Welcome to the Sloper Home Page

What is a Sloper? The name Sloper belongs to individuals located throughout the world, but primarily in England and the United States. The family motto is "In Pace et Sapiens", which roughly translates to "Peace through Knowledge". This WEB site is devoted primarily to the United States of America Sloper family, but there are links to similar sites in England and New Zealand. Contributions are welcome.

Reunions - All Slopers, and their descendants, are welcome.

The 85th annual Sloper reunion in New York is planned for Saturday, August 26, 2008, at Chapman Park, located on route 31 between Lakeport and Bridgeport, New York. The picnic starts at 12:30 p.m., and to makes things easier, all eating utensils will be supplied. Please bring a covered dish to pass, and your beverage of choice.

The picnic will be at the eastern pavilion, nearest the restrooms and parking lot, overlooking beautiful Oneida Lake. Playgrounds, sports facilities and swimming are available. For more information, contact Daniel Clark at 315 687-6324 or by E-mail at: DClark4064@AOL.com.

A Western United States reunion is planned for the summer of 2009. For more information and pictures see: West Coast Reunion

    Arcadia Publishing has released Los Angeles's Chester Place, written by your WEB editor, Don Sloper. The book is available for a list price of $19.99 from a variety of bookstores and other sources, plus on-line WEB sites, such as Amazon.com. The book is a result of Don Sloper's research to establish public tours of the nine 100 year old mansions that line Chester Place in Los Angeles, and includes pictures of many of the rich and famous of Los Angeles who occupied the exclusive enclave during the early years of the 20th century, plus some of their silent screen star neighbors. Obviously, there are no Slopers in the book's contents, alas, not even among the servants, but it's an interesting  read for individuals interested in American history and the growth of the petroleum industry. For more information, go to: http://www.chesterplace.org/ 

    Tom Sloper's book, The Red Dragon & The West Wind: The Winning Guide to Official Chinese & American Mah-Jongg, reveals the secrets of winning Mah-Jongg. For the uninitiated, Mah-Jongg is an ancient Chinese game that requires skill, strategy and calculation, plus good fortune. Tom Sloper is a published author and international consultant for game developers, publishers, and educational institutions. For his book go to 102-9412769-9392928-ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1181705877&sr=8-1 For information about Tom's company, Sloperama, go to http://www.sloperama.com/business.html

Sloper Miscellany  - For miscellaneous comments and other Sloper information, including other Sloper WEB sites, a novel and two movies about Slopers, see the Sloper Miscellany. The newest link takes you to a WEB page headed "What is a Sloper?", then proceeds to tell you. (And I'll bet you didn't know.)

Genealogy - Records of Slopers exist from 1400 in England, where the majority of Slopers continue to reside. Most Slopers in the United States are believed to be descendants of Richard Sloper, who was born in 1630 in Gloucester, England. He came to the United States as a Lieutenant in the English Army, stationed in what is presently Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Sloper and his wife, Mary Sherbourne, had 12 children. One of those children, Mary Sloper, was scalped by Indians as a young married woman. She survived and a silver plate covered the fracture made in her cranium by a tomahawk. She subsequently used a wig and lived past the age of 81. Tough people these Slopers! Their descendants also served as soldiers in the Revolutionary War and the Civil War (on both sides). For more information see Genealogy

Other WEB Sites of particular interest include the:

Slopers of England at http://www.theslopers.co.uk/

New Zealand WEB site, which has a comprehensive genealogy section of world wide Slopers at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Village/2123/sloper/sloper.html

Newsletter - A Sloper newsletter is published periodically by Loma Sloper Taylor, who lives in Renton, Washington. For a subscription to "The Sloper SnOOper", mail $10 for a year's subscription to Theodore C. Taylor, 1104 Shelton Ave. NE, Renton, Washington 98056-3543.

Family Crest - The following is one of several family crests used by the Sloper family in England.