#925, b. 21 July 1876, d. 6 November 1936
- Father: Jan Slais1 b. 24 Jun 1827, d. 9 Apr 1897
- Mother: Majdalena Stichova1 b. 2 Oct 1837, d. 14 Mar 1913
- Birth: 21 July 1876; 5, Kamyk, okr. Klatovy, Czechia
1 - Baptism: 22 July 18761
- Marriage: circa 1900; Czechia; Bride=Marie Spatenkova2,3,4
- Occupation: before 19 June 1900; Kamyk, okr. Klatovy, Czechia; a laborer2,5
- Psgr List: 19 June 1900; S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, Bremen, Free Hanseatic City Bremen, Germany; Principal=Marie Spatenkova2,5
- Immigration: 27 June 1900; Ellis Island, New York City, New York, USA; Principal=Marie Spatenkova2,5
- Employment: between 1900 and 1901; 803 East Washington Ave., Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA; Wheeler and Wilson Manufacturing Company; Principal=Vaclav Slais2
- Residence: after 27 June 1900; 70 Reilly Str., Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA; Principal=Marie Spatenkova2
- Residence: between 1900 and 1903; 102 Suggetts Lane, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA; Principal=Marie Spatenkova2
- Employment: between 1902 and 1905; 936 Crescent Avenue, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA; J. S. Fray and Company2
- Residence: between 1904 and 1905; 42 Adams Street, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA; Principal=Marie Spatenkova2
- Naturalization: 30 October 1905; Common Pleas Court, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA2,6
- Employment: 1906; 803 East Washington Ave., Bridgeport, Connecticut; Wheeler and Wilson Manufacturing Company2
- Residence: between 1906 and 1911; 90 Suggetts Lane, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA; Principal=Marie Spatenkova7
- Employment: between 1907 and 1915; 718 Crescent Avenue, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA; American and British Manufacturing Company2
- Census: 19 April 1910; 90 Suggetts Lane, Bridgeport, Connecticut; Wife=Marie Spatenkova, Daughter=Barbara Slais, Son=Peter John Slais, Daughter=Mae Slais, Son=John Steven Slais3
- Residence: between 1912 and 1913; 93 Summerfield Avenue, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA; Principal=Marie Spatenkova2
- Residence: between 1914 and 1917; 154 Jefferson Street, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA; Principal=Marie Spatenkova2
- Occupation: between 1916 and 1918; a laborer2
- Residence: between 1918 and 1925; 447 Newfield Avenue, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA; (They bought this house on 13/08/1918 for $2200.); Principal=Marie Spatenkova2
- Occupation: between 1919 and 1921; a millwright2
- Census: 15 January 1920; 447 Newfield Avenue, Bridgeport, Connecticut; Wife=Marie Spatenkova, Daughter=Barbara Slais, Son=Peter John Slais, Daughter=Mae Slais, Son=John Steven Slais, Daughter=Albina S. Slais, Son=William Joseph Slais8
- Occupation: between 1922 and 1926; a painter2
- Residence: between 1926 and 1936; 449 Newfield Avenue, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA; Principal=Marie Spatenkova2
- Employment: between 1927 and 1929; 510 Main Street, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA; Jenkin's Brothers2
- Census: 12 April 1930; 449 Newfield Avenue, Bridgeport, Connecticut; Daughter=Barbara Slais, Daughter=Albina S. Slais, Son=William Joseph Slais, Son=Robert J. Slais, Daughter=Mae Slais, Son in Law=Kenneth H. Sedgewick9
- Occupation: between 1934 and 1936; a proprietor of an ice wagon2
- Anecdote: between 1934 and 1936; "Peter's last job, 1934-1936, was as the proprietor of the icehouse (wagon) across the street from the house at 447 Newfield Ave. I can still picture that old ice wagon in the vacant lot across the street from 447 on the corner of Newfield Ave. and Smith St. It was like a wooden box with two large, spoked iron wheels in back and two smaller ones in front. The wagon was stationary. It could have been horse drawn to make house-to-house deliveries - the only problem was that Grandpa didn't have a horse! The ice wagon contained blocks of ice about a foot square, called "cakes", and would sell for about ten cents apiece. I remember sitting on the front of the ice wagon and a customer would come up with his wagon to buy a cake of ice to take home to put into his icebox (this was before refrigerators!). I would go inside, drag the cake of ice along the floor of the wagon to the front with ice tongs and give it to the customer. The ice wagon wasn't a bad place to be on a hot summer day!"
(John Steven Slais)2 - Anecdote: circa 1935; "As for Grandpa the only thing I 'remember' about him was an incident that must have happened when I was five or six (he died in 1936). I can't swear that I remember it or if I were told about it. Grandpa and Gus Dering, a next-door neighbor, were sitting on the front porch of 447 Newfield. Grandpa sent me down to Joe Marchio's store to get a can of sardines. He had done this before and he knew I liked sardines and that I would open the can on the way home and have some. He was setting me up! Well, as he figured, I ate the sardines, of course, and they had a grand old laugh (and I had my sardines!). "
(John Steven Slais)2 - Death: 6 November 1936; Logan, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA2,10
- Burial: 10 November 1936; Saint Michael's Cemetery, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA11,10
Family: Marie Spatenkova b. c 1874, d. 1930
Barbara Slais+2 b. c 1902, d. 4 Nov 1966
Peter John Slais+2 b. 8 Mar 1903, d. 10 May 1985- Mae Slais+2 b. 5 Dec 1904, d. 18 Mar 1987
- John Steven Slais+2 b. 14 Jan 1907, d. 21 Dec 1992
- Albina S. Slais2 b. 1 Mar 1912, d. 2 Sep 2002
- William Joseph Slais+2 b. 16 May 1914, d. 11 Jan 2006
Citations
- Kniha narozeni, sign. Svihov 11; Kamyk 1785-1894; Sbirka matrik, Statni oblastni archiv v Plzni, p.118.
- John and Nancy Slais, "Slais Genealogy," e-mail to Josef Slajs, 31/10/2002.
- 1910 US Census, Connecticut, Fairfield, Bridgeport, Enumeration District 54, p.8A.
- Peter Slajs, S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse Passenger List, 19/6/1900, p.15.
- Peter Slajs, S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse Passenger List, 19/6/1900.
- Connecticut, Federal Naturalization Records, 1790-1996: Certificate 3988035.
- Death Certificate of Mistni narodni vybor in Bystrice, Vol. 1, Year 1963, p. 19, Record No. 3,.
- 1920 US Census, Connecticut, Fairfield, Bridgeport, Enumeration District 81, p.15A.
- 1930 US Census, Connecticut, Fairfield, Bridgeport, Enumeration District 93, T626_254, p.9A.
- Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1968, Certificate 101641.
- Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, #160813892.
