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.