The Slaton surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,577 people carried this name — #6,143 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,900 people counted. That is up 7% from 5,198 in 2000.

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In print

Slaton in American newspapers,
1826–1915.

Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Slaton
New-york Tribune 1915-06-22
Newspaper page from Daily Inter Mountain carrying the name Slaton
Daily Inter Mountain 1901-03-13
Newspaper page from Daily National Intelligencer carrying the name Slaton
Daily National Intelligencer 1826-11-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 27,686 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Slaton in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1980s.

83 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Slaton. The most, 16, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Queensland, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 23
Queensland 22
Victoria 17
ACT (Canberra) 10
Western Australia 5
South Australia 2
Tasmania 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Slaton.

Who carried it

People named Slaton,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John M. Slaton
    John M. Slaton 1866–1955 · politician
  • Jessie Pharr Slaton 1908–1983 · lawyer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Slaton,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States282 records

282 records of the Slaton name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 184
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 72
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 10
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 9
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Raymond F. Slaton

    Born 1919 in Arkansas. Enlisted 1944 at Camp Josepth T Robinson Little Rock; carpenter from Hockley County, Texas. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Horatio Cemetery, Arkansas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thomas Slaton

    Arrived at New York in 1883 aboard the Helvetia from Liverpool, aged 20; laborer. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Alvin Maynard Slaton

    Born 1946; from Warner Robins, Georgia. U.S. Marine Corps; died of illness 1969 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 282 records for Slaton in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Slaton name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Slaton

    London Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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