ranked number 812 for popularity in the UK. |
Sloan Genealogy Databases
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Study the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Harold Sloan.
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Find Harold Sloan from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Sloan Forums
There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.
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Miscellaneous Sloan Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Harold Sloan. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Harold Sloan
Harold Sloan
Harold Alexander De Barbizon Sloan (25 August 1882 – 21 January 1917) was an Irish soccer player at the beginning of the 20th century.
Sloan represented Bohemians during his career in the Irish League. A forward, he was one of the main stars in the early Bohemian history. He scored the very first goal ever at Dalymount Park in a 4–2 win over Shelbourne on 7 September 1901.
He won 8 full international caps for Ireland and once scored a hat-trick for them against Wales in a 4–4 draw in April 1906.
Sloan served as a second lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery in the British Army and was killed in action during World War I on 21 January 1917. He is buried at the Guards Cemetery at Combles.
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