Sloan Family History & Genealogy

John Wesley Sloan of Moline, Illinois United States was born on February 4, 1940 in United States. John Sloan got married to Thalia A Sloan on November 24, 1972. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Wesley Sloan.

Thalia Ann (Knoeferl) Sloan of Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois United States was born on November 14, 1957 in United States to Carl E Knoeferl and Bonnie (Giboney). Thalia Knoeferl married John Wesley Sloan on November 24, 1972.

BARRIE SLOAN – STILT WALKER SARASOTA -- Long before most boys are planning their careers, Barrie Sloan decided to follow in his father’s footsteps -- towering as much as 22 feet off the ground. Sloan was only 14 when he began performing professionally on stilts with his father, who for many years held the record for walking on the world’s tallest stilts. The elder Sloan strutted on 22-foot-long stilts -- nearly as tall as telephone poles -- in circuses throughout the United States and Europe beginning in the late 1920s. Later, the younger Sloan and his acrobat-turned-stilt walker wife moved to the United States and toured with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus and the Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus. “It was in his genes,” said retired circus performer Sue Lenz of Venice, Sloan’s second cousin. “His father was a stilt walker. His uncle was a stilt walker. His two aunts were stilt walkers.” Barrie Sloan also rode a 7-foot-tall bicycle on stilts and appeared in 1962 on “What’s My Line?” Diagnosed with stomach cancer last summer, he died in Sarasota on March 19 at age 75. Despite a nasty fall that left him with a broken hip and another with a broken knee, Barrie Sloan spent nearly 50 years rising above the crowds in circus arenas throughout North America and Europe. After falling on his stilts and breaking his hip at age 34, “they told him he wouldn’t walk again for a year, and he was up doing the stilts again in nine months,” said his wife, Shelagh. She said her husband, who continued to perform on stilts of various heights until the age of 65, never worried about the risks. “You don’t think about things like that,” she said. “It was our livelihood. If you don’t work, you don’t get paid.” He relished the occasional gasps from the audience and took pride in “doing something special that other people couldn’t do,” she said. The feat required tremendous leg strength. Each stilt weighed 16 pounds. Sloan was born Nov. 29, 1931, in England into a family with a long tradition of performing. His grandmother was a member of the Hanneford family, which had been performing equestrian acts in Europe for many generations, Shelagh Sloan said. Barrie Sloan’s grandfather also was an equestrian performer. Sloan’s father, Harry, who toured with the Ringling circus in 1929, began a stilt walking tradition carried on by his son and grandson. Barrie Sloan and his son, King, began walking on mini-stilts less than 2 feet tall before their second birthdays. King Sloan performed with his parents for a few years after high school before taking a job outside of show business. The family’s given name is Yelding, but Barrie Sloan’s father chose the stage name Sloan to distinguish his act from other relatives performing under the family name, Shelagh Sloan said. He took the name from an advertisement on the back of a matchbook for Sloan’s linament, a pain relief balm. A jovial but strong-minded person with exacting standards, Barrie Sloan considered his years with Ringling Bros. and the European-based Circus Knie among the highlights of his career. After retiring in 1996 at age 65, he designed and built papier-mache parade floats for the Cole Bros. Circus. In addition to his wife of 48 years, Sloan is survived by his son, King, of Sarasota; a sister, Phips Hakes of Sarasota; a brother, Poodles Sloan of San Francisco; and two granddaughters. A memorial service is planned for 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Showfolks of Sarasota, 5204 N. Lockwood Ridge Road, Sarasota. Memorial donations may be made to Showfolks of Sarasota, P.O. Box 1476, Sarasota, FL 34230; or TideWell Hospice and Palliative Care, 5955 Rand Blvd., Sarasota, FL 34238.

Robert Ewen Sloan of Melbourne, St James Melbourne Parish County Australia, got married to Maria Anne Sloan, and has children Macartney Sloan and Charlotte Elizabeth Sloan. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Robert Ewen Sloan.

Maria Anne Sloan of Melbourne, St James Melbourne Parish County Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Maria Anne Sloan.

Mattie Helen Sloan was born on April 26, 1912 in Tyrone, OK to parents William B Sloan and Margaret Traxtell. She married George Washington Flowers (1905–1932) on July 11, 1929 in Wolfe City, Hunt, TX. The couple had three children together including a son, James Benton Flowers (1932-1980). George passed away three years after they got married, and she later re married to Alva Hall.

Archibald Sloan was born on October 14, 1766 in North Carolina United States, and died at age 70 years old on December 10, 1836 in IN. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Archibald Sloan.

