The son of Christopher Slade of Bristol, hatter, and the father of Elizabeth and Mary Slade (41C, Ao).
| 1816 | 17 Feb. He was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney (Ao). |
| 1822 | New Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1830-35 | New Street, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1832 | New Street, St Philip’s parish (List of Electors BRO 04736). |
| 1836 | 10 Jan. Broad Plain, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1837-52 | Crews Hole, St George (P). |
| 1841 | Crews Hole, St George (42), not born in Gloucestershire, living with his wife Mary (40) and children (41C). |
| 1843 | 18 Dec. Noted as a potter when his daughter Elizabeth of St Philip’s parish married Moses Gill (PPR). |
| 1849 | 28 May. Noted as a potter when his daughter Eliza of St Philip’s parish married James Cross (PPR). |
| 1851 | 12 Oct. Noted as a potter when his son Thomas Slade (19) a labourer of Gloucester Building married Mary Ann James (HTPR). |
| Children: Elizabeth (aged 1 yr), bapt 24 Feb 1822 (PPR); Mary Ann (aged 3 mths), bapt 15 Dec 1822 (PPR); Eliza, born c1827, married 28 May 1849 (41C, PPR); Joseph, born c1829 (41C); Thomas, born c1832, married 12 Oct 1851 (HTPR); William (aged 3 wks), bapt 10 Jan 1836 (PPR) |