Researching Ken Slater
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 18131 people with the Slater surname? In that year Slater was ranked number 203 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Ken means "Form of KENNETH. handsome" and is of Not available or unknown origin.
Records of Ken Slater on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Ken Slater and the Slater Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 22333 people with the Slater surname in the UK? Slater is now ranked number 237 for popularity in the UK. |
Slater Family Tree Databases
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Slater Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 39497 people with the Slater surname in the USA? Slater is ranked number 144 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Ken Slater
Ken Slater (science fiction)
Ken Slater (1917–2008) was a British science fiction fan and bookseller. In 1947, while serving in the British Army of the Rhine, he started Operation Fantast, a network of science fiction fans which had 800 members around the world by 1950 though it folded a few years later. Through Operation Fantast, he was the major importer of American science fiction books and magazines into Britain - an activity which he continued, after its collapse, through his company Fantast (Medway) up to the time of his death. He was a founder member of the British Science Fiction Association in 1958.
Source: Ken Slater (science fiction), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Slater
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
Salaterski Sallter Salter Saltern Salterne Salters Saltrese Salutric Saulter Saulters Schalders Schelders Schilder Schlather Schlauderaff Schleiter Schleter Schleuter Schlieter Schlitter Schlodder Schloder Schlotter Schlotterbeck Schlueter Schluter Scholderer Scholter Schulter Schulters Sclater Sculthorpe Seilder Selders Selter Shalders Shalter Shelders Sheldrack Sheldrake Sheldrick Shelters Shildrake Shildrick Sholder Sholders Shoulder Shoulders Showalter Skilliter Slader Slator Slatter Slattery Slaughter Slaughterbeck Slauter Slawter Slidders Slider Sliter Sloderbeck Slothour Slothower Slotter Sluder Sluders Sluiter Slutheur Sluthour Slutter Sluyter Slyter Solderits Solleder Soltero Sultaire Sulter Swalteridge Syldorff Syuhldreer
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