In the October to December 1845 birth index Thomas Slack, born Penrith, Cumberland, volume 25, page 141

In the 1851 census Threkeld Village, Cumberland
Head Joseph Slack, age 29, blacksmith master, born Greystoke, Cumberland
Wife Sarah Slack, age 31, born Brough, Westmorland
Son Thomas Slack, age 5, born Penrith, Cumberland
Daughter Margaret Slack, age 3, born Bampton, Westmorland
Daughter Elizabeth Slack, age 1, born Threlkeld, Cumberland

In the 1861 census Sandgate (North), Penrith, Cumberland
Head Joseph Slack age 38, blacksmith (Journeyman), born Mungrisdale, Cumberland
Wife Sarah Slack age 42, born Brough, Westmorland
Son Thomas Slack, age 15, apprentice cabinet maker, born Penrith
Daughter Elizabeth Slack age 11, scholar, born Threlkeld, Cumberland
Daughter Mary Slack, age 5, scholar, born Penrith, Cumberland.

England Select Marriages St.Lawrence, Appleby, Westmorland
January 25 1867, Thomas Slack father Joseph Slack
and Elizabeth Walton father Joseph Walton

In the 1871 census Bromber Cottages, Appleby, Westmorland
Head Thomas Slack, age 25, cabinet maker, born Penrith, Cumberland
Wife Elizabeth Slack age 27, cabinet maker’s wife, born Appleby, Westmorland
Son Thomas Slack, age 3, born Appleby
Daughter Ada W. Slack. age 1, born Appleby
4 boarders all railway workers of various types

In the 1881 census Chapel Lane, Appleby, Westmorland
Head Thomas Slack, age 36, cabinet maker, born Penrith, Cumberland
Wife Elizabeth Slack, age 38, cabinet maker’s wife, born Appleby
Son Joseph E. Walton, age 17, tailor’s apprentice, born Appleby
[possibly he was born out of wedlock]
Daughter Ada W. Slack, age 11, scholar, born Appleby
Son Richard J. Slack, age 9, scholar, born Appleby
Daughter Isabella Slack, age 6, scholar, born Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [later part of Cumbria]
Son Edward W. Slack, age 4, scholar, born in Appleby
Daughter Sarah E. Slack, age 21 [must be 2 not 21], scholar, born Appleby
Son David Slack age 6 months, born Appleby

In the 1891 census Chapel Lane, Appleby St Laurence, Westmorland
Head Thomas Slack, age 45, joiner, employed, born Penrith, Cumberland
Wife Elizabeth Slack, age 47, born Appleby
Son Thomas Slack, age 24, painter, employed, born Appleby
Daughter in Law Frances Slack, age 25, born Brook, Durham
Nephew Stephen Rudd, single, age 19 cooper, employed, born Penrith
Son Richard Slack, age 19, mason, employed, born Appleby
Son Edward Slack, age 14, joiner, employed, born Appleby
Daughter Sarah Slack, age 12, scholar, born Appleby
Son David Slack, age 10, scholar, born Appleby
Daughter Alice Slack, age 8, scholar, born Appleby
Daughter Beatrice Slack, age 3, born Appleby

In the 1901 census Doomsgate, Appleby, Westmorland
Head Thomas Slack, age 56, cabinet maker, own account, born Penrith, Cumberland
Wife Elizabeth Slack, age 58, born Appleby
Daughter Alice Slack, single, age 18, dress maker, worker, born Appleby
Daughter Beatrice Slack, age 13, scholar, born Appleby
3 boarders

In the 1911 census 2 Doomgate, Appleby, Westmorland
Head Thomas Slack, ag 65, cabinet maker, own account, born Penrith, Cumberland
Wife Elizabeth Slack, age 67, married 44 years, 9 children born alive all still living, born Appleby
Richard John Slack, age 39, general labourer, worker, born Appleby
Son Edward Walton Slack, age 34, journeyman joiner for a builder, worker, born Appleby
2 others, presumably lodgers
The home had 9 rooms

In the January to March 1927 death index Thomas Slack died age 81, East Ward district, Westmorland, volume 10b, page 987

In the January to March 1844 birth index Elizabeth Walton, East Ward Westmorland, volume 25