William George SLOMAN
Date of Birth:
c 1875
Date of Death:
19 Dec 1937
It is not known where William was born.
He married Margaret Steel-Smith (born at Dunedin in 1878) in 1906.
They had one son & one daughter.
William started out as a draper in Wellington & then moved to Levin to be a poultry farmer.
In 1926 he murdered his wife & daughter & attempted murder of his son.
He was acquited on the charges on the grounds of insanity.
The wife & daughter are buried in Levin.
Relatives mentioned in profile:
William George Sloman, Margaret Abigail Steel-Smith, James Steel Smith, Margaret Davidson Monteith, Rita Sloman, John Russell Sloman, Aileen Agnes Nicholls.