Hugh Basil Sloan of Mildura Australia was born on August 16, 1910 in Pyramid Hill, Loddon Shire County, VIC to Evelyn Isabella Harriet (Carling) Sloan and Hugh Sloan. He had siblings Sophia Sarah Sylvia Sloan, Isabella Esther Sloan, Gladys Evelyn Sloan, and Charles Gordon Keith Sloan. Hugh Sloan died at age 69 years old in 1979 in Mildura, Mildura Rural City County.

Charles Gordon Keith Sloan of Mildura Australia was born on March 27, 1913 in Ouyen, Mildura Rural City County, VIC to Evelyn Isabella Harriet (Carling) Sloan and Hugh Sloan. He had siblings Sophia Sarah Sylvia Sloan, Isabella Esther Sloan, Gladys Evelyn Sloan, and Hugh Basil Sloan. Charles Sloan died at age 34 years old on August 24, 1947 in Mildura.

Gladys Evelyn (Sloan) Sharp of Ouyen Australia was born in 1920 in Saint Arnaud, Northern Grampians Shire County, VIC to Evelyn Isabella Harriet (Carling) Sloan and Hugh Sloan. She had siblings Sophia Sarah Sylvia Sloan, Isabella Esther Sloan, Charles Gordon Keith Sloan, and Hugh Basil Sloan. Gladys Sharp married William Joseph Morton Sharp in 1938, and died at age 30 years old in September 1951 in Red Cliffs, Mildura Rural City County.

Isabella Esther (Sloan) Sloan of Pyramid Hill Australia was born on June 5, 1911 in Pyramid Hill, Loddon Shire County, VIC to Evelyn Isabella Harriet (Carling) Sloan and Hugh Sloan. She had siblings Sophia Sarah Sylvia Sloan, Gladys Evelyn Sloan, Charles Gordon Keith Sloan, and Hugh Basil Sloan. Isabella Sloan married Archibald Jackson Sloan in 1934, and died at age 85 years old on July 6, 1996 in Mildura, Mildura Rural City County.

Archibald Jackson Sloan of Pyramid Hill Australia was born in 1897 in Pyramid Hill. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Archibald Jackson Sloan.

Sophia Sarah Sylvia (Sloan) Gartung of Pyramid Hill Australia was born in 1908 in Pyramid Hill, Loddon Shire County, VIC to Evelyn Isabella Harriet (Carling) Sloan and Hugh Sloan. She had siblings Isabella Esther Sloan, Gladys Evelyn Sloan, Charles Gordon Keith Sloan, and Hugh Basil Sloan. Sophia Gartung died at age 83 years old on February 21, 1992 in West Kempsey, Kempsey Shire Council County, NSW.

Hugh Sloan of Mildura Australia was born in 1885 in Pyramid Hill, Loddon Shire County, VIC, and died at age 50 years old on July 31, 1936 in Mildura, Mildura Rural City County.

Evelyn Isabella Harriet (Carling) Sloan of Pyramid Hill Australia was born in 1889 in Smeaton, Hepburn Shire County, VIC to Charles Carling and Sarah Muir Carling. She had siblings Flora Sarah Carling, William Edward Carling, Myrtle Rebecca Green, Mary Carling Elliott, Thelma Irene Grey, Charles Stanley Carling, Agnes May (Carling) Rowe, and Robert Ernest Alfred Carling. She married Hugh Sloan in 1907, and had children Sophia Sarah Sylvia Sloan, Hugh Basil Sloan, Isabella Esther Sloan, Charles Gordon Keith Sloan, and Gladys Evelyn Sloan. Evelyn Sloan died at age 69 years old in 1958 in Parkville.

Lauran Ashley Sloan was born on May 22, 1987 in East Chicago, Lake County, Indiana United States to Tina Marie Sloan and Scott Larry Sloan. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lauran Ashley Sloan.

Tina Marie (Paganelli) Sloan was born on January 31, 1956 in East Chicago, Lake County, Indiana United States to Geraldine (McCann) Paganelli and Edward Joseph Paganelli Sr., and had siblings Edward Joseph Paganelli Jr. and Anthony James Paganelli. She married Scott Larry Sloan in 1979 in Hammond, Lake County, and they were married until Tina's death on December 29, 2008 in Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa. She had a child Lauran Ashley Sloan. Tina Sloan was buried on January 3, 2009 in Schererville, Lake County, IN. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Tina Marie Sloan.

Scott Larry Sloan was born on February 2, 1950 in Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin United States. He was married to Tina Marie Sloan in 1979 in Hammond, Lake County, Indiana, and they were together until Tina's death on December 29, 2008 in Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa. Scott Sloan has a child Lauran Ashley Sloan. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Scott Larry Sloan.

Reedie J Sloan of Granbury, Hood County, TX was born on March 28, 1925, and died at age 71 years old on June 16, 1996.

Frank Sloan of Laurinburg, Scotland County, North Carolina was born on February 1, 1897, and died at age 72 years old in February 1969.