Tour Scotland video of the William and Joseph Slider gravestone in the Howff Graveyard in Dundee, Scotland. Erected by Joseph Slider, painter in Dundee, in memory of his brother William Slider who died on the 5th of July, 1815, aged 21. The above mentioned Joseph Slider who died 29th of February, 1819, aged 32.
This interesting surname of Anglo Saxon origin is a metonymic occupational name for a butcher or slaughterer, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century " slyth " meaning " slaughter. " Church records of the variants include Richard Slider who married Margarett Savage on May 23rd 1592 in St. Mary Abchurch, London, England, Johanna Slyder who married John Woode on November 30th 1616 at Edmonton, and Richard, son of Ricardi and Janae Slider who was christened on March 8th 1639 in St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster.
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