"It is great to hear from someone descended from the Billesdon SLAWSONs after all these years -- contacts from my direct branch have been very few!
The grandmother of my late mother Bea was Mary Jane SLAWSON, born 1855 in Billesdon, 2nd of 9 children of William SLAWSON (1828-1884) & Elizabeth FOX. William and your Alfred were brothers -- 2nd & 8th of 10 children of William SLAWSON (1797-1875) & Jane TYERS. As I`m sure you know, Alfred gave the name Tyers to 5 of his children, so Jane must have been well loved. William was the oldest of 10 children of Richard SLAWSON (1772-1842) & Ann THORP. Richard was again the oldest of 5 of William SLAWSON (birth & death dates unknown) & Ann TOON. And William was the youngest child of yet another William SLAWSON (died 1736) & Elizabeth ALLEN, who were married 11 Oct 1727 at Kibworth Beauchamp.
The origins of William (married 1727) are still uncertain after 30 years of research! Mom liked to think he was connected to earlier SLAWSON families in Carlton Curlieu, but there is no real evidence for it -- we simply have never found a likely William being baptised anywhere around 1700."