Ohio Families

Registrar's District: Rostrevor, County Down
8 December 1878, in Kilfeaghan

Thomas [son of] Mathew Sloan, a laborer of Kilfeaghan, and Mary Sloan, formerly Murphy. informant: Rose -her mark- Sloan, of Kilfeaghan, present at birth

 

1901 Census of Ireland
31 March 1901
Residents of a house 7 in Kilfeaghan (Killowen, Down)

Sloan, Matthew, 60, head, farmer, can read and write
Sloan, Mary, 61, wife, can read and write
Sloan, Rose Anne, 24, daughter, can read and write, farmer's daughter
Sloan, Thomas, 22, son, can read and write, farmer's son
Sloan, Mathew, 86, uncle, cannot read, agricultural laborer

all Roman Catholic. all born in County Down

 

Ellis Island SS Etruria, from Liverpool May 13, 1905, arriving New York May 21, 1905

Thomas Sloane, 25, farmer, destination: his brother, J Sloane, 55 Lake Street, Cleveland, Ohio, had not been in the US before
Rose A Sloane, 25, servant, had not been in the US before
Patrick Sloane, 36 or 37, steam fitter, had been in the US before, 1901 in Cleveland, Ohio
last residence of all: Kilfeaghan. all paid for their own voyage.
Rose and Patrick's destination: a cousin Peter Doran, East Quartz Street, Butte City, Montana

[There was a line through Thomas' name, but not across the entire form. Apparently he made the trip. There is a Thomas Sloan, miner, in Butte, MT on records from 1906 to 1918, that match Thomas' information. See his residence and draft registration events.]

1906 Butte City Directory
Thomas Sloan, miner, Anaconda Mine, rms 28 E Quartz

1907 Butte City Directory
Thomas Sloan, miner Par Mine, b 28 E Quartz

1909 Butte City Directory
Thomas Sloan, miner, Spec Mine, boards 1006 West Copper
[Thomas' sister was living at 1006 West Copper when she died. Her husband was at that address in the city directory from 1908 to 1913]

 

World War I Draft Registration
September 12, 1918
Court House, Butte, Montana

Thomas Sloan
225 N Main, Butte, Silver Bow County, MT
age 38, born December 10, 1880
alien, citizen of Ireland
miner, employer: W Butte Co, place of employment: Spec
nearest relative: Mat Sloan, County Down, Ireland
signed Thomas Sloan
medium height and build, blue eyes, brown hair, not physical disqualified

Valuation Revision Books
parcels 19, 20, Kilfeaghan
1865ff Thomas Sloan, from Church T. Comm.
1872: representatives of Thomas Sloan
1875: Rose Sloan
1880: Rose Sloan, in fee
1885?: Matt Sloan, in fee
1928: Thomas Sloan

[Note: the entries in the Valuation Revision Books tend to lag a few years behind the actual death of one person and the taking of the farm by the other.]

email from Killowen resident who also said he presumed Thomas is buried in Kilbroney.

Thomas Sloan
Date of Death 10 February 1942
Date of Grant 18 May 1942

Sloan Thomas of Kilfeighan county Down farmer died 10 February 1942 Administration (with Will) (limited) Belfast 18 May to Patrick Murphy farmer. Effects £382 1s.

Thomas Sloan
Date of Death 10 February 1942
Date of Grant 12 March 1952
Sloan Thomas of Kilfeighan county Down farmer died 10 February 1942 Administration W/A (d.b.n.) Belfast 12 March to Patrick Murphy junior farmer. Unadministered effects £227 6s. 6d. Former Grant Belfast 18 May 1942.