This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sloate Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wV.2ADI/532.1.1 Message Board Post: Otho S. Sloate is my grandfather. I'm interested in the info you might have as we were always told granddad was orphaned when he was a very young child about 2-4 years old.