Their father was a farmer, and "my" Simon sr was a master weaver or muslin manufacturer. Also, "my" Simon had a daughter Mary Ann, whose baptism I have actually found, 20 Jan 1826 at Bangor (Church of Ireland), and she didn't marry and came to England with mother Margaret and siblings. He could have had two surviving daughters called Mary, but not very likely. I think Margaret could be the Margaret Sloper who was renting a house, yard and small garden in the village of Conlig, Bangor, County Down from Alexander Ross on Griffith's Valuation. There is a Simon Sloper on Griffith's Valuation at Donaghadee, who is a farmer, likely the father of Mary, Jane, and Agnes. I'm sure the two Simon Slopers must be related, but not sure how exactly.
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