Spencer, What you write is very interesting. Three years ago, I contacted a number of Slones and Sloans that were listed on the Internic (rs.internic.net). One gentlemen's (Slone) family was of Jewish origin from Slovania (I'll have to try and dig up the emails we sent back and forth). We didn't find any common relatives, although his family journeyed to the US in the early 1900s, if I remember correctly, from eastern Europe. This was the only instance of a Jewish origin I have found to the Slone name. My direct family written history seems to suggest that my distance relatives came to the US from Ireland in the 1700s. Again, three years ago, I started putting some information up on a web site, but I didn't get to far. Please reference http://nuke.westlab.com/Slone/ for the information, and in particular the "Genealogy of the Slone Family" at http://nuke.westlab.com/Slone/slone.html. To promote further discussion and remembering a recent thread regarding Samuel Slone, at the request of my Uncle, Wallace B. Slone, I looked up my Grandfather's father (John Charles Breckenridge Slone) in the 1860 US census records several years ago. Here's what I found: 1860 Census - United States Virginia - Lee County - The Western District (Town/Township) - Jonesville (Post Office) page 829, dwelling number 1019, family number 1051 Name Age Sex Color Occupation Birthplace Samuel Slone 35 M W Farmer Harlan, KY Elizabeth C. 30 F Housekeeper Lee County, VA William 8 M Lee County, VA Ann J. 6 F Lee County, VA John C. B. 4 M Lee County, VA Nancy 2 F Lee County, VA John C. B. Slone married Leah Cathrine Spears or Spencer and had four children: Name Birth Died Birthplace Charles Walker 1879 1959 Samuel James Benjamin Jefferson 8/31/1880 3/5/1959 Mt. Sterling, KY Benjamin J. Slone married Della Edna Noe and had ten children including my father, Benjamin Jefferson Slone, Jr. and Wallace Bert, both of whom were born in Middlesboro, KY. When I get a chance, I will work on getting a web site together of the information I have been provided by Wallace B. Slone, Leah Mae Slone Palmer, Ray Palmer (Leah's son), and Patti Shackelford Hobson (Ben Slone's daughter's daughter's daughter - I hope I got this correct Patti) and I have collected. As a final note regarding the Slone versus Sloan naming convention, my grandfather's (Benjamin J. Slone) social security card has his last name spelled "Sloan." Also, Wallace B. Slone has shown that our lineage is related to Alfred P. Sloan, the former CEO of General Motors, who used to attend the Sloan/Slone reunion in Ohio. Maybe its just a spelling problem. Later, Ben ********************************* Finite Matters Ltd. 2604 Fairground Road Goochland, Virginia 23063 mailto:sloneb@fml.com http://www.fml.com 804-556-6631 Voice 888-766-1086 Pager mailto:7661086@skytel.com Pager email 804-840-1776 Mobile 804-784-0850 Westlab Voice 804-556-3828 Fax 804-784-3147 Westlab Fax ********************************* > ---------- > From: Spencers[SMTP:vaspencer@dig.craik.sk.ca] > Sent: Sunday, November 15, 1998 8:17 AM > To: Ben Slone; SLOAN-SLONE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Slone > > Good morning Ben, > When I visiting in Ottawa a few years ago, I attempted to phone all the > Sloan(e)s, Sloanes, Sloans in the city phone book in my attempt to contact > all my relatives Sloan(e)s. However when I phoned a "Slone" I was told > that > the name is not Irish and that it comes from Eastern Europe and is a > Jewish > name. > Happy hunting, > V. Spencer Saskatchewan > > ---------- > > From: Ben Slone <SloneB@FML.Com> > > To: SLOAN-SLONE-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: RE: Hello! > > Date: Saturday, November 14, 1998 7:49 PM > > > > Mike, > > > > May I add a welcome to the list! > > > > - and may I pose several questions to you? > > > > 1. The Crest does not display in my browser - is the img link proper? > > > > 2. From my family's internal historical notes, I had read that Slone > > is an Irish name - but obviously this is not the case. Do you have > > any other perspective on this? > > > > 3. What is your perspective on the Sloan versus Slone naming convention? > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Later, > > > > Ben > > > > ********************************* > > Finite Matters Ltd. > > 2604 Fairground Road > > Goochland, Virginia 23063 > > > > mailto:sloneb@fml.com > > http://www.fml.com > > > > 804-556-6631 Voice > > 888-766-1086 Pager > > mailto:7661086@skytel.com Pager email > > 804-840-1776 Mobile > > 804-784-0850 Westlab Voice > > 804-556-3828 Fax > > 804-784-3147 Westlab Fax > > ********************************* > > > > > ---------- > > > From: Mike Sloan[SMTP:gu3whn@guernsey.net] > > > Reply To: gu3whn@guernsey.net > > > Sent: Saturday, November 14, 1998 7:55 AM > > > To: SLOAN-SLONE-L@rootsweb.com > > > Subject: Hello! > > > > > > May I extend a warm and hearty greeting to all recipients from the > > > beautiful island of Guernsey. > > > > > > I am Michael Charles Sloan. I am a direct descendant of James Slowan, > > > born 11th April 1784 in Dundonald who married Ann Andrew on the 8th > > > December 1812. He was my Great, Great, Great Grandfather. There is a > > > possible connection to what may be his father, James Slowan of Troon. > > > > > > We came to Guernsey in the 1970's and were, at that time, the only > Sloan > > > family on the island. There are now another four families. We intend > > > to make contact. > > > > > > I have a modest web site at http://www.guernsey.net/~gu3whn/index.html > > > > > > The Crest is purely symbolic, of my design, representing the Scottish > > > Crest and Scottish Motto uncovered by my own research. > > > > > > The Scottish Roots page is just a quick guide and I intend passing on > > > all the information presently available to me in a yet to be created > > > "Notes" page. > > > > > > Kind regards to you all, > > > > > > Mike > > > >