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William Slaughter and unknown spouse had two sons: William in 1839 and Stephen in 1841
Sarah Carter and unknown spouse had a daughter Deborah in 1844.
After the deaths of their respective spouses, William and Sarah married in 1847. They had two daughters, Elizabeth in 1851 and Ruth in 1854.
The 1861 census shows sixteen year old Deborah to be a house servant to Joseph Goldsmith and his wife Charlotte at 6 Crescent Place, Brighton.
The 1871 census shows Deborah at 33 John Place, Brighton. William Slater is listed as the head of the house, with Deborah listed as his daughter-in-law (a term also used for step-daughter) and her oldest son Ernest James Carter as his grandson.
The 1881 census shows William and Deborah as husband and wife, living at 65 Carlton Hill with three children: Ernest James Carter, Herbert Henry Carter and Elizabeth Sarah Kate Carter.
By the 1891 census the three children are using the last name of Slaughter.
This census shows Deborah living at 8 Steine Gardens. She is a widow and the head of a house containing her son Ernest J. Slaughter and two lodgers, Walter Pentecost and his wife Lizze. Lizzie is Deborah's half sister.
Next door at number 7 Steine Gardens lives William Trelfer and his wife Ruth, who is also Deborah's half-sister. They have four children, Alice, William, Ruth and Elizabeth.
Herbert Henry Slaughter is a private in the First Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment. No listing is shown for Elizabeth Sarah Kate, under either last name.
The 1901 census shows Ernest J. Slaughter as the head of the house at 30 Brading Road, Brighton. His wife Fanny is listed with their two children Frances and Herbert Slaughter. His mother Deborah is also listed, along with his sister Elizabeth.
Elizabeth Sarah Kate Slaughter married Thomas Allan at Brighton in 1904.
Ernest and Fanny emmigrated to Western Australia with their three children. They came out as "ten pound Poms" on the HMS Gothic in 1912, and almost sank going around the Cape of Good Hope. It did actually sink on the return journey to England.
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