Slaght Family History
Slaght Name Meaning
Dutch: of uncertain origin, possibly from slagt
‘slaughtering (of animals)’, hence an occupational name for a
slaughterer, or a derogatory nickname from a variant of sleght,
slecht ‘bad’, ‘evil’, ‘wicked’ CG; DEB HAS VAN DER SCHLAGT,
FROM SLACHT(E) ‘DIKE’: TOPOGRAPHIC NAME.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Slaght
Name Distribution of Slaght Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Slaght families
 21 - 40  8 - 20 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Slaght families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Slaght census records
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Slaght Family Origin
Slaght Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Slaght
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Slaght Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Slaght census records
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Slaght Civil War Service Records
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