In the 1901 census Brockham Cottages, Crakenthorpe, Westmorland
Head Thomas Slack, age 31, joiner carpenter, worker, born Appleby, Westmorland
Wife Francis Slack, age 32, born Appleby
Son Tom Slack, age 7, born Appleby
Son Herbert Slack, age 5, born appleby
Son Fred Slack, age 3, born Appleby
[Crakenthorpe is about 2 miles from Appleby]
[Frances’s birthplace does not match the previous census]

In the 1911 census Bainbridge Close, Appleby, Westmorland
Head Thomas Slack, age 43, signal fitter’s assistant, Midland Railway, worker, born Appleby
Wife Francis Slack, age 44, married 21 years, 6 children born alive, 5 still living, born Appleby
Son Herbert Slack, age 15, tailor’s apprentice, G. W. Stephenson, worker, born Appleby
Son Fred Slack, age 13, school; home, worker at home,born Appleby
Daughter Beatrice Alice Slack, age 5, born Appleby
Son Joseph Walton Slack, age 5, born Appleby

1939 England and Wales Register
Williamsgill, [Newbiggin,], North Westmorland
1. Herbert Slack, born October 24 1896, married, dairy farmer
2. Joseph W. Slack born October 20 1905, married, dairy farmer
3. John Kendall
4. George Kendall
5. Philip Lancaster
6. Francis A. Slack, born October 25 1904, married, unpaid domestic duties
7. record officially closed
8. Margaret Buckman [later Slack], born 17 April 1906, single, domestic servant
9. David Buckman, born March 8 1939, under school age
Gwenith James