Slesser Surname History

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Scotland

Early Origins of the Slesser family

The surname Slesser was first found in Aberdeenshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Obar Dheathain), a historic county, and present day Council Area of Aberdeen, located in the Grampian region of northeastern Scotland, where they held a family seat from ancient times at Peterhead, twenty eight miles north east of Aberdeen. It being the most easterly point in all of Scotland.

Early History of the Slesser family

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Slesser Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Slassor, Slesser, Slessor, Slessar and others.

Early Notables of the Slesser family

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Slesser migration to the United States +

Slesser Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Hendrik Slesser, who arrived in New York in 1709 1

Slesser migration to Canada +

Slesser Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Robert Slesser, who was on record in the census of Ontario, Canada in 1871

Contemporary Notables of the name Slesser (post 1700) +

Malcolm Slesser (1926-2007), Scottish scientist and mountaineer
Terry Slesser, English blues rock singer
Sir Henry Slesser (1883-1979), English Knight, Lord Justice of Appeal, and MP

Sources +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